Norton-in-Hales CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–11 · Market Drayton, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.064 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Norton-in-Hales CofE Primary School is a primary school in Market Drayton, Shropshire for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 1 November 2022. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Norton-in-Hales 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 | 3.064 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 school has 23.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Shropshire.
- Reception 2026 had 10 first-choice applications for 10 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 3rd lowest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Shropshire 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
- Main Road, Norton-in-Hales, Market Drayton, TF9 4AT
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 75 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 1 November 2022
Strengths
- “This is a small school where staff know pupils well and care for them as individuals.”
- “The school’s values are a strong feature of school life.”
- “For example, pupils learn to show respect by being kind, listening to one another and playing together well.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils with SEND work on their own with an adult for too long.”
- “Occasionally, in a few subjects, staff give pupils work that does not help them to build on what they already know.”
- “Occasionally, in a few subjects, teachers do not use the outcomes of assessment well enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 December 2022 (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) | 56% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 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.
- Longlands Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Adderley CofE Primary School 2.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Woore Primary and Nursery School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Market Drayton Infant & Nursery School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Market Drayton Junior School 3.4 mi School remains Good
- Moreton Say CofE Primary School 4.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Buntingsdale Primary School and Nursery 5.0 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School 5.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published