Newcastle CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Craven Arms · SY7 8QL
Ages 5–11 · 21 pupils · Shropshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
Overall absence
6.9%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-06-15
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
- Authorised absence
- 6.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 5.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 20
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
21 pupils · 56 places
- Pupils on roll
- 21
- Boys / girls
- 8 / 13
- School capacity
- 56
- Capacity fill
- 21 / 56 (38%)
- Free school meals
- 19%
- FSM pupils
- 4
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 5–11
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hereford
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Federation
- Blue Hills Federation
- Headteacher
- Miss Anna Cook
Location
- Address
- Newcastle
- Postcode
- SY7 8QL
- Town
- Craven Arms
- County
- Shropshire
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- District
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire
- Urban/rural
- Smaller 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 voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 5–11, in Craven Arms, Shropshire, 21 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 19%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Hereford.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Anna Cook
- Telephone
- 01588640260