Pens Meadow School
Special schoolPens Meadow School is a special school in Dudley, for pupils aged 3 to 19. It had 145 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, May 2025
Before that: Good (overall), November 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 26 November 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 14 May 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Pens Meadow School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in Dudley and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Dudley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Dudley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 43.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 42.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 60% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 5 | – | – |
- Pens Meadow School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- The Bromley-Pensnett Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), December 2023. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)320 m
- Crestwood Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)410 m
- The Crestwood SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, March 2023. Attainment 8 of 41.8 (2025/26, provisional)850 m
- The Brier SchoolSpecial. Outstanding (overall), February 2023, before the school changed940 m
- Dingle Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)980 m
- Bromley Hills Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Dudley
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).