Adderley CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–11 · Market Drayton, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
7.500 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Adderley CofE Primary School is a primary school in Market Drayton, Shropshire for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 11 June 2024. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Adderley CofE 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 | 7.500 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 7.500 miles away, the 23rd longest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 4.25 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 5 first-choice applications for 5 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, 8 of the 20 applications (40%) came from families living outside Shropshire, and 2 offers went to them.
- 6.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21.1% 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
- Adderley, Market Drayton, TF9 3TF
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 46 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 9.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 11 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this inclusive and nurturing school.”
- “Staff have created a caring and supportive environment where everyone is respected.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are highly positive.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 5 first-preference applications, 5 offers in total, 5 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.
- Norton-in-Hales CofE Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Longlands Primary School 3.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Market Drayton Infant & Nursery School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Market Drayton Junior School 4.0 mi School remains Good
- Moreton Say CofE Primary School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Woore Primary and Nursery School 4.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Buntingsdale Primary School and Nursery 5.2 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Whitchurch CofE Junior Academy 6.9 mi Good