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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected 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
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 12 May 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 9 February 2022Ungraded 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 entry78 applications · 30 places offered · 34 named it first
- 2026 2.6; Shropshire median median 2.1
- 2025 2.3; Shropshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.9; Shropshire median median 2.0
- 2023 2.9; Shropshire median median 2.0
- 2022 2.2; Shropshire median median 1.9
- 2021 2.5; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2020 2.4; Shropshire median median 1.6
- 2019 2.8; Shropshire median median 1.7
- 2018 2.9; Shropshire median median 1.7
- 2017 2.6; Shropshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 2.6; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 3.0; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 2.1; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Shropshire median
Dashed bars: as Castlefields Primary School (URN 123432), 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 | 30 | 78 | 2.6 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 69 | 2.3 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2024 | 28 | 81 | 2.9 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 28 | 82 | 2.9 | 26 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 29 | 65 | 2.2 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 28 | 70 | 2.5 | 27 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 71 | 2.4 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2019 | 28 | 77 | 2.8 | 30 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 88 | 2.9 | 55 | 1.83 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 77 | 2.6 | 44 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 77 | 2.6 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 91 | 3.0 | 48 | 1.60 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 62 | 2.1 | 32 | 1.07 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 93% · Writing 93% · Maths 97% → all three 83% 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 | 83% | 27% | 109 | 110 |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 17% | 105 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 82% | 21% | 106 | 108 |
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
- Castlefields Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.6applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · ShropshireRequires improvement20242.1applications per place
- 1.3 km · Shropshire20262.8applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · ShropshireGood20232.8applications per place
- 3.9 km · ShropshireGood20233.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 5.9 km · ShropshireRemains Good20241.4applications per place
- 8.6 km · ShropshireStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 9.1 km · ShropshireGood20233.0applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 9.1 km · ShropshireRemains Good20241.2applications per place 55%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
- 145202 · 893/2157
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 226 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2017
- Replaced
- Castlefields Primary School (URN 123432)
- Address
- Castlefields, Bridgnorth, WV16 5DQ
- Local authority
- Shropshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources