Bitterley CofE Primary School (Aided)
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Ludlow, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.301 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bitterley CofE Primary School (Aided) is a primary school in Ludlow, Shropshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 October 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bitterley CofE Primary School (Aided) 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 | 5.301 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 5.301 miles from the school, the 48th longest of the 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 4.25 miles).
- 8.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 13.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Shropshire.
- In 2026 Reception entry, there were 10 first-choice applications for 10 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), though 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Bitterley, Ludlow, SY8 3HF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 81 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy school.”
- “They appreciate the opportunities they have to take on responsibilities.”
- “Pupils have meetings, make decisions and create action plans to help make life at school even better.”
To improve
- “However, not all subjects benefit from the same level of monitoring.”
- “This means that some subjects are not improving as quickly as they might.”
- “Other subjects have also been reviewed and are being improved, but not all of the reviews are complete.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 December 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) | 70% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 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.
- Clee Hill Community Academy 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ludlow Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Laurence CofE Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishop Hooper Church of England Primary School 4.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Farlow CofE Primary School 5.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burford CofE Primary School 5.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Corvedale CofE Primary School 6.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Onny CofE (A) Primary School 6.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published