Meole Brace School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
22.135 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Meole Brace School is a secondary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 July 2024. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Meole Brace 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 22.135 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 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 Year 7 place lived 22.135 miles away, the 2nd longest of 19 Shropshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2023; it swung sharply between some years, most from 2024 to 2025.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 198 first-choice applications for 270 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 72 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 44.6 (England 46).
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
- Longden Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 9DW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,316 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of Meole Brace School.”
- “The school pays serious attention to ensuring that pupils know and value the importance of equality, diversity and inclusivity.”
- “This effort fosters a respectful and positive environment where pupils feel safe and enjoy attending school.”
To improve
- “In the past, the school has not ensured that pupils achieved as well as they could, including in public examinations.”
- “Despite this, some pupils, particularly those who are less able, are sometimes given work that does not enable them to build on their previous learning or address gaps in their knowledge.”
- “This makes it harder for these pupils to achieve consistently well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 38% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.6 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 198 first-preference applications, 270 offers in total, 198 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Shropshire.
- The Priory School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Belvidere School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shrewsbury Academy 3.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Mary Webb School and Science College 5.7 mi Good Last distance published
- The Corbet School 7.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Church Stretton School 10.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- William Brookes School 10.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Thomas Adams School 11.6 mi Good Last distance published