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Lapal Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Priory Road, Halesowen B62 0BZ · lapal.dudley.sch.uk · 01384 818200
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Dudley 61%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 360
- 45 over 315 places · 114%
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 8.3%
- First language not English
- 2.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Hales Valley Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 53 families put the school first and 44 places were offered; 79% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 44 | 53 | 1.2▲ | 79% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 49 | 64 | 1.3▲ | 77% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 49 | 78 | 1.6▲ | 63% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 43 | 68 | 1.6▲ | 63% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 44 | 62 | 1.4▲ | 71% |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% the higher standard. Across Dudley it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103797)
Ofsted
Lapal Primary School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 8 February 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 8 Feb 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (90 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 90
- 24% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 20% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (13%) with SEND