Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Market Drayton, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.554 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Market Drayton, Shropshire for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Cheswardine Primary and Nursery 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 4.554 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 Reception place in 2026 went to a child living 4.554 miles away, 58th longest of the 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 5 first-choice applications for 5 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 12 places are published for Reception 2027.
- For Reception 2026, 1 of the 6 applications (17%) came from families living outside Shropshire, and 1 offer went to them.
- In 2024/25, 33% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Glebe Close, Cheswardine, Market Drayton, TF9 2RU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 54 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
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) | 33% | 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: 5 first-preference applications, 5 offers in total, 5 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.
- Hinstock Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Longlands Primary School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Market Drayton Infant & Nursery School 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Market Drayton Junior School 4.2 mi School remains Good
- Stoke-on-Tern Primary School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Buntingsdale Primary School and Nursery 4.6 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Norton-in-Hales CofE Primary School 5.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Moreton Say CofE Primary School 6.3 mi Good Last distance published