Shifnal Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Shifnal, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.616 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Shifnal Primary School is a primary school in Shifnal, Shropshire for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 3 March 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Shifnal 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 | 0.616 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 51 first-choice applications for 50 offers: 50 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 0.616 miles away, the 7th shortest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Curriers Lane, Shifnal, TF11 8EJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 379 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school each day.”
- “They know each other well and treat one another respectfully.”
- “Pupils’ behaviour around school is typically calm and pleasant.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, teachers are unclear about the essential knowledge that pupils should learn.”
- “In these subjects, pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2023 (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) | 72% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 50 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.
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sheriffhales Primary School and Preschool 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Beckbury Church of England Primary School and Nursery 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Albrighton Primary School & Nursery 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Broseley CofE Primary School 6.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- John Wilkinson Primary School and Nursery 6.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Buildwas Academy 7.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published