St Giles CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.983 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Giles CofE Primary School is a primary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Giles 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 | 1.983 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 1.983 miles away, the 26th shortest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 4.25 miles).
- In 2024/25, 42% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 30 first-choice applications for 33 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 10.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 18.7% 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
- Portland Crescent, 4, Shrewsbury, SY2 5NJ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 306 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 October 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders put the interests of their pupils at the heart of all they do.”
- “They make sure that all pupils, whatever their needs, are engaged in the life of the school.”
- “As a result, pupils enjoy coming to Saint Giles.”
To improve
- “However, for some with high needs, the adaptions are not always sufficient to enable them to consistently access their work successfully.”
- “Senior leaders, however, are finding that more of their time is being spent working with pupils with complex needs.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 December 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) | 42% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 33 offers in total, 30 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.
- Crowmoor Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Belvidere Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wilfred Owen Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mereside Church of England Primary Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Martin Wilson School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Coleham Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Greenfields Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published