Buntingsdale Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Market Drayton, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.563 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Buntingsdale Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Market Drayton, Shropshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Some aspects not as strong, from the inspection on 5 November 2024. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Buntingsdale 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 | 4.563 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, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For 2026 Reception, the last child offered a place lived 4.563 miles away, the 56th longest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- For 2026 Reception, there were 8 first-choice applications for 8 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 14th highest of 123 Shropshire primary schools.
- The school has 16.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.1 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
- Buntingsdale Park, Tern Hill, Market Drayton, TF9 2HB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 76 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Some aspects not as strong Inspected 5 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy being part of this warm and welcoming school.”
- “They readily welcome new arrivals to the school.”
- “Pupils celebrate differences between themselves and others.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, they do not focus fully on their learning in lessons and, at times, become distracted.”
- “However, some pupils who fall behind with their learning do not always get the right support to help them to keep up with their peers.”
- “In a small number of subjects, the school’s checks on what pupils know and can do are not used well enough to identify gaps in pupils’ learning over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 December 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) | 58% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 8 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.
- Market Drayton Junior School 1.6 mi School remains Good
- Market Drayton Infant & Nursery School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Moreton Say CofE Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Stoke-on-Tern Primary School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Longlands Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hodnet Primary School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hinstock Primary School 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School 4.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published