Pens Meadow School is a school located in Stourbridge. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 17/05/2013. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 11.7%, which is 7.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Ridge Hill Site, Stourbridge, DY8 5ST
Website: http://www.pens-meadow.dudley.sch.uk
Telephone: 01384818945
School Type: Community special school
Education phase: Not applicable
Local authority: Dudley
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Marie Hunter
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 103883

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 17/05/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity:
Number of Pupils: 108
Number of Boys: 74
Number of Girls: 34

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 11.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 42.4% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -0.3 Confidence interval -5.3 to 4.6
Writing
Average: -0.8 Confidence interval -5.3 to 3.8
Maths
Average: -0.6 Confidence interval -4.9 to 3.7

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4Fairhaven Primary School
Barnett Lane, Wordsley DY8 5PY 		639 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
2out of 4Dingle Community Primary School
Madeley Road, DY6 8PF 		761 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Bromley Hills Primary School
Granville Drive, DY6 8LW 		876 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
2out of 4Hawbush Primary School
Hawbush Road, DY5 3NH 		1,216 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Belle Vue Primary School
Lawnswood Road, Wordsley DY8 5BZ 		1,224 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4The Wordsley School Business & Enterprise & Music College
Brierley Hill Road, Wordsley DY8 5SP 		537 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4The Crestwood School
Bromley Lane, Kingswinford DY6 8QG 		1,028 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Kingswinford Academy
Water Street, DY6 7AD 		2,218 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
3out of 4Summerhill School
Lodge Lane, DY6 9XE 		2,386 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
1out of 4Ridgewood High School
Park Road West, Wollaston DY8 3NQ 		3,279 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedKing Edward VI College Stourbridge
Lower High Street, DY8 1TD 		2,995 yd Academy 16-19 converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4The Brier School
Bromley Lane, DY6 8QN 		977 yd Community special school No Mixed More About School
- not ratedGlasshouse College
Wollaston Road, Amblecote DY8 4HF 		1,872 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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