Criftins CofE Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Ellesmere, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.885 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Criftins CofE Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Ellesmere, Shropshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Criftins CofE 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 | 2.885 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 place in 2026 lived 2.885 miles away, the 40th shortest of the 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2026 there were 14 first-choice applications for 14 Reception offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 12 places are published for Reception 2027.
- There are 19.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.7 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Shropshire.
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
- Criftins, Ellesmere, SY12 9LT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 96 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 14 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 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.
- Ellesmere Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Whittington CofE (VA) Primary School 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Welshampton CofE Primary School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Gobowen Primary School 4.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Weston Rhyn Primary School 4.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Meadows Primary School 5.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery 5.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodside Primary School 5.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published