Brown Clee CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
7.878 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Brown Clee CofE Primary School is a primary school in Bridgnorth, Shropshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 May 2024. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Brown Clee 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 | 7.878 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 2026 the last Reception place offered went to a child living 7.878 miles away, the 19th longest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 5 first-choice applications for 6 offers (0.8 per offer, the 2nd lowest of 123 Shropshire primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 18% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Shropshire that have results.
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
- Station Road, Ditton Priors, Bridgnorth, WV16 6SS
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 101 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 May 2024
Strengths
- “There is an atmosphere of togetherness at Brown Clee CofE Primary School.”
- “There is a strong sense of pastoral care that permeates the learning environment.”
- “They know they are cared for, which helps them to feel safe.”
To improve
- “However, teachers are not routinely making checks on pupils’ understanding.”
- “As a result, some misconceptions held by pupils are not identified and addressed.”
- “Due to the newness of the phonics programme, there are some small pockets of inconsistency in phonics teaching.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2024 (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) | 18% | 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: 5 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 5 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.
- Brockton CofE Primary School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Morville CofE (Controlled) Primary School 4.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Stottesdon CofE Primary School 5.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Farlow CofE Primary School 5.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rushbury CofE Primary School 6.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Church Preen Primary School 6.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Much Wenlock Primary School 6.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Castlefields Primary School 6.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published