Stokesay Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Craven Arms, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.698 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Stokesay Primary School is a primary school in Craven Arms, Shropshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Stokesay 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 | 6.698 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, 79% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Shropshire.
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 6.698 miles away, the 33rd longest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Free school meal eligibility is 26.7% of pupils, against a middle figure of 11.8% 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
- Market Street, Craven Arms, SY7 9NW
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 150 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish within this warm and friendly school, where staff are highly ambitious for all children.”
- “Pupils express pride in being part of a community where 'everyone fits' and friendships are easy to make.”
- “The shared motto, 'I can, we can, Stokesay can', shapes pupils’ attitudes and experiences.”
To improve
- “Leaders and those responsible for governance should continue to strengthen and refine their work across all areas, ensuring that improvements are sustainable over time so that they continue to have a transformational impact on outcomes for all pupils.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2026 (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) | 79% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 16 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.
- Wistanstow CofE Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Onny CofE (A) Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Clunbury CofE Primary School 4.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Corvedale CofE Primary School 4.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Lydbury North Church of England Primary School 5.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Laurence CofE Primary School 7.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Ludlow Primary School 7.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Norbury Primary School and Nursery 7.2 mi Not judged Last distance published