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Howley Grange Primary School

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Community school in Halesowen, B62 0HS, taking ages 5 to 11, 414 on roll.

No current grade Ofsted
1.6789491344277778 mi Admitted from, 2025
99% Full
64.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In the 2025 round, the furthest-away child offered a place at Howley Grange Primary School lived 1.6789491344277778 miles away, according to Dudley. Put a postcode in and it is measured against that distance.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close on 15 January 2027, with offers on 16 April 2027. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses. How it works.

The circle is 1.6789491344277778 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025. Real admission areas are not circular: this is the distance, not a boundary.

This is not a catchment area. Most English schools do not have one. When Howley Grange Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived. 1.6789491344277778 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 414 pupils in 420 places (99% full)
Local authorityDudley

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Meeting the expected standard 64.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 64.0%
2023/24 65.0%
2022/23 65.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Howley Grange Primary School

Girls and boys46.4% girls, 53.6% boys
English as an additional language5.6% of pupils
Free school meals13.5% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Howley Grange Primary School

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1.6789491344277778 miles the school admitted from in 2025, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is B32 at £180,000; the dearest, B62, £315,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
B32 Birmingham 1.1 mi £180,000 103 sales
B68 Sandwell 1.7 mi £220,000 97 sales
B62 Dudley 0.8 mi £315,000 58 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Howley Grange Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around B62: ages, selection, and how full each one is →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report measures the distance from every nearby school to one address, alongside sold prices, flood risk, crime and the other checks on the same house.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Howley Grange Primary School?

Howley Grange Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025 lived 1.6789491344277778 miles away, per Dudley.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Howley Grange Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.6789491344277778 miles was enough in 2025, and at 99% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Howley Grange Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Every Dudley school's distance

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How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →

Admission distance published by Dudley. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.