Prees CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Primary
Whitchurch · SY13 2ER · Shropshire
Ages 2–11
- KS264%
- Absence6.9%
- FSM28.6%
- Demand1.00
1.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 146897
Lower Heath CofE Primary School
Academy converter · Whitchurch · SY13 2BT
Ages 2–11 · 105 pupils · Shropshire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
77%
Overall absence
3.9%
Admissions demand
0.75 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-09-19
- 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)77%
Higher standard (RWM)8%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)7.3%
Unauthorised1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 2.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 82
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
0.75 · Often has places
1st preferences
6
Places offered
8
1st-preference offers
6
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 31
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 8
- 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 fill91%
105 pupils · 115 places
- Pupils on roll
- 105
- Boys / girls
- 59 / 46
- School capacity
- 115
- Capacity fill
- 105 / 115 (91%)
- Free school meals
- 9.5%
- FSM pupils
- 10
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 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
- Academy trust: MARCHES ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- MARCHES ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Marches Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Reynolds
Location
- Address
- Lower Heath, Prees, Lower Heath Ce Primary School
- Postcode
- SY13 2BT
- Town
- Whitchurch
- County
- Shropshire
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- District
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire
- 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 academy converter (primary), Ages 2–11, in Whitchurch, Shropshire, 105 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 9.5%. 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.
New to reading school data? See Ofsted ratings explained and how to compare schools.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Reynolds
- Telephone
- 01948840524