Report card · inspected May 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| 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
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Inspection history
- 6 May 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 26 April 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 entry61 applications · 17 places offered · 19 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.6; Shropshire median median 2.1
- 2025 3.1; Shropshire median median 1.9
- 2024 3.1; Shropshire median median 2.0
- 2023 2.8; Shropshire median median 2.0
- 2022 3.3; Shropshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.8; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2020 1.9; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2019 1.9; Shropshire median median 1.7
- 2018 1.8; Shropshire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.5; Shropshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 3.0; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 2.5; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Shropshire median
Dashed bars: as Tilstock CofE Primary School and Nursery (URN 123506), 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 | 17 | 61 | 3.6 | 19 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2025 | 14 | 44 | 3.1 | 20 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2024 | 16 | 50 | 3.1 | 20 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2023 | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 12 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 13 | 23 | 1.8 | 12 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 | 14 | 27 | 1.9 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 2 | 0.33 |
| Sep 2016 * | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 4 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2015 * | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 6 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 55% · Writing 45% · Maths 40% → all three 40% 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 | 40% | 0% | 101 | 98 |
| 2023/24 | 44% | 0% | 100 | 96 |
| 2022/23 | 50% | 0% | 110 | 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
- Tilstock CofE Primary and NurseryThis schoolThis school20263.6applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · ShropshireRemains Good20231.2applications per place
- 3.6 km · ShropshireGood202350%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · ShropshireStandards maintained20252.7applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 4.9 km · ShropshireGraded · no overall grade20254.3applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 6.0 km · ShropshireGood20232.7applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 8.5 km · Cheshire West and ChesterGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 9.0 km · ShropshireGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 25%met the SATs standard
- 9.1 km · Shropshire20261.3applications 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
- 144983 · 893/2009
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 123 on roll
- Free school meals
- 21.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2017
- Replaced
- Tilstock CofE Primary School and Nursery (URN 123506)
- Address
- Tilstock Lane, Tilstock, Whitchurch, SY13 3JL
- Local authority
- Shropshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources