Academy converter · Primary
Shifnal · TF11 9DQ · Shropshire
Ages 2–11
- FSM9.1%
0.0 miles away
ClosedPrimaryURN 123460
Beckbury CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Shifnal · TF11 9DQ
Ages 2–11 · 57 pupils · Shropshire
KS2 expected (RWM)
71%
Overall absence
4.6%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)71%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)8.9%
Unauthorised0.3%
- Authorised absence
- 4.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 45
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
7
Places offered
7
1st-preference offers
7
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 15
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 7
- Applications from outside LA
- 2
- 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 (16 Jan 2025).
Capacity fill102%
57 pupils · 56 places
- Pupils on roll
- 57
- Boys / girls
- 35 / 22
- School capacity
- 56
- Capacity fill
- 57 / 56 (102%)
- Free school meals
- 8.3%
- FSM pupils
- 4
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lichfield
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Gaskin
Location
- Address
- Beckbury
- Postcode
- TF11 9DQ
- Town
- Shifnal
- County
- Shropshire
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- District
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Rural village
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 2–11, in Shifnal, Shropshire, 57 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 8.3%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Lichfield.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Other independent special school
Shifnal · TF11 9ET · Shropshire
Ages 5–19
0.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Gaskin