Highley Community Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Bridgnorth · WV16 6EH · Shropshire
Ages 5–11
- KS249%
- Absence6.0%
- FSM25.2%
- Demand1.00
1.8 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 143548
Alveley Primary School
Academy sponsor led · Bridgnorth · WV15 6JT
Ages 4–11 · 115 pupils · Shropshire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
76%
Overall absence
4.5%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2019-09-11
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)76%
Higher standard (RWM)18%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)6.7%
Unauthorised1.3%
- Authorised absence
- 3.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 89
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
10
Places offered
10
1st-preference offers
10
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 13
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 10
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill97%
115 pupils · 119 places
- Pupils on roll
- 115
- Boys / girls
- 60 / 55
- School capacity
- 119
- Capacity fill
- 115 / 119 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 27.2%
- FSM pupils
- 28
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: TRUSTED SCHOOLS ALLIANCE
- Academy trust
- TRUSTED SCHOOLS ALLIANCE
- Sponsor
- TrustEd Schools' Partnership
- Headteacher
- Mr P O'Malley
Location
- Address
- Daddlebrook Road, Alveley
- Postcode
- WV15 6JT
- Town
- Bridgnorth
- County
- Shropshire
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- District
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 4–11, in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, 115 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 27.2%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Upper Arley CofE Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Bewdley · DY12 1XA · Worcestershire
Ages 3–11
- KS256%
- Absence6.3%
- FSM15.8%
- Demand1.00
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr P O'Malley
- Telephone
- 01746780284