Bryn Offa CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Oswestry, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
20.920 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bryn Offa CofE Primary School is a primary school in Oswestry, Shropshire for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 2 February 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bryn Offa 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 | 20.920 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 20.920 miles away, the 5th longest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 18 first-choice applications for 18 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There were 19.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.6 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
- Rockwell Lane, Pant, Oswestry, SY10 9QR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 115 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 2 February 2023
Strengths
- “Bryn Offa is a happy, welcoming school at the heart of the community.”
- “Everyone looks out for each other and there is a strong ethos of teamwork.”
- “Pupils love coming to school and feel safe.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, including history and geography, the curriculum is not sequenced as clearly.”
- “Leaders have not identified the precise knowledge that they want pupils to learn.”
- “Teachers do not always check what pupils already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 March 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) | 59% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 18 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.
- Trefonen CofE Primary School 3.1 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Morda CofE Primary School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Kinnerley Church of England Primary School and Nursery 4.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 4.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery 5.0 mi Good Last distance published
- West Felton Church of England Primary School and Nursery 5.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodside Primary School 5.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Meadows Primary School 5.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published