Graded inspection · Jul 2024 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 | Good |
Inspection history
- 10 July 2024Graded inspection: Requires improvement · as St John's Catholic Primary School, URN 123551
- 8 March 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as St John's Catholic Primary School, URN 123551
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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 entry53 applications · 25 places offered · 24 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.1; Shropshire median median 2.1
- 2025 2.9; Shropshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2024 2.9; Shropshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2023 2.1; Shropshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2022 2.4; Shropshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 2.0; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2020 2.2; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2019 2.1; Shropshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 2.4; Shropshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 2.8; Shropshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 2.7; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 2.8; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Shropshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Shropshire median
Dashed bars: as St John's Catholic Primary School (URN 123551), 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 | 25 | 53 | 2.1 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 * | 18 | 52 | 2.9 | 15 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2024 * | 23 | 66 | 2.9 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 30 | 62 | 2.1 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 * | 22 | 53 | 2.4 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 28 | 55 | 2.0 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 23 | 50 | 2.2 | 20 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2019 * | 28 | 58 | 2.1 | 27 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 * | 29 | 70 | 2.4 | 19 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2017 * | 20 | 56 | 2.8 | 18 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 82 | 2.7 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2015 * | 29 | 81 | 2.8 | 40 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 53 | 1.8 | 29 | 0.97 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20242.1applications per place
- 0.2 km · Shropshire20262.8applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Shropshire20262.6applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · ShropshireGood20232.8applications per place
- 4.2 km · ShropshireGood20233.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 5.0 km · ShropshireRemains Good20241.4applications per place
- 8.1 km · ShropshireStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 8.6 km · ShropshireGood20233.0applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 8.6 km · ShropshireRequires improvement20241.7applications per place
- 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
- 151756 · 893/3350
- Religious character
- Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 193 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2025
- Replaced
- St John's Catholic Primary School (URN 123551)
- Address
- Innage Gardens, BRIDGNORTH, WV16 4HW
- Local authority
- Shropshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources