Graded inspection · Jan 2023 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
Inspection history
- 11 January 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement · as The Martin Wilson School, URN 123447
- 7 October 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as The Martin Wilson School, URN 123447
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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 · 12 places offered · 12 named it first
- 2026 2.8; Shropshire median median 2.1
- 2025 1.6; Shropshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2024 2.1; Shropshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2023 1.9; Shropshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2022 1.6; Shropshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 2.4; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2020 1.5; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2019 1.5; Shropshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; Shropshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.3; Shropshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Shropshire median
Dashed bars: as The Martin Wilson School (URN 123447), 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 | 12 | 34 | 2.8 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 * | 16 | 25 | 1.6 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 22 | 46 | 2.1 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 * | 22 | 41 | 1.9 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 27 | 44 | 1.6 | 25 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 * | 13 | 31 | 2.4 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 28 | 41 | 1.5 | 25 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 * | 24 | 36 | 1.5 | 22 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2018 * | 22 | 39 | 1.8 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 40 | 1.3 | 26 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2016 * | 31 | 56 | 1.8 | 29 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 * | 27 | 47 | 1.7 | 25 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 * | 31 | 43 | 1.4 | 26 | 0.84 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Martin Wilson SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20232.8applications per place
- 0.1 km · ShropshireNot yet inspected2.1applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · ShropshireGraded · no overall grade20243.1applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · ShropshireGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Shropshire20262.1applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · ShropshireSpecial measures Inadequate20231.9applications per place
- 1.4 km · ShropshireGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · ShropshireGood20211.4applications per place
- 1.7 km · ShropshireGood20232.9applications per place 42%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
- 151470 · 893/2179
- Trust
- Shine Academies
- Capacity
- 234 pupils · 164 on roll
- Free school meals
- 40.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2025
- Replaced
- The Martin Wilson School (URN 123447)
- Address
- New Park Road, Castlefields, Shrewsbury, SY1 2SP
- Local authority
- Shropshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources