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Voluntary controlled school · Shropshire

Newcastle CofE Primary School

  • 5–11Ages
  • 21Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 123488URN

Newcastle, Craven Arms, SY7 8QL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMar 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · May 2023
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.5 below Shropshire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Shropshire

3 applications for 2 places

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMar 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · May 2023

Inspection history

  1. 4 May 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 19 March 2014
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.5applications per place, Reception
0.5 below Shropshire median (2.0) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

3 applications · 2 places offered · 2 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.5; Shropshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.0; Shropshire median median 1.9
  3. 2022 1.3; Shropshire median median 1.9
  4. 2021 1.0; Shropshire median median 1.6
  5. 2020 1.0; Shropshire median median 1.6
  6. 2019 1.3; Shropshire median median 1.7
  7. 2018 2.0; Shropshire median median 1.7
  8. 2016 1.0; Shropshire median median 1.6
  9. 2015 1.0; Shropshire median median 1.6
  10. 2014 1.3; Shropshire median median 1.6
  • This school
  • Shropshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026231.521.00
Sep 2025242.021.00
Sep 2024020
Sep 2023020
Sep 2022341.331.00
Sep 2021441.041.00
Sep 2020331.031.00
Sep 2019341.331.00
Sep 2018122.011.00
Sep 2017010
Sep 2016221.021.00
Sep 2015221.021.00
Sep 2014341.331.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6

  • This school
  • Shropshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/25
2023/24
2022/23

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

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  • Strong standard
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  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
123488 · 893/3081
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
56 pupils · 21 on roll
Free school meals
19.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Newcastle, Craven Arms, SY7 8QL
Local authority
Shropshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources