The Community College, Bishop's Castle
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · Bishops Castle, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
14.744 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Community College, Bishop's Castle is a secondary school in Bishops Castle, Shropshire for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 June 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Community College, Bishop's Castle 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 14.744 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance offered, 14.744 miles, was 3rd longest of the 19 Shropshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance (middle figure 9.77 miles).
- Year 7 last distances have swung sharply, most from 2024 to 2025; the 2026 figure was nearer the school than 2025's and about the same as 2023's.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 44 first-choice applications for 45 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 35% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary 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
- Brampton Road, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AY
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 507 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy and achieve well at this happy and caring school, which aims to be the heart of its rural community.”
- “Leaders and other school staff have high expectations of all pupils.”
- “They expect all pupils and staff to work hard together so that pupils learn well.”
To improve
- “At key stage 3, these strategies are sometimes too general or infrequent.”
- “In these instances, pupils’ new learning is sometimes built on shaky foundations.”
- “In a very few instances, teachers are less adept at managing pupils’ behaviour.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 44 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 44 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Shropshire.
- Church Stretton School 8.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mary Webb School and Science College 12.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Ludlow Church of England School 13.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Meole Brace School 17.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Priory School 17.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Belvidere School 19.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- William Brookes School 20.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Shrewsbury Academy 20.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published