Oldbury Wells School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
13.935 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Oldbury Wells School is a secondary school in Bridgnorth, Shropshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 April 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Oldbury Wells 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 | 13.935 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
- The last child offered a Year 7 place for 2026 lived 13.935 miles away, the 6th longest of 19 Shropshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance, and further than in 2025.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 112 first-choice applications for 154 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 42 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Year 7 2026, 70 of the 341 applications (21%) came from families living outside Shropshire, and 35 offers went to them.
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
- Oldbury Wells, Bridgnorth, WV16 5JD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 740 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending school.”
- “Leaders have high expectations, and pupils live up to these expectations.”
- “There are strong relationships between staff and pupils.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise that more work needs to be done to ensure that disadvantaged pupils are included in all parts of school life.”
- “Leaders recognise this approach is not yet consistent across the curriculum.”
- “Leaders are aware that more work is needed to develop a love of reading across all year groups.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 2023 (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) | 44% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.9 | 46 |
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: 112 first-preference applications, 154 offers in total, 112 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.
- Bridgnorth Endowed School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- William Brookes School 7.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Idsall School 10.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Lacon Childe School 10.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Church Stretton School 15.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ludlow Church of England School 16.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Belvidere School 17.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Meole Brace School 18.2 mi Good Last distance published