Ellesmere Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Ellesmere, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
9.946 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ellesmere Primary School is a primary school in Ellesmere, Shropshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Ellesmere 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 | 9.946 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 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 Reception place in 2026 lived 9.946 miles away, the 11th longest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 38 first-choice applications for 38 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- There are 23.4 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
- Elson Road, Ellesmere, SY12 9EU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 378 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy, safe and well cared for at this school.”
- “They are polite and welcoming to visitors and kind and respectful to each other.”
- “Warm relationships between pupils and adults in the school support pupils in their endeavours to follow the ‘Ellesmere Way’, which has been introduced by the new headteacher.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally, important subject-specific skills and knowledge are not secured.”
- “This is because learning activities focus too much on recording the knowledge taught and not enough on understanding and remembering it.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 2024 (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) | 64% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 38 offers in total, 38 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.
- Criftins CofE Primary School and Nursery 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Welshampton CofE Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Cockshutt CofE Primary School and Nursery 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whittington CofE (VA) Primary School 4.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newtown CofE Primary School 5.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Gobowen Primary School 5.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Weston Lullingfields Church of England Primary School and Nursery 5.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- West Felton Church of England Primary School and Nursery 6.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published