Market Drayton Junior School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
MARKET DRAYTON · TF9 3HU · Shropshire
Ages 7–11
- KS262%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM34.2%
1.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Some aspects not as strongURN 123397
Buntingsdale Primary School and Nursery
Community school · Market Drayton · TF9 2HB
Ages 3–11 · 76 pupils · Shropshire
Ofsted
Some aspects not as strong
KS2 expected (RWM)
25%
Overall absence
6.2%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Some aspects not as strong
Inspection date
2024-12-05
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)25%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 99.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 101.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)14.1%
Unauthorised0.6%
- Authorised absence
- 5.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 71
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)
- 11
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 7
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- 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 fill63%
76 pupils · 120 places
- Pupils on roll
- 76
- Boys / girls
- 39 / 37
- School capacity
- 120
- Capacity fill
- 76 / 120 (63%)
- Free school meals
- 20.5%
- FSM pupils
- 15
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Clare Elkes
Location
- Address
- Buntingsdale Park, Tern Hill
- Postcode
- TF9 2HB
- Town
- Market Drayton
- County
- Shropshire
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- District
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- The Wrekin
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to 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 community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Market Drayton, Shropshire, 76 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 20.5%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Market Drayton Infant & Nursery School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Market Drayton · TF9 3BA · Shropshire
Ages 2–7
- Absence4.8%
- FSM19.9%
- Demand1.00
1.9 miles away
Moreton Say CofE Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Market Drayton · TF9 3RS · Shropshire
Ages 2–11
- Absence2.8%
- FSM13.7%
- Demand1.00
2.0 miles away
Stoke-on-Tern Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Market Drayton · TF9 2LF · Shropshire
Ages 2–11
- KS267%
- Absence6.4%
- FSM24.3%
- Demand1.00
2.2 miles away
Longlands Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Market Drayton · TF9 1QU · Shropshire
Ages 2–11
- KS277%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM40.6%
- Demand1.00
2.4 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Clare Elkes
- Telephone
- 01630638370