Newcastle CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Craven Arms, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
11.549 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Newcastle CofE Primary School is a primary school in Craven Arms, Shropshire for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 May 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Newcastle 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 | 11.549 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last Reception 2026 place went to a child living 11.549 miles away, 7th longest of the 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 2 first-choice applications for 2 offers and every first-choice family was offered a place; Reception 2027 has a published admission number of 8 places.
- With 21 pupils on roll in January 2026, it has 19.4 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Shropshire is 16.4.
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
- Newcastle, Craven Arms, SY7 8QL
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 21 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 May 2023
Strengths
- “There is a family feel to Newcastle CofE Primary.”
- “Because of its size, everyone knows and cares for one another.”
- “Older pupils look after younger pupils and are positive role models to them.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes the books pupils are reading are not matched carefully enough to their reading ability, especially as they progress from phonics to becoming more independent readers.”
- “However, although the personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) curriculum is comprehensive, pupils have not acquired a deep enough understanding of the diversity of modern British society.”
- “Some pupils expressed worry around aspects of society they are not familiar with, such as cities.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 2 first-preference applications, 2 offers in total, 2 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 George's CofE Academy, Clun 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bishops Castle Primary School 5.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Lydbury North Church of England Primary School 6.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Clunbury CofE Primary School 7.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 8.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Norbury Primary School and Nursery 9.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stiperstones CofE Primary School 9.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Chirbury CofE VC Primary School & Busy Bees Nursery 10.0 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published