Norbury Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 2–11 · Bishops Castle, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.584 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Norbury Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Bishops Castle, Shropshire for ages 2–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Norbury Primary School and Nursery 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 | 3.584 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 2026 Reception, the last child offered a place lived 3.584 miles away, the 50th shortest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2026 Reception, there were 6 first-choice applications for 6 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 89% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 14.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Shropshire.
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
- Norbury, Bishops Castle, SY9 5EA
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 70 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Norbury Primary school thrive in school, academically, personally and socially.”
- “This is demonstrated both by the outcomes pupils achieve as well as in how passionately they speak about their learning across the curriculum.”
- “By far the majority of parents are positive and grateful for all the school’s work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 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) | 89% | 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: 6 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 6 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.
- Stiperstones CofE Primary School 0.0 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Bishops Castle Primary School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Lydbury North Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Lawrence CofE Primary School 5.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wistanstow CofE Primary School 5.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stokesay Primary School 7.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Clunbury CofE Primary School 7.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Minsterley Primary School 7.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published