Burford CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Tenbury Wells, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.787 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Burford CofE Primary School is a primary school in Tenbury Wells, Shropshire for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Burford CofE 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 | 0.787 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 0.787 miles away, the 10th shortest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- 11 of the 26 Reception applications for 2026 (42%) came from families living outside Shropshire, and 5 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
- That 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Forresters Road, Burford, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8AT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 141 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 16 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Burford C of E Primary School are very well cared for and supported.”
- “They like coming to school because they feel safe and enjoy learning.”
- “From the moment they start school, staff get to know pupils and their families extremely well.”
To improve
- “However, leaders recognise that opportunities for children to develop their understanding of the wider world are not as well developed as other aspects of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 July 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) | 53% | 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.
- Clee Hill Community Academy 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bishop Hooper Church of England Primary School 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bitterley CofE Primary School (Aided) 5.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ludlow Primary School 6.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Laurence CofE Primary School 6.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Cleobury Mortimer Primary School 6.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Farlow CofE Primary School 7.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stottesdon CofE Primary School 9.8 mi Not judged Last distance published