St Edward's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.967 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Edward's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Edward's 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 | 1.967 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.967 miles away, the 25th shortest of the 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 5 first-choice applications for 5 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 100% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- With 31 pupils on roll in January 2026, there are 10.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.5 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
- Church Road, Dorrington, Shrewsbury, SY5 7JL
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 31 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 10.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 June 2026
Strengths
- “It is a very kind and caring environment in which pupils are settled and feel happy.”
- “Pupils know and understand the school’s values of love, trust and forgiveness and enact these values.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and feel safe there.”
To improve
- “Historic gaps in pupils’ knowledge over time have contributed to some pupils not achieving well enough from their starting points.”
- “Leaders have already identified aspects of the curriculum, teaching and achievement that require further improvement.”
- “The work they produce is generally of a variable standard across subjects and cohorts.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 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) | 100% | 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: 5 first-preference applications, 5 offers in total, 5 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.
- Longnor CofE Primary School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Condover CofE Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Longden CofE Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oakmeadow Church of England Primary and Nursery School 3.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Meole Brace Church of England Primary School and Nursery 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas and St Anne CofE Primary School 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pontesbury CofE Primary School 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Radbrook Primary School 5.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published