St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolBlowers Green Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Dudley.

Summary of the comparison

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Blowers Green Primary School are primary schools in Dudley.

  • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School scores 82 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Blowers Green Primary School scores 83 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Blowers Green Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School was judged exceptional and Blowers Green Primary School was judged Outstanding.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 93.0% for St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and 87.0% for Blowers Green Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (97.0% in 2022-23, 93.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Blowers Green Primary School (77.0% in 2022-23, 87.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School versus Blowers Green Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure DudleySt Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolDudleyBlowers Green Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB82/100B83/100Stronger figure
Local ranking2nd of 77 in Dudley 1st of 77 in Dudley Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingOfsted: Outstanding
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll250 247
Capacity210 210
LocationDudley, DY2 7PW Dudley, DY2 8UZ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard93.0% Stronger figure87.0% 62.0%
At higher standard7.0% 13.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score112.0 Stronger figure109.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score109.0 Stronger figure107.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census250 247
Free school meals (ever 6)29.6% 35.5%
English as an additional language57.2% 38.9%
SEN support17.6% 16.2%
SEN with an EHC plan3.6% 2.8%
Attendance
Overall absence5.1% 5.0% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence15.1% 11.3% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Blowers Green Primary School

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