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Bowbrook Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 118Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 149757URN

Squinter Pip Way, Shrewsbury, SY5 8PY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.0per place
2.0 above Shropshire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Shropshire

120 applications for 30 places · 3rd of 73 in Shropshire

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 30 June 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

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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 entry
4.0applications per place, Reception
2.0 above Shropshire median (2.0) 1.8 above England median (2.2)

120 applications · 30 places offered · 34 named it first

  1. 2026 4.0; Shropshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 4.1; Shropshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 4.1; Shropshire median median 2.0
  • This school
  • Shropshire median

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026301204.0341.13
Sep 2025301234.1461.53
Sep 2024261074.1301.15

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6

  • This school
  • Shropshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/25
2023/24
2022/23

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

School details

Type
Free schools
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
149757 · 893/2013
Trust
The 3-18 Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
236 pupils · 118 on roll
Free school meals
10.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision and SEN unit
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2023
Address
Squinter Pip Way, Shrewsbury, SY5 8PY
Local authority
Shropshire

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