Trefonen CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Oswestry, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.105 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Trefonen CofE Primary School is a primary school in Oswestry, Shropshire for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Some aspects not as strong, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Trefonen 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 | 3.105 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 11 March 2025, was Some aspects not as strong, following a previous graded outcome of Good on 1 May 2019.
- The last Reception 2026 place went to a child 3.105 miles away, 46th shortest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 4.25 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 9 first-choice applications for 9 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 6% 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
- School Lane, Trefonen, Oswestry, SY10 9DY
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 120 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Some aspects not as strong Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this school.”
- “They settle in quickly after starting in Reception.”
- “They feel safe and say there is no bullying.”
To improve
- “However, some weaknesses in provision remain.”
- “A few would not recommend the school to others.”
- “In particular, they have concerns about how well the school communicates with home.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 2025 (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) | 50% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 9 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.
- Morda CofE Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodside Primary School 2.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Bryn Offa CofE Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Meadows Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Selattyn CofE Primary School 4.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whittington CofE (VA) Primary School 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published