St Peter's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.711 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Peter's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 March 2022. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Peter'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 | 6.711 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility is 21% of pupils, against a middle figure of 11.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Shropshire.
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 6.711 miles, the 32nd longest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle was 4.25 miles.
- Reception 2026 had 45 first-choice applications for 46 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Shrubbery Gardens, Wem, Shrewsbury, SY4 5BX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 404 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Peter's like coming to school.”
- “Most pupils attend well and enjoy the school's welcoming environment.”
- “Leaders have created a school where pupils feel safe and valued.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not gain enough experience of cultures and traditions outside of their own.”
- “However, at key stage 1 and 2, some disadvantaged pupils and some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “The school does not provide effective enough support to help some pupils keep up or catch up with their peers.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 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) | 60% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 45 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.
- Newtown CofE Primary School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Clive CofE Primary School 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Prees CofE Primary School 3.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Whixall CofE Primary School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lower Heath CofE Primary School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Myddle CofE Primary School 4.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cockshutt CofE Primary School and Nursery 5.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tilstock CofE Primary and Nursery 5.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published