Oxon CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.303 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Oxon CofE Primary School is a primary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 7 June 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Oxon 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 | 1.303 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 child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.303 miles away, nearer the school than the last child offered in 2024.
- Reception 2026 had 70 first-choice applications for 60 offers, 1.2 first choices per offer, the 6th highest of 123 Shropshire primary schools.
- In Reception 2026, 58 offers went to first-choice families and 12 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% 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
- Racecourse Lane, Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury, SY3 5BJ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 425 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 7 June 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have high expectations for what pupils can achieve at Oxon CofE Primary School.”
- “Pupils rise to these expectations with pride.”
- “They achieve very well across all areas of school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 July 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) | 65% | 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: 70 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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.
- Bowbrook Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodfield Infant School & Nursery 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St George's Junior School 1.3 mi Good
- Bicton Church of England Primary School and Nursery 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Radbrook Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Meole Brace Church of England Primary School and Nursery 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Greenfields Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Coleham Primary School 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published