St Thomas and St Anne CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.162 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Thomas and St Anne CofE Primary School is a primary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Thomas and St Anne 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 | 5.162 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 5.162 miles, the 49th longest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 4.25 miles.
- Reception 2026 saw 12 first-choice applications for 12 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 14th highest of 123 Shropshire primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 14.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 10.4% 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
- Cruckmeole, Hanwood, Shrewsbury, SY5 8JN
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 104 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are safe and happy in this friendly school.”
- “Leaders are approachable and visible.”
- “Leaders and staff have high expectations of each pupil.”
To improve
- “However, staff do not always check at the end of a topic how well pupils can remember and apply their knowledge.”
- “Recently, pupils’ achievement in writing dipped.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 May 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) | 54% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 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.
- Longden CofE Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bowbrook Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oxon CofE Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Oakmeadow Church of England Primary and Nursery School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Radbrook Primary School 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Trinity CofE Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Meole Brace Church of England Primary School and Nursery 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pontesbury CofE Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published