Shipston-on-Stour Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Shipston-on-Stour · CV36 4BT · Warwickshire
Ages 4–11
- KS271%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM27.8%
- Demand0.96
0.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 138767
Shipston High School
Academy converter · Shipston-on-Stour · CV36 4DY
Ages 11–16 · 526 pupils · Warwickshire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
46.5
Overall absence
9.7%
Admissions demand
0.58 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-07-11
- 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 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.12
−20+2
Attainment 846.5
English & maths grade 5+52%
English & maths grade 4+65%
EBacc entry27%
EBacc APS: 4.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)30.9%
Unauthorised3.1%
- Authorised absence
- 6.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.9%
- Enrolments in measure
- 618
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary 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
0.58 · Often has places
1st preferences
77
Places offered
146
1st-preference offers
75
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 260
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 139
- Applications from outside LA
- 32
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 3
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
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 fill70%
526 pupils · 750 places
- Pupils on roll
- 526
- Boys / girls
- 263 / 263
- School capacity
- 750
- Capacity fill
- 526 / 750 (70%)
- Free school meals
- 23.8%
- FSM pupils
- 125
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: SHIPSTON HIGH SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- SHIPSTON HIGH SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Andrew Larkin
Location
- Address
- Darlingscote Road
- Postcode
- CV36 4DY
- Town
- Shipston-on-Stour
- County
- Warwickshire
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- District
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon
- 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 academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, 526 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 23.8%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Newbold and Tredington CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy converter · Primary
Shipston-on-Stour · CV36 4NZ · Warwickshire
Ages 3–11
- KS239%
- Absence10.9%
- FSM40.3%
- Demand1.00
1.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Andrew Larkin
- Telephone
- 01608661833