Graded inspection · Feb 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary 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 | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
Inspection history
- 11 February 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 8 October 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry34 applications · 8 places offered · 8 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 4.3; Shropshire median median 2.1
- 2025 1.9; Shropshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.6; Shropshire median median 2.0
- 2023 2.0; Shropshire median median 2.0
- 2022 1.7; Shropshire median median 1.9
- 2021 2.7; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2020 2.2; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2019 1.5; Shropshire median median 1.7
- 2018 1.6; Shropshire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.8; Shropshire median median 1.7
- 2016 1.2; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Shropshire median
Dashed bars: as Whixall CofE (Controlled) Primary School (URN 123516), 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 | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 16 | 31 | 1.9 | 14 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2024 | 28 | 46 | 1.6 | 27 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 13 | 26 | 2.0 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 19 | 33 | 1.7 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 7 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2020 | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 11 | 16 | 1.5 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 13 | 16 | 1.2 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 15 | 23 | 1.5 | 14 | 0.93 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 93% · Writing 86% · Maths 79% → 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% | 7% | 111 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 13% | 106 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 68% | 5% | 108 | 104 |
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
- Whixall CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20254.3applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · ShropshireGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 25%met the SATs standard
- 4.9 km · Shropshire20263.6applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 5.5 km · ShropshireStandards maintained20252.7applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 5.9 km · Shropshire20261.3applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 7.1 km · ShropshireGood20241.7applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 7.4 km · ShropshireGood20232.7applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 7.6 km · ShropshireRemains Good20231.2applications per place
- 7.8 km · ShropshireGood202350%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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143325 · 893/3122
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 140 pupils · 152 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2016
- Replaced
- Whixall CofE (Controlled) Primary School (URN 123516)
- Address
- Brownsbrook, Whixall, Nr Whitchurch, SY13 2SB
- Local authority
- Shropshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources