Morville CofE (Controlled) Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 5–11 · Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.434 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Morville CofE (Controlled) Primary School is a primary school in Bridgnorth, Shropshire for ages 5–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 May 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Morville CofE (Controlled) Primary 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 4.434 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 3 first-choice applications for 4 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer and the lowest of 123 Shropshire primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 4.434 miles away, the 59th longest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- With 59 pupils on roll, it has 13 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.2 across the 8 nearest primary 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
- Morville, Bridgnorth, WV16 4RJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 59 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 May 2023
Strengths
- “Morville Primary is a friendly and welcoming school.”
- “Everyone does their best to follow the core values of respect, thoughtfulness, friendship, trust and perseverance.”
- “Parents and carers appreciate the work of leaders and staff to create a nurturing environment in which their children feel safe and happy.”
To improve
- “However, at times, in a few subjects such as geography and design and technology, completing tasks becomes the focus of lessons rather than the intended learning.”
- “They researched where different fruits were grown but could not find the countries on a map.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 50% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 3 first-preference applications, 4 offers in total, 3 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 primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Shropshire.
- Castlefields Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Leonard's CofE Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St. Mary's Bluecoat Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barrow 1618 CofE Free School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Much Wenlock Primary School 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- John Wilkinson Primary School and Nursery 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brown Clee CofE Primary School 4.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published