Lakelands Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Ellesmere, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
14.334 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lakelands Academy is a secondary school in Ellesmere, Shropshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Lakelands Academy 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 | 14.334 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 last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 14.334 miles away, 4th longest of 19 Shropshire secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 9.77 miles).
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 or 2023, and the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 107 first-choice applications for 113 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place and 6 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 34% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 43.1 (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
- Oswestry Road, Ellesmere, SY12 0EA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 590 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 June 2026
Strengths
- “Some pupils enjoy their learning and time at school.”
- “Generally, there are positive relationships between staff and pupils.”
- “Most pupils behave well at break and lunchtimes.”
To improve
- “Pupils have a mixed experience at this school.”
- “However, a significant minority of pupils do not.”
- “They say other pupils' behaviour disrupts their lessons.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 June 2026 (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) | 34% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.1 | 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: 107 first-preference applications, 113 offers in total, 107 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 Marches School 7.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Thomas Adams School 7.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Corbet School 7.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sir John Talbot's School 10.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Shrewsbury Academy 14.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Belvidere School 15.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Priory School 15.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Meole Brace School 15.6 mi Good Last distance published