Harlescott House School
Other independent special school · Ages 8–17 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Harlescott House School is an independent special school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire for ages 8–17.
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Key facts
- Address
- Harlescott Lane, Shrewsbury, SY1 3BA
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 8–17
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 3 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- z of pupils eligible
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Strengths
- “Staff understand this and prioritise getting to know the pupils and building strong relationships.”
- “This puts pupils at ease and helps them to settle in and feel safe.”
- “Pupils are happy to come to school.”
To improve
- “However, while leaders are ambitious for pupils, this ambition is not yet evident in the content and sequencing of some curricular areas.”
- “This means that in some subjects, learning does not always build purposefully towards ambitious end points.”
- “However, at times, pupils complete tasks that are not fully matched to what they need to learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Straight-line distance, in Shropshire.
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