Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Shropshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Exceptional | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 14 April 2026Report card · 1 Exceptional, 6 Strong standard
- 19 October 2021Graded 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 entry20 applications · 16 places offered · 16 named it first
- 2026 1.3; Shropshire median median 2.1
- 2025 1.5; Shropshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.5; Shropshire median median 2.0
- 2023 1.5; Shropshire median median 2.0
- 2022 1.2; Shropshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.4; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2020 1.1; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2019 1.1; Shropshire median median 1.7
- 2018 1.1; Shropshire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.1; Shropshire median median 1.7
- 2016 1.3; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2015 1.0; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2014 1.3; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Shropshire median
Dashed bars: as Stokesay Primary School (URN 123398), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 16 | 20 | 1.3 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 14 | 21 | 1.5 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 13 | 20 | 1.5 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 14 | 21 | 1.5 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 18 | 22 | 1.2 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 11 | 15 | 1.4 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 22 | 23 | 1.1 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 17 | 18 | 1.1 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 21 | 24 | 1.1 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 19 | 21 | 1.1 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 16 | 20 | 1.3 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 * | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 10 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 83% · Writing 79% · Maths 83% → all three 79% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Shropshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 79% | 8% | 105 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 80% | 13% | 108 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 75% | 5% | 105 | 106 |
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
- Stokesay Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.3applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · ShropshireGraded · no overall grade20242.8applications per place 30%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · ShropshireGood20232.5applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 6.7 km · Shropshire20264.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 7.9 km · ShropshireGood20242.0applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 8.8 km · Herefordshire, County ofGood20231.8applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 9.1 km · ShropshireRemains Good20231.5applications per place 14%met the SATs standard
- 11.4 km · ShropshireGood20241.9applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 11.4 km · ShropshireGood20241.5applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141340 · 893/2005
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 150 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2014
- Replaced
- Stokesay Primary School (URN 123398)
- Address
- Market Street, Craven Arms, SY7 9NW
- Local authority
- Shropshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources