Gobowen Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Oswestry, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.510 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Gobowen Primary School is a primary school in Oswestry, Shropshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2024. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Gobowen Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 5.510 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 5.510 miles, the 45th longest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 4.25 miles).
- For Reception 2026 there were 29 first-choice applications for 29 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 92% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Shropshire that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Shropshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- School Lane, Gobowen, Oswestry, SY11 3LD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 224 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 July 2024
Strengths
- “Gobowen Primary school is ambitious for all its pupils to succeed and to receive a broad and balanced curriculum.”
- “The school’s values of ‘nurture, grow, flourish’ are realised in all aspects of the school’s work.”
- “Pupils achieve very well academically, personally and socially.”
To improve
- “However, on occasion, teachers do not always check thoroughly enough on how well some pupils are learning in lessons.”
- “This results in errors and pupils’ misunderstandings not being addressed as quickly as they could be.”
- “This, therefore, slows learning for these pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 92% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 29 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Shropshire.
- Weston Rhyn Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Selattyn CofE Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodside Primary School 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Meadows Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whittington CofE (VA) Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Morda CofE Primary School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published