Sir John Talbot's School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · Whitchurch, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
12.553 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sir John Talbot's School is a secondary school in Whitchurch, Shropshire for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 December 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Sir John Talbot's 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 | 12.553 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
- Year 7 2026's last distance offered was 12.553 miles, 8th longest of 19 Shropshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 9.77 miles.
- Year 7 last distance moved sharply nearer from 2025 to 2026, to about the same as 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 129 first-choice applications for 141 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 12 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 48% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 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
- Prees Road, Whitchurch, SY13 2BY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 861 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are made to feel welcome at Sir John Talbot’s School, where all are included.”
- “The school’s vision of ‘achievement through caring’ underpins everything it does to ensure a quality education for all.”
- “The school has high expectations for all pupils’ achievement, and addresses any barriers faced by those who are vulnerable or disadvantaged in any way.”
To improve
- “However, a small number struggle to meet these expectations.”
- “Suspensions have been too high in the past but have recently started to fall as a result of the school’s actions to support pupils when needed.”
- “These approaches are contributing to the recent reduction in the number of pupils who are suspended from school, although a small number of pupils continue to be suspended repeatedly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 January 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) | 48% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.8 | 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: 129 first-preference applications, 141 offers in total, 129 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 7.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Grove School 9.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Lakelands Academy 10.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Corbet School 13.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shrewsbury Academy 15.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Belvidere School 17.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Marches School 17.6 mi Good Last distance published
- The Priory School 18.5 mi Good Last distance published