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Jesson's Church of England Primary School

PrimaryAges 2–11AcademyChurch of England

Dudley, DY1 2AQ · Dudley local authority

Dudley’s School Grade C− better than 23% of towns in England

Its letter
7%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
65/65
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
703 pupils
112% of its 630 places
Free school meals
27%
27 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Jesson's Church of England Primary School

  • Its own letter, D: Key Stage 2 results near the bottom of England’s primary schools (better than 7%)
  • Over capacity: 703 pupils for 630 places
  • Ofsted: Requires improvement, February 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (65 of 65)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (DY1 2) sold for a median £215,000; Dudley’s is £195,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Jesson's Church of England Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

65
families put it first for September 2026
71
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Elements Diocesan Learning Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Dudley council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Dudley, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.57 per place
60% got their first choice
1.13 per place
87% got their first choice
1.05 per place
87% got their first choice
1.03 per place
90% got their first choice
0.98 per place
100% got their first choice
0.97 per place
100% got their first choice
0.95 per place
100% got their first choice
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice
0.93 per place
100% got their first choice
Jesson's CofE Primary
0.92 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

746 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
7.2%England 15.3%
EHC plan
4.7%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
24%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
28.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 47%Boys 53%
Its letter

Jesson's Church of England Primary School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths DBetter than 7% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Requires improvement, February 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Jesson's Church of England Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in DY1 2, the school’s postcode sector

Dudley property prices →
£215,000
median sale, 343 sales in 36 months · Dudley £195,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025DY1 2Dudley
DY1 2Dudley

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£318K
Semi-detached
£200K
Terraced
£175K
Flat
£118K
DY1 2Dudley

Homes in DY1 2 sell for a little over Dudley’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

22 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDD−C+B−B−CC+A+DDCDC+B−DC+ACC−C−B+DJesson's Church of England …
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Dudley, DY1 2AQ

Jesson's Church of England Primary School: common questions

Is Jesson's Church of England Primary School a good school?

By its published results, well below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 7% of England’s primary schools (its letter is D), with 0% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Requires improvement, February 2023.

How hard is it to get into Jesson's Church of England Primary School?

For September 2026, 65 families put Jesson's Church of England Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 71 places were offered in all.

What is Jesson's Church of England Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Requires improvement (February 2023).

How much do houses cost near Jesson's Church of England Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, DY1 2, sold for a median £215,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (343 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Dudley’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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