Mereside Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.662 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Mereside Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 20 March 2024. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Mereside Church of England Primary 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 | 1.662 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 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.662 miles from the school, the 23rd shortest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- 48 first-choice applications for 51 Reception offers in 2026: 0.9 first choices per offer, 19th lowest of 123 Shropshire primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result ranked 3rd highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Shropshire that have results.
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
- Mereside, Springfield, Shrewsbury, SY2 6LE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 364 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Inspected 20 March 2024
Strengths
- “Mereside is a caring and supportive school that puts the pupils first.”
- “Pupils say that teachers are kind and help them to learn.”
- “There are strong and trusting relationships between adults and pupils.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, they do not remember important knowledge that has been taught over time.”
- “However, in some subjects the activities that are provided do not always help all pupils to learn and remember what has been delivered over time.”
- “However, despite these strengths, some staff lack expertise in delivering the school’s phonics programme.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 May 2024 (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) | 67% | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 48 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.
- St Giles CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Crowmoor Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Coleham Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Belvidere Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Meole Brace Church of England Primary School and Nursery 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wilfred Owen Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Martin Wilson School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published