The Priory School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.248 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Priory School is a secondary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 November 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Priory 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 | 1.248 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
- In 2026 Year 7 admissions, the last child offered a place lived 1.248 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 19 Shropshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 231 first-choice applications for 168 offers; 165 offers went to first-choice families and 66 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 52.7 (England 46).
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
- Longden Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 9EE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 852 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at The Priory feel exceptionally valued by all staff and say they are ‘lucky’ to attend such a great school, and they are indeed.”
- “The school’s focus on the values of kindness, understanding and empathy, and the staff’s consistent modelling of these values, helps pupils to develop into self-assured, selfless and successful learners.”
- “This is a community where all are confident to be themselves, where everyone is accepted and where differences are embraced and celebrated.”
To improve
- “There are a small number of occasions, however, when staff’s expectations of what some pupils should produce in their work are not as high as they could be.”
- “This can inhibit the progress of these pupils.”
- “Some pupils need extra support to help them learn the curriculum in line with their peers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 April 2024 (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) | 56% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52.7 | 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: 231 first-preference applications, 168 offers in total, 165 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.
- Meole Brace School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Belvidere School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shrewsbury Academy 3.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Mary Webb School and Science College 5.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Corbet School 7.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Church Stretton School 10.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- William Brookes School 11.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Thomas Adams School 11.4 mi Good Last distance published