Longlands Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Market Drayton, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.700 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Longlands Primary School is a primary school in Market Drayton, Shropshire for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Longlands 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 | 2.700 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, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last Reception place in 2026 went to a child living 2.700 miles away, the 37th shortest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 20 first-choice applications for 20 offers (1.0 per offer, the 14th highest of 123 Shropshire primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 39.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 19.9% 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
- Linden Way, Fairfields, Market Drayton, TF9 1QU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 201 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their learning and work hard at Longlands.”
- “They are proud of their school and strive to do well.”
- “Pupils are eager to learn and especially enjoy the opportunities provided to learn outside, such as in the school’s woodland area and farm.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, pupils’ learning is not as clearly sequenced from early years.”
- “As a result, subject leaders cannot always be sure that the early years curriculum provides a firm foundation for what pupils learn in later years.”
- “However, some of these adaptations do not meet the needs of some pupils with SEND, and this holds back their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 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) | 61% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 20 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.
- Market Drayton Infant & Nursery School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Market Drayton Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Buntingsdale Primary School and Nursery 2.4 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Norton-in-Hales CofE Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Moreton Say CofE Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Adderley CofE Primary School 3.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stoke-on-Tern Primary School 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published