Longden CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–11 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.979 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Longden CofE Primary School is a primary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Longden 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 | 6.979 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 6.979 miles away, the 29th longest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 4.25 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2024, the other year with a published figure.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 14 first-choice applications for 15 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Plealey Lane, Longden, Shrewsbury, SY5 8EX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 140 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 February 2026
Strengths
- “At the heart of Longden CofE Primary are the school’s values of friendship, respect and compassion.”
- “Pupils say that the best thing about this school is that ‘everyone is friendly'.”
- “Pupils learn how to get on well with each other.”
To improve
- “Pupils do not achieve as well in writing as they do in reading and mathematics.”
- “However, not all pupils secure these foundations as well as they could.”
- “In addition, work given in English for some older pupils is too hard for them because it is not well matched to what they know and can do.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 April 2026 (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) | 64% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 14 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.
- St Thomas and St Anne CofE Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pontesbury CofE Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oakmeadow Church of England Primary and Nursery School 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Edward's CofE Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Condover CofE Primary School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meole Brace Church of England Primary School and Nursery 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bowbrook Primary School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Radbrook Primary School 3.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published