Mary Webb School and Science College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
8.825 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Mary Webb School and Science College is a secondary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 June 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Mary Webb School and Science College 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 | 8.825 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 Year 7 last distance offered was 8.825 miles, 7th shortest of 19 Shropshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance (middle figure 9.77 miles).
- That 2026 distance was nearer than in 2025 but further than in 2023, and the biggest swing came between 2024 and 2025.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 105 first-choice applications for 115 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 10 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 43.5 (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
- Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0TG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 632 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and happy in this inclusive and supportive school.”
- “Staff care for pupils’ well-being.”
- “This motivates pupils to attend school, and many have high attendance rates.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, a few of them cannot complete an adapted task.”
- “Too few pupils follow a GCSE in modern foreign languages.”
- “Previously, entry levels for the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) have been low.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 July 2023 (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) | 43.5 | 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: 105 first-preference applications, 115 offers in total, 105 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.
- Meole Brace School 5.7 mi Good Last distance published
- The Priory School 5.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Church Stretton School 7.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Belvidere School 8.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shrewsbury Academy 8.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Corbet School 10.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Community College, Bishop's Castle 12.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- William Brookes School 14.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published