Community school · Primary
Brierley Hill · DY5 2YN · Dudley
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 150322
Thorns Primary School
Academy converter · Brierley Hill · DY5 2JY
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 5–11
Pupils
190
Local authority
Dudley
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 5–11, in Brierley Hill, Dudley, 190 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 46.8%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 150322
Location
- Address
- Thorns Road, Quarry Bank
- Postcode
- DY5 2JY
- Town
- Brierley Hill
- County
- West Midlands
- Local authority
- Dudley
- District
- Dudley
- Constituency
- Stourbridge
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 190
- Boys / girls
- 110 / 80
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 190 / 210 (90%)
- Free school meals
- 46.8%
- FSM pupils
- 89
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: EXCELSIOR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- EXCELSIOR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Excelsior Multi Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Jordan
- Telephone
- 01384226930
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-04-18
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
8.2%
Persistent absence
26.1%
Unauthorised
3.2%
- Authorised absence
- 5.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 176