Academy converter · Warwickshire

Shipston High School

11–16Ages
526Pupils
SecondaryPhase
138767URN

Darlingscote Road, Shipston-on-Stour, CV36 4DY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.1per place

0.5 below Warwickshire median (2.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WarwickshireSelective

193 applications for 92 places · 26th of 39 in Warwickshire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

43.3of 90

Warwickshire 46.0 England 46.0

24th of 37 in Warwickshire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 11 July 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		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

2.1applications per place, Year 7

0.5 below Warwickshire median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

193 applications · 92 places offered · 53 named it first

2026 2.1; Warwickshire median median 2.6
2025 1.9; Warwickshire median median 2.5
2024 1.8; Warwickshire median median 2.4
2023 1.7; Warwickshire median median 2.5
2022 1.8; Warwickshire median median 2.1
2021 2.0; Warwickshire median median 2.0
2020 2.0; Warwickshire median median 2.0
2019 1.8; Warwickshire median median 1.9
2018 1.6; Warwickshire median median 1.8
2017 1.6; Warwickshire median median 1.9
2016 1.6; Warwickshire median median 1.8
2015 1.6; Warwickshire median median 1.6
2014 1.5; Warwickshire median median 1.6

More applications per place than the Warwickshire median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Warwickshire 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	92	193	2.1	53	0.58
Sep 2025	86	161	1.9	59	0.69
Sep 2024	146	260	1.8	77	0.53
Sep 2023	136	231	1.7	111	0.82
Sep 2022	126	231	1.8	123	0.98
Sep 2021	120	239	2.0	112	0.93
Sep 2020	119	232	2.0	131	1.10
Sep 2019	120	220	1.8	110	0.92
Sep 2018	121	192	1.6	119	0.98
Sep 2017	114	184	1.6	94	0.82
Sep 2016	120	188	1.6	99	0.83
Sep 2015	114	179	1.6	102	0.89
Sep 2014	103	157	1.5	84	0.82

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

111 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)43.324th of 37 in Warwickshire

Warwickshire 46.0 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths36%31st of 37 in Warwickshire

Warwickshire 49% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths56%

Warwickshire 69% England 66%

This school
Warwickshire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.12

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	111	43.3	36%	56%	–
2024/25	119	43.9	44%	71%	–
2023/24	114	46.5	52%	65%	−0.12
2022/23	117	47.3	49%	69%	−0.07

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

Shipston High SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

2.1applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
Chipping Campden School
9.8 km · Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.7applications per place 50.4Attainment 8
Kineton High School
13.5 km · Warwickshire

Remains Good2024

2.8applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
King Edward VI School
14.8 km · Warwickshire

Outstanding2021

4.0applications per place 81.1Attainment 8 Selective
Stratford Girls' Grammar School
15.2 km · Warwickshire

Outstanding2022

3.6applications per place 81.9Attainment 8 Selective
Stratford Upon Avon School
15.4 km · Warwickshire

Standards maintained2025

1.7applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
Chipping Norton School
15.6 km · Oxfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.9applications per place 49.9Attainment 8
North Oxfordshire Academy
18.2 km · Oxfordshire

Remains Good2022

2.6applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
Blackminster Middle School
18.5 km · Worcestershire

Requires improvement2024

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 138767 · 937/4113
Trust: Shipston High School
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 750 pupils · 526 on roll
Free school meals: 23.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2012
Replaced: Shipston High School - A Specialist Technology College (URN 125737)
Address: Darlingscote Road, Shipston-on-Stour, CV36 4DY
Local authority: Warwickshire · Stratford-on-Avon

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources