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Best primary schools in Shropshire

97 of 128 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Shropshire schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 108 of them.

94 of 128 rated Good or Outstanding
6 oversubscribed on first preference
10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
Median Met expected standard (RWM): 60.0% (best 100.0%)

#	School	Met expected standard (RWM)	Ofsted	Places	Catchment
1	St Edward's CofE Primary School Shrewsbury	100.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
2	Gobowen Primary School Oswestry	92.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
3	Norbury Primary School and Nursery Bishops Castle	89.0%	Not judged improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
4	Castlefields Primary School Bridgnorth	83.0%	Good	about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
5	St Lucia's CofE Primary School & Nursery Shrewsbury	83.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
6	Claverley CofE Primary School Wolverhampton	81.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.22 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
7	Greenfields Primary School Shrewsbury	81.0%	Not judged	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
8	Moreton Say CofE Primary School Market Drayton	80.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
9	Stokesay Primary School Craven Arms	79.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
10	Whixall CofE Primary School Nr Whitchurch	79.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
11	Minsterley Primary School Shrewsbury	78.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
12	Barrow 1618 CofE Free School Broseley	77.0%	Good improving	about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
13	Alveley Primary School Bridgnorth	75.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
14	Coleham Primary School Shrewsbury	75.0%	Outstanding	oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
15	Condover CofE Primary School Shrewsbury	75.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
16	Trinity CofE Primary School Shrewsbury	75.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
17	St Laurence CofE Primary School Ludlow	74.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
18	St Mary's CofE Primary School Wolverhampton hidden gem	73.0%	Good	about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
19	Shifnal Primary School Shifnal	72.0%	Good	about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
20	St Andrew's CofE Primary School Shifnal	72.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
21	Baschurch CofE Primary School Shrewsbury	71.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
22	Bitterley CofE Primary School (Aided) Ludlow	70.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
23	Hadnall Church of England Primary School Shrewsbury	69.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
24	Hodnet Primary School Market Drayton	69.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
25	Longnor CofE Primary School Shrewsbury	69.0%	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
26	Wilfred Owen Primary School Shrewsbury	69.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
27	St George's Junior School Shrewsbury	68.0%	Good	—	mapped
28	St Marys CofE Primary School Shrewsbury	68.0%	Good	about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
29	Clive CofE Primary School Shrewsbury	67.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
30	Clunbury CofE Primary School Craven Arms	67.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
31	Mereside Church of England Primary Academy Shrewsbury	67.0%	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
32	Morda CofE Primary School Oswestry	67.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
33	Myddle CofE Primary School Shrewsbury	67.0%	Good improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
34	Rushbury CofE Primary School Church Stretton	67.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
35	St Mary's CofE Primary School Bucknell	67.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
36	Stottesdon CofE Primary School Kidderminster	67.0%	Not judged	about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
37	Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery Oswestry	66.0%	Good improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
38	Much Wenlock Primary School Much Wenlock	66.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
39	Clee Hill Community Academy Ludlow	65.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
40	Long Mountain CofE Primary School Shrewsbury	65.0%	Requires improvement declining	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
41	Oxon CofE Primary School Shrewsbury	65.0%	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
42	Prees CofE Primary School Whitchurch	65.0%	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
43	Ellesmere Primary School Ellesmere	64.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
44	Longden CofE Primary School Shrewsbury	64.0%	Requires improvement	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
45	Pontesbury CofE Primary School Shrewsbury	63.0%	Not judged improving	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
46	St Leonard's CofE Primary School Bridgnorth hidden gem	63.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
47	Sheriffhales Primary School and Preschool Shifnal	62.0%	Not judged declining	oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
48	Longlands Primary School Market Drayton	61.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
49	Ludlow Primary School Ludlow	60.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
50	St Peter's CofE Primary School Shrewsbury	60.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
51	Bryn Offa CofE Primary School Oswestry	59.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
52	St Lawrence CofE Primary School Church Stretton	59.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
53	Buntingsdale Primary School and Nursery Market Drayton	58.0%	Good improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
54	Church Preen Primary School Nr Much Wenlock	57.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
55	St George's CofE Academy, Clun Craven Arms	57.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
56	Stiperstones CofE Primary School Bishops Castle	57.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
57	Norton-in-Hales CofE Primary School Market Drayton	56.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
58	Woodside Primary School Oswestry	56.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
59	Highley Community Primary School Bridgnorth	55.0%	Good improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
60	Mount Pleasant Primary Shrewsbury	55.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
61	St Thomas and St Anne CofE Primary School Shrewsbury	54.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
62	Burford CofE Primary School Tenbury Wells	53.0%	Good improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
63	Harlescott Junior School Shrewsbury	53.0%	Good	—	approximate
64	Lower Heath CofE Primary School Whitchurch	53.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
65	Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery Shrewsbury	53.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
66	Whittington CofE (VA) Primary School Oswestry	52.0%	Not judged declining	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
67	Market Drayton Junior School MARKET DRAYTON	51.0%	Good	—	approximate
68	Oakmeadow Church of England Primary and Nursery School Shrewsbury	51.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
69	Bishops Castle Primary School Bishops Castle	50.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
70	Broseley CofE Primary School Broseley	50.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
71	Corvedale CofE Primary School Craven Arms	50.0%	Good improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
72	Farlow CofE Primary School Kidderminster	50.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
73	Greenacres Primary School Shrewsbury	50.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
74	Morville CofE (Controlled) Primary School Bridgnorth hidden gem	50.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
75	Radbrook Primary School Shrewsbury hidden gem	50.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
76	Stoke-on-Tern Primary School Market Drayton	50.0%	Not judged declining	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
77	Trefonen CofE Primary School Oswestry	50.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
78	Whitchurch CofE Junior Academy Whitchurch	50.0%	Good	—	mapped
79	The Meadows Primary School Oswestry	49.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
80	Belvidere Primary School Shrewsbury	44.0%	Not judged declining	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
81	Bishop Hooper Church of England Primary School Ludlow	43.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
82	St Giles CofE Primary School Shrewsbury hidden gem	42.0%	Good declining	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
83	Hinstock Primary School Market Drayton	40.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
84	Tilstock CofE Primary and Nursery Whitchurch	40.0%	Good	about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
85	Welshampton CofE Primary School Ellesmere	38.0%	Good declining	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
86	Onny CofE (A) Primary School Craven Arms	36.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
87	Cleobury Mortimer Primary School Kidderminster	35.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
88	Weston Rhyn Primary School Oswestry	35.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
89	Brockton CofE Primary School Much Wenlock	33.0%	Requires improvement	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
90	Buildwas Academy Telford	33.0%	Requires improvement declining	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
91	Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School Market Drayton	33.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
92	Wistanstow CofE Primary School Craven Arms	30.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
93	Newtown CofE Primary School Shrewsbury	25.0%	Not judged improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
94	Chirbury CofE VC Primary School & Busy Bees Nursery Montgomery	22.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
95	Grange Primary School Shrewsbury	19.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
96	Brown Clee CofE Primary School Bridgnorth hidden gem	18.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
97	Lydbury North Church of England Primary School	14.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped

Also in Shropshire

31 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Shropshire, not a fairer one.

Adderley CofE Primary School Ofsted: Outstanding
Albrighton Primary School & Nursery
Beckbury Church of England Primary School and Nursery Ofsted: Good hidden gem
Bicton Church of England Primary School and Nursery Ofsted: Requires improvement
Bomere Heath Church of England Primary School Ofsted: Good
Bowbrook Primary School
Christ Church Church of England Primary School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
Cockshutt CofE Primary School and Nursery Ofsted: Good
Criftins CofE Primary School and Nursery
Crowmoor Primary School Ofsted: Inadequate
John Wilkinson Primary School and Nursery Ofsted: Requires improvement
Kinlet CofE Primary School Ofsted: Not judged
Kinnerley Church of England Primary School and Nursery Ofsted: Good
Market Drayton Infant & Nursery School Ofsted: Good
Meole Brace Church of England Primary School and Nursery Ofsted: Good
Newcastle CofE Primary School Ofsted: Good
Our Lady and St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Ofsted: Good
Selattyn CofE Primary School
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery Ofsted: Not judged
St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School and Nursery Ofsted: Good
St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Ofsted: Requires improvement
St Winefride's RC Independent School
St. Mary's Bluecoat Church of England Primary School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
Sundorne Infant School and Nursery Ofsted: Good
The Martin Wilson School Ofsted: Requires improvement
West Felton Church of England Primary School and Nursery Ofsted: Good
Weston Lullingfields Church of England Primary School and Nursery Ofsted: Requires improvement
Whitchurch CofE Infant and Nursery Academy Ofsted: Good
Woodfield Infant School & Nursery Ofsted: Not judged
Woore Primary and Nursery School Ofsted: Good
Worfield Endowed Church Of England Primary School Ofsted: Good hidden gem

Applying in Shropshire

Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.

Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2027 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2026; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry Secondary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — state school Year 7 place offers (1 March).
Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
Secondary application deadline 2027-10-31 · 2028 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2028 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2027; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2028-01-15 · 2028 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2028 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2028; apply via your home local authority.

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