Idsall School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Shifnal, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.183 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Idsall School is a secondary school in Shifnal, Shropshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 12 November 2024. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Idsall 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 | 0.183 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 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.183 miles away, the shortest of 19 Shropshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance (this one included).
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years; it swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 170 first-choice applications for 197 offers; 166 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families (2%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 32% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd 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
- Coppice Green Lane, Shifnal, TF11 8PD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,172 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “This is a rapidly improving school.”
- “Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are happy here.”
- “Adults take the time to get to know pupils and their families really well.”
To improve
- “However, the curriculum is not always delivered well, and some pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “In addition, some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) do not get the support they need in lessons to do well.”
- “However, too often, the activities chosen by teachers do not support pupils in learning the intended knowledge and, at times, lack ambition.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 December 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) | 32% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
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: 170 first-preference applications, 197 offers in total, 166 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.
- William Brookes School 9.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Bridgnorth Endowed School 9.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Oldbury Wells School 10.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Belvidere School 15.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shrewsbury Academy 15.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Grove School 16.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Priory School 16.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Meole Brace School 16.9 mi Good Last distance published