Longnor CofE Primary School
Ofsted: OutstandingVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Shrewsbury · SY5 7PP · Shropshire
Ages 3–11
- KS247%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM1.0%
- Demand1.00
1.7 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Needs attentionURN 145300
St Edward's CofE Primary School
Academy sponsor led · Shrewsbury · SY5 7JL
Ages 4–11 · 31 pupils · Shropshire
Ofsted
Needs attention
KS2 expected (RWM)
71%
Overall absence
4.0%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Needs attention
Inspection date
2026-06-09
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Safeguarding standards: Met
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)71%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 109.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)10.3%
Unauthorised0.7%
- Authorised absence
- 3.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 29
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
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
1
Places offered
1
1st-preference offers
1
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 8
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 1
- 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 fill55%
31 pupils · 56 places
- Pupils on roll
- 31
- Boys / girls
- 16 / 15
- School capacity
- 56
- Capacity fill
- 31 / 56 (55%)
- Free school meals
- 25.8%
- FSM pupils
- 8
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Religious ethos
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hereford
- Governance
- Academy trust: DIOCESE OF HEREFORD MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- DIOCESE OF HEREFORD MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Diocese of Hereford Multi Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Miss Rebecca Elvins
Location
- Address
- Church Road, Dorrington
- Postcode
- SY5 7JL
- Town
- Shrewsbury
- County
- Shropshire
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- District
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South 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 sponsor led (primary), Ages 4–11, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 31 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 25.8%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Hereford.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Condover CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Primary
Shrewsbury · SY5 7AA · Shropshire
Ages 2–11
- KS265%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM11.9%
- Demand0.94
2.3 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Rebecca Elvins
- Telephone
- 01743718462