Graded inspection · May 2024 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 8 May 2024Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 15 February 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry222 applications · 123 places offered · 113 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Shropshire median median 1.8
- 2025 1.5; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2024 1.6; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2023 1.6; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2022 1.8; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2021 1.9; Shropshire median median 1.5
- 2020 2.0; Shropshire median median 1.7
- 2019 1.9; Shropshire median median 1.5
- 2018 1.8; Shropshire median median 1.4
- 2017 1.9; Shropshire median median 1.5
- 2016 1.7; Shropshire median median 1.4
- 2015 2.3; Shropshire median median 1.4
- 2014 1.8; 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 | 123 | 222 | 1.8 | 113 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 125 | 189 | 1.5 | 109 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2024 | 158 | 257 | 1.6 | 146 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 | 160 | 251 | 1.6 | 162 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2022 | 158 | 286 | 1.8 | 195 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2021 | 171 | 323 | 1.9 | 196 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2020 | 177 | 354 | 2.0 | 186 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2019 | 157 | 305 | 1.9 | 164 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2018 | 159 | 288 | 1.8 | 186 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2017 | 161 | 313 | 1.9 | 182 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2016 | 159 | 277 | 1.7 | 163 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2015 | 160 | 367 | 2.3 | 206 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2014 | 161 | 281 | 1.8 | 175 | 1.09 |
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.) | 140 | 38.2 | 25% | 56% | – |
| 2024/25 | 168 | 41.4 | 38% | 54% | – |
| 2023/24 | 156 | 39.4 | 33% | 55% | −0.95 |
| 2022/23 | 159 | 41.6 | 37% | 57% | −0.87 |
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
- William Brookes SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20241.8applications per place 38.2Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · Telford and Wrekin20262.5applications per place 34.4Attainment 8
- 8.1 km · Telford and WrekinGood20224.9applications per place 44.8Attainment 8
- 9.2 km · Telford and WrekinRequires improvement20242.3applications per place 37.9Attainment 8
- 10.1 km · Telford and WrekinSerious weaknesses Inadequate20222.1applications per place 29.0Attainment 8
- 10.4 km · Telford and WrekinGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 11.7 km · ShropshireGood20232.7applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · ShropshireRemains Good20232.2applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 12.2 km · Telford and WrekinRemains Good · improving20223.2applications per place 47.0Attainment 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
- 139769 · 893/4391
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 932 pupils · 748 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2013
- Replaced
- William Brookes School (URN 123567)
- Address
- Farley Road, Much Wenlock, TF13 6NB
- Local authority
- Shropshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources