Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.317 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery 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 | 0.317 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 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 Reception 2026 place lived 0.317 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle 4.25 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 18 first-choice applications for 18 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 53% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (2024/25), the 3rd lowest of 6 Shropshire primary schools that have results: this one and 5 of the 8 nearest.
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
- New Park Road, Castlefields, Shrewsbury, SY1 2SP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 194 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 53% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 18 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.
- The Martin Wilson School 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Greenfields Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mount Pleasant Primary 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wilfred Owen Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Crowmoor Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Belvidere Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sundorne Infant School and Nursery 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Giles CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published