Academy converter · Shropshire

Meole Brace School

11–16Ages
1,316Pupils
SecondaryPhase
146146URN

Longden Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 9DW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.5per place

0.7 above Shropshire median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Shropshire

675 applications for 270 places · 5th of 18 in Shropshire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

43.8of 90

Shropshire 41.9 England 46.0

5th of 20 in Shropshire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 3 July 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

2.5applications per place, Year 7

0.7 above Shropshire median (1.8) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

675 applications · 270 places offered · 198 named it first

2026 2.5; Shropshire median median 1.8
2025 2.4; Shropshire median median 1.6
2024 2.3; Shropshire median median 1.6
2023 2.7; Shropshire median median 1.6
2022 2.4; Shropshire median median 1.6
2021 2.2; Shropshire median median 1.5
2020 2.3; Shropshire median median 1.7
2019 2.3; Shropshire median median 1.5
2018 2.4; Shropshire median median 1.4; as the previous school
2017 2.4; Shropshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
2016 2.0; Shropshire median median 1.4; as the previous school
2015 2.0; Shropshire median median 1.4; as the previous school
2014 2.0; Shropshire median median 1.3; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Shropshire median in 8 of 8 years.

This school
Shropshire median

Dashed bars: as Meole Brace School (URN 123573), The Wakeman School and Arts College (URN 123563), the previous school.

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	270	675	2.5	198	0.73
Sep 2025	244	581	2.4	156	0.64
Sep 2024	270	629	2.3	173	0.64
Sep 2023	269	720	2.7	248	0.92
Sep 2022	267	642	2.4	207	0.78
Sep 2021	267	599	2.2	245	0.92
Sep 2020	268	622	2.3	228	0.85
Sep 2019	266	599	2.3	229	0.86
Sep 2018 *	240	566	2.4	188	0.78
Sep 2017 *	226	533	2.4	190	0.84
Sep 2016 *	237	473	2.0	200	0.84
Sep 2015 *	238	481	2.0	211	0.89
Sep 2014 *	234	469	2.0	238	1.02

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

256 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)43.85th of 20 in Shropshire

Shropshire 41.9 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths37%10th of 20 in Shropshire

Shropshire 35% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths62%

Shropshire 58% England 66%

This school
Shropshire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.22

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	256	43.8	37%	62%	–
2024/25	256	44.6	38%	62%	–
2023/24	267	46.7	39%	65%	−0.22
2022/23	239	44.5	31%	63%	−0.51

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

Meole Brace SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

2.5applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
The Priory School
0.4 km · Shropshire

Good2023

4.3applications per place 52.6Attainment 8
Belvidere School
3.8 km · Shropshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.8applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
Shrewsbury Academy
5.3 km · Shropshire

Requires improvement2024

1.5applications per place 31.9Attainment 8
Mary Webb School and Science College
9.2 km · Shropshire

Good2023

2.7applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
The Corbet School
12.6 km · Shropshire

Remains Good2022

2.3applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
Church Stretton School
16.6 km · Shropshire

Remains Good2024

1.8applications per place 44.7Attainment 8
Ercall Wood Academy
17.1 km · Telford and Wrekin

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.5applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
Charlton School
17.1 km · Telford and Wrekin

2026

2.6applications per place 44.9Attainment 8

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 146146 · 893/4403
Trust: Trusted Schools Alliance
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,215 pupils · 1,316 on roll
Free school meals: 20.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 January 2019
Replaced: Meole Brace School (URN 123573); The Wakeman School and Arts College (URN 123563)
Address: Longden Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 9DW
Local authority: Shropshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources