Belvidere School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.336 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Belvidere School is a secondary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 April 2025. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Belvidere 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 | 1.336 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
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.336 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 19 Shropshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2023, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 168 first-choice applications for 168 offers; 150 offers went to first-choice families and 18 first-choice families (11%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 34% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 39.8 (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
- Belvidere Lane, Shrewsbury, SY2 5RJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 830 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 April 2025
Strengths
- “One pupil, typical of many, says ‘being at Belvidere now is to belong to a community and to believe that we can succeed.”
- “This is because pupils recognise the many improvements which have been put in place in this school, as well as the new building they benefit from.”
- “Pupils understand the school’s high expectations are helping most of them to make better choices.”
To improve
- “However, there remains some variability, which means that sometimes pupils are not achieving as well as they could.”
- “However, some pupils still find it difficult to meet these expectations and, as a result, are more often removed from lessons or receive sanctions.”
- “However, when this is not the case, pupils struggle to apply their more recent learning to more complex tasks.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 2025 (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) | 34% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.8 | 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: 168 first-preference applications, 168 offers in total, 150 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.
- Shrewsbury Academy 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Priory School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Meole Brace School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Corbet School 8.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mary Webb School and Science College 8.0 mi Good Last distance published
- William Brookes School 10.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Thomas Adams School 10.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Church Stretton School 11.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published