St Mary's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–11 · Bucknell, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.423 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Bucknell, Shropshire for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 February 2025. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's 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 | 4.423 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 Reception 2026 last distance offered was 4.423 miles, the 60th longest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 4.25 miles).
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There were 3 first-choice applications for 3 Reception offers in 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 1 of the 5 applications (20%) came from outside Shropshire.
- 34.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 19% 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
- Chapel Lawn Road, Bucknell, SY7 0AA
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 55 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy life at St Mary’s CofE Primary School.”
- “Staff quickly forge strong working relationships with pupils.”
- “They really get to know them as individuals in this small community.”
To improve
- “However, there are some inconsistencies in how clearly teachers present new knowledge.”
- “However, some of these are not adapted precisely to help them to learn.”
- “For example, activities do not always reinforce children’s understanding of early English and mathematics effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 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) | 67% | 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: 3 first-preference applications, 3 offers in total, 3 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.
- Clunbury CofE Primary School 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St George's CofE Academy, Clun 5.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Onny CofE (A) Primary School 7.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stokesay Primary School 7.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lydbury North Church of England Primary School 7.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newcastle CofE Primary School 8.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wistanstow CofE Primary School 8.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bishops Castle Primary School 9.6 mi Good Last distance published