The Corbet School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
10.894 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Corbet School is a secondary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 30 March 2022. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Corbet 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 10.894 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
- For Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 10.894 miles away, the 9th longest of 19 Shropshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was further from the school than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 entry had 164 first-choice applications for 153 offers; 149 offers went to first-choice families, and 15 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 GCSE: 45% got grade 5 or above in English and maths (England 45%), the 2nd highest 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
- Eyton Lane, Baschurch, Shrewsbury, SY4 2AX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 691 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 30 March 2022
Strengths
- “The Corbet School provides a happy and kind environment where pupils thrive.”
- “Pupils say that staff are friendly and approachable.”
- “They feel safe and trust staff to help them if they have a problem.”
To improve
- “However, there is some variability in how well teachers check that pupils use this feedback to improve their work.”
- “However, in some subjects systems are not as well developed.”
- “As a result, pupils do not routinely use feedback to improve their work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 May 2022 (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) | 45% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.2 | 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: 164 first-preference applications, 153 offers in total, 149 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.
- The Thomas Adams School 6.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Shrewsbury Academy 6.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Priory School 7.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Meole Brace School 7.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Lakelands Academy 7.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Belvidere School 8.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Marches School 9.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Mary Webb School and Science College 10.2 mi Good Last distance published