Alveley Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Bridgnorth · WV15 6JT · Shropshire
Ages 4–11
- KS276%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM27.2%
- Demand1.00
1.8 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 123371
Highley Community Primary School
Community school · Bridgnorth · WV16 6EH
Ages 5–11 · 234 pupils · Shropshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
49%
Overall absence
6.0%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-04-28
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)49%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)16.8%
Unauthorised1.4%
- Authorised absence
- 4.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.9%
- Enrolments in measure
- 226
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
33
Places offered
33
1st-preference offers
33
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 37
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 33
- 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 fill82%
234 pupils · 287 places
- Pupils on roll
- 234
- Boys / girls
- 122 / 112
- School capacity
- 287
- Capacity fill
- 234 / 287 (82%)
- Free school meals
- 25.2%
- FSM pupils
- 59
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr Tom Plim
Location
- Address
- Grasmere Drive, Highley
- Postcode
- WV16 6EH
- 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 community school (primary), Ages 5–11, in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, 234 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 25.2%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Kinlet CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Kinlet · DY12 3BG · Shropshire
Ages 4–11
- Absence7.9%
- FSM22.0%
- Demand1.00
2.5 miles away
Upper Arley CofE Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Bewdley · DY12 1XA · Worcestershire
Ages 3–11
- KS256%
- Absence6.3%
- FSM15.8%
- Demand1.00
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Tom Plim
- Telephone
- 01746861541