Greenacres Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.954 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Greenacres Primary School is a primary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 March 2025. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Greenacres 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 | 0.954 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 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.954 miles, the 14th shortest of the 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle was 4.25 miles.
- Reception 2026 had 10 first-choice applications for 10 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meals: 47.6% of pupils are eligible, against a middle figure of 35.3% 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
- Rutland, Off York Road, Harlescott Grange, Shrewsbury, SY1 3QG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 105 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “This school is characterised by the warmth and care of the staff towards pupils and the enthusiasm for learning that they show in return.”
- “Pupils are keen to share what they have learned.”
- “The school has a positive and nurturing ethos, supported by lots of smiles and laughter.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, this essential learning is not as clearly identified.”
- “This means that, sometimes, pupils have gaps in their knowledge and do not learn all that they could.”
- “However, the school has been less successful with its approach to reading in key stage 2.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 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: 10 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 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.
- Grange Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Sundorne Infant School and Nursery 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mount Pleasant Primary 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harlescott Junior School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Greenfields Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Martin Wilson School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wilfred Owen Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published