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.
| 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.
| 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.