Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Shropshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 9 June 2026Report card · 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 18 January 2022Graded inspection: 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 entry242 applications · 113 places offered · 107 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Shropshire median median 1.8
- 2025 2.0; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2024 2.2; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2023 2.1; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2022 1.9; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2021 1.6; Shropshire median median 1.5
- 2020 1.8; Shropshire median median 1.7
- 2019 1.5; Shropshire median median 1.5
- 2018 1.6; Shropshire median median 1.4
- 2017 1.6; Shropshire median median 1.5
- 2016 1.4; Shropshire median median 1.4
- 2015 1.6; Shropshire median median 1.4
- 2014 1.6; 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 | 113 | 242 | 2.1 | 107 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 111 | 216 | 2.0 | 110 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2024 | 114 | 245 | 2.2 | 126 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2023 | 111 | 231 | 2.1 | 121 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2022 | 113 | 211 | 1.9 | 111 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 107 | 175 | 1.6 | 111 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2020 | 110 | 195 | 1.8 | 144 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2019 | 103 | 157 | 1.5 | 100 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 95 | 149 | 1.6 | 91 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 93 | 148 | 1.6 | 90 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 108 | 151 | 1.4 | 109 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2015 | 84 | 131 | 1.6 | 81 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 | 87 | 143 | 1.6 | 85 | 0.98 |
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.) | 119 | 42.7 | 40% | 55% | – |
| 2024/25 | 106 | 43.1 | 34% | 61% | – |
| 2023/24 | 106 | 38.3 | 29% | 45% | −0.63 |
| 2022/23 | 97 | 41.6 | 29% | 58% | −0.36 |
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
- Lakelands AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.1applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 8.1 km · ShropshireGood20232.8applications per place 37.6Attainment 8
- 12.2 km · ShropshireGood20231.2applications per place 38.1Attainment 8
- 12.6 km · ShropshireGood20232.2applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
- 12.7 km · ShropshireRemains Good20222.3applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 16.3 km · ShropshireGood20231.7applications per place 40.2Attainment 8
- 16.9 km · Cheshire West and Chester20261.4applications per place 54.6Attainment 8
- 22.6 km · ShropshireRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 31.9Attainment 8
- 24.8 km · ShropshireGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 42.9Attainment 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
- 139102 · 893/4387
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 580 pupils · 590 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 December 2012
- Replaced
- The Lakelands School, Sports and Language College (URN 123566)
- Address
- Oswestry Road, Ellesmere, SY12 0EA
- Local authority
- Shropshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources