Whitchurch CofE Infant and Nursery Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Whitchurch, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.200 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Whitchurch CofE Infant and Nursery Academy is a primary school in Whitchurch, Shropshire for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 June 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Whitchurch CofE Infant and Nursery Academy 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 | 4.200 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 4.200 miles away, the 61st shortest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- There were 79 first-choice applications for 79 Reception offers in 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 21% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, above the middle figure of 13.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Shropshire.
- There are 23.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.6 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
- Station Road, Whitchurch, SY13 1RJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 291 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 June 2023
Strengths
- “There is a clear sense of joy and positivity at Whitchurch CofE Infant and Nursery.”
- “Pupils are polite, friendly and behave well around school.”
- “They know that if they have a problem, the teachers will sort it out straight away.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, changes are very new, and teachers do not always have the subject knowledge they need to deliver lessons to best effect.”
- “They do not check pupils’ understanding quickly enough, and some pupils can become disengaged.”
- “This means that pupils’ learning in these subjects slows.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 79 first-preference applications, 79 offers in total, 79 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.
- Whitchurch CofE Junior Academy 0.1 mi Good
- Tilstock CofE Primary and Nursery 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whixall CofE Primary School 4.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Prees CofE Primary School 4.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lower Heath CofE Primary School 5.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Moreton Say CofE Primary School 6.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Adderley CofE Primary School 6.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Newtown CofE Primary School 7.3 mi Not judged Last distance published