School Admission Appeals

Contested schools in Dudley

These are the Dudley schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.

Appeal success rates for Dudley

Secondary schools (9)

Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.

Contested secondary schools in Dudley, 2026/27
School Places First choices Per place
Bishop Milner Catholic College 145 228 1.57
Summerhill School 199 291 1.46
Old Swinford Hospital 167 230 1.38
The Earls High School 237 291 1.23
The Dormston School 219 223 1.02
The Crestwood School 209 211 1.01
Windsor High School and Sixth Form 291 294 1.01
Redhill School 245 229 0.93
Leasowes High School 190 128 0.67

Primary schools (36)

Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.

Contested primary schools in Dudley, 2026/27
School Places First choices Per place
Crestwood Park Primary School 29 49 1.69
Blowers Green Primary School 30 47 1.57
Cradley CofE Primary School 29 42 1.45
Manor Way Primary Academy 30 41 1.37
Glynne Primary School 60 79 1.32
Maidensbridge Primary School 30 39 1.30
Blanford Mere Primary School 45 58 1.29
Oldswinford C of E Primary School 60 76 1.27
Hurst Green Primary School 59 73 1.24
Rufford Primary School 30 37 1.23
The Ridge Primary School 32 39 1.22
Bramford Primary School 60 72 1.20
Lapal Primary School 44 53 1.20
Pedmore CE Primary School 30 36 1.20
The Bromley-Pensnett Primary School 30 36 1.20
Wallbrook Primary Academy 30 35 1.17
Wrens Nest Primary School 60 68 1.13
Newfield Park Primary Academy 60 65 1.08
Alder Coppice Primary School 30 32 1.07
Milking Bank Primary School 60 63 1.05
Cotwall End Primary School 60 62 1.03
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 30 31 1.03
St Joseph's RC Primary School 30 31 1.03
Tenterfields Primary Academy 30 31 1.03
Amblecote Primary School 45 46 1.02
Mount Pleasant Primary School 44 43 0.98
Quarry Bank Primary School 45 44 0.98
St Chad's Catholic Primary School 29 28 0.97
Netherbrook Primary School 57 54 0.95
Christ Church CofE Primary School 72 67 0.93
Greenfield Primary School 40 37 0.93
Woodside Primary School and Nursery 56 52 0.93
Brook Primary School 42 38 0.90
Howley Grange Primary School 60 48 0.80
Hawbush Primary School 24 19 —
Dingle Community Primary School 25 15 —

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.