Academy converter · Primary
Whitchurch · SY13 1RJ · Shropshire
Ages 3–7
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 141176
Sir John Talbot's School
Academy sponsor led · Whitchurch · SY13 2BY
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–19
Pupils
861
Local authority
Shropshire
Age range
Ages 11–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas 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 academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–19, in Whitchurch, Shropshire, 861 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 22.7%. SEN provision includes: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 141176
Location
- Address
- Prees Road
- Postcode
- SY13 2BY
- Town
- Whitchurch
- County
- Shropshire
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- District
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from 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
- 861
- Boys / girls
- 447 / 414
- School capacity
- 791
- Capacity fill
- 861 / 791 (109%)
- Free school meals
- 22.7%
- FSM pupils
- 178
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: MARCHES ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- MARCHES ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Marches Academy Trust
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 20 on roll / 25 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Tim Stonall
- Telephone
- 01948660600
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
Good
Inspection date
2023-12-13
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 47.7
- Progress 8
- 0.2
- English & maths grade 5+
- 46%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 64%
- EBacc entry
- 29%
- EBacc APS
- 4.2