Minsterley Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.083 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Minsterley Primary School is a primary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 March 2024. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Minsterley 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 | 5.083 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 78% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was 2nd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Shropshire that have results.
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 5.083 miles, 50th longest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 4.25 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
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
- Minsterley, Shrewsbury, SY5 0BE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 173 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 March 2024
Strengths
- “Minsterley Primary School is warm, welcoming and inclusive.”
- “It is a school where pupils achieve well because of the guidance and support that staff provide.”
- “There is always something going on to enrich pupils’ experience, ranging from exciting visits to historic places, to the numerous sporting clubs in school.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, pupils struggle to remember what they have learned as well as they could.”
- “This is because teachers do not always revisit previous learning successfully enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 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) | 78% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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.
- Pontesbury CofE Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Long Mountain CofE Primary School 3.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Longden CofE Primary School 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas and St Anne CofE Primary School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Trinity CofE Primary School 6.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Edward's CofE Primary School 6.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oakmeadow Church of England Primary and Nursery School 6.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bowbrook Primary School 7.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published