Radbrook Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
32.96 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Radbrook Primary School is a primary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 8 May 2025. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Radbrook 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 | 32.96 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 32.96 miles away, the 2nd longest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 26 first-choice applications for 31 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the lowest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Shropshire that have results.
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
- Calverton Way, Bank Farm Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 6DZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 312 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 8 May 2025
Strengths
- “The school has high aspirations for all pupils to ‘be the best you can be’.”
- “This vision is being realised.”
- “Pupils achieve well, particularly pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “However, in other subjects, curriculums, while ambitious, are not yet fully realised.”
- “At times, staff do not always focus closely enough on the most important knowledge pupils need to learn.”
- “When this happens, pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2025 (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) | 50% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 26 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.
- Bowbrook Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meole Brace Church of England Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St George's Junior School 0.8 mi Good
- Woodfield Infant School & Nursery 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Coleham Primary School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Oxon CofE Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Oakmeadow Church of England Primary and Nursery School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Greenfields Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published