Stoke-on-Tern Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Market Drayton, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.943 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Stoke-on-Tern Primary School is a primary school in Market Drayton, Shropshire for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 July 2025. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Stoke-on-Tern 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 | 3.943 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 1 July 2025, was Not judged; its previous graded outcome, on 8 February 2023, was Requires improvement.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 12 first-choice applications for 12 offers, every first-choice family was offered a place, and the last child offered a place lived 3.943 miles away.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 23.7% of pupils, against a middle figure of 19.9% 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
- Rosehill Road, Stoke Heath, Market Drayton, TF9 2LF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 118 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 July 2025
Strengths
- “The school’s passion and determination to help pupils ‘to be the best that we can be’ is lived and breathed at Stoke-on-Tern.”
- “Pupils and staff are happy to attend such a special place.”
- “Most pupils attain well and are proud of their achievements.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers’ subject knowledge is not as secure, which means that the activities chosen are not always well matched to pupils’ needs.”
- “This means that the quality of work varies.”
- “As a result, pupils do not always make the progress that they are capable of.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2025 (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) | 50% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 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.
- Buntingsdale Primary School and Nursery 2.2 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Hodnet Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hinstock Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Market Drayton Junior School 3.5 mi School remains Good
- Market Drayton Infant & Nursery School 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Moreton Say CofE Primary School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Longlands Primary School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published