Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Shropshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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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 entry724 applications · 168 places offered · 231 named it first
- 2026 4.3; Shropshire median median 1.8
- 2025 3.6; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2024 3.9; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2023 4.1; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2022 3.7; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2021 3.4; Shropshire median median 1.5
- 2020 3.4; Shropshire median median 1.7
- 2019 3.6; Shropshire median median 1.5
- 2018 3.4; Shropshire median median 1.4
- 2017 3.1; Shropshire median median 1.5
- 2016 2.8; Shropshire median median 1.4
- 2015 2.6; Shropshire median median 1.4
- 2014 2.5; Shropshire median median 1.3
- This school
- Shropshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 168 | 724 | 4.3 | 231 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2025 | 168 | 605 | 3.6 | 264 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2024 | 168 | 656 | 3.9 | 287 | 1.71 |
| Sep 2023 | 176 | 723 | 4.1 | 272 | 1.55 |
| Sep 2022 | 167 | 621 | 3.7 | 257 | 1.54 |
| Sep 2021 | 165 | 553 | 3.4 | 226 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2020 | 165 | 560 | 3.4 | 220 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2019 | 163 | 581 | 3.6 | 229 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2018 | 162 | 551 | 3.4 | 238 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2017 | 165 | 505 | 3.1 | 211 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2016 | 166 | 464 | 2.8 | 228 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2015 | 162 | 415 | 2.6 | 188 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2014 | 162 | 402 | 2.5 | 193 | 1.19 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 167 | 52.6 | 57% | 77% | – |
| 2024/25 | 167 | 52.7 | 56% | 78% | – |
| 2023/24 | 167 | 54.0 | 59% | 83% | +0.38 |
| 2022/23 | 167 | 55.1 | 62% | 81% | +0.37 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Priory SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20234.3applications per place 52.6Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · ShropshireGood20242.5applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · ShropshireGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · ShropshireRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 31.9Attainment 8
- 9.4 km · ShropshireGood20232.7applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
- 12.2 km · ShropshireRemains Good20222.3applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 17.0 km · ShropshireRemains Good20241.8applications per place 44.7Attainment 8
- 17.0 km · Telford and WrekinGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 17.0 km · Telford and Wrekin20262.6applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138216 · 893/4368
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 840 pupils · 852 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2012
- Replaced
- The Priory School, A Business and Enterprise College (URN 123562)
- Address
- Longden Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 9EE
- Local authority
- Shropshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources