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Market Drayton · TF9 4DN · Staffordshire
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
1.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 123491
Norton-in-Hales CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Market Drayton · TF9 4AT
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 2–11
Pupils
75
Local authority
Shropshire
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
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 Market Drayton, Shropshire, 75 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 9.9%. 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.
Overview
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 123491
Location
- Address
- Main Road, Norton-in-Hales
- Postcode
- TF9 4AT
- Town
- Market Drayton
- County
- Shropshire
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- District
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 75
- Boys / girls
- 30 / 45
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 75 / 105 (71%)
- Free school meals
- 9.9%
- FSM pupils
- 7
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lichfield
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs angela alkureishi
- Telephone
- 01630653084
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2022-12-08
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 58%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0