Weston Rhyn Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Oswestry, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.969 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Weston Rhyn Primary School is a primary school in Oswestry, Shropshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 November 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Weston Rhyn 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 | 3.969 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.969 miles away: 57th shortest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 4.25 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 17 first-choice applications for 17 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 2024/25: 35% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, lowest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest Shropshire primary schools 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
- Old Chirk Road, Weston Rhyn, Oswestry, SY10 7SR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 191 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 November 2023
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming, friendly school.”
- “Pupils are kind to each other, behave well and work hard.”
- “There is an inclusive ethos, and everyone looks out for one another.”
To improve
- “Historical outcomes at key stage 2 have been lower than national averages, but this is improving.”
- “However, the school does not have a consistent approach to letter formation and handwriting.”
- “This means that some writing skills are not as well developed as they could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 January 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) | 35% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 17 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.
- Gobowen Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Selattyn CofE Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodside Primary School 3.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Meadows Primary School 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whittington CofE (VA) Primary School 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Criftins CofE Primary School and Nursery 4.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published