Free schools · Primary
Shrewsbury · SY5 8PY · Shropshire
Ages 3–11
- FSM10.9%
- Demand1.15
0.1 miles away
OpenOfsted: Not judgedURN 149086
The Keystone Academy
Free schools special · Shrewsbury · SY5 8PY
Ages 4–16 · 122 pupils · Shropshire
Ofsted
Not judged
KS2 expected (RWM)
0%
Overall absence
19.3%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-01-28
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- 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 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)0%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 98.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 100.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence19.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)46.7%
Unauthorised3.8%
- Authorised absence
- 15.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 19.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 92
Absence trend
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill102%
122 pupils · 120 places
- Pupils on roll
- 122
- Boys / girls
- 83 / 39
- School capacity
- 120
- Capacity fill
- 122 / 120 (102%)
- Free school meals
- 42.6%
- FSM pupils
- 52
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Free schools special
Age range
Ages 4–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: YOUTH ENGAGEMENT SCHOOLS TRUST
- Academy trust
- YOUTH ENGAGEMENT SCHOOLS TRUST
- Sponsor
- Youth Engagement Schools Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Bellaby
Location
- Address
- Squinter Pip Way
- Postcode
- SY5 8PY
- Town
- Shrewsbury
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- District
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury
- Urban/rural
- Urban: 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 free schools special, Ages 4–16, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 122 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: special school, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 42.6%.
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Radbrook Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Primary
Shrewsbury · SY3 6DZ · Shropshire
Ages 3–11
- KS260%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM7.6%
- Demand0.91
0.7 miles away
Oxon CofE Primary School
Ofsted: School remains OutstandingVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Shrewsbury · SY3 5BJ · Shropshire
Ages 5–11
- KS278%
- Absence4.9%
- FSM6.4%
- Demand0.97
0.8 miles away
Woodfield Infant School & Nursery
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Shrewsbury · SY3 8LU · Shropshire
Ages 3–7
- Absence4.5%
- FSM6.2%
- Demand0.99
0.9 miles away
St George's Junior School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Shrewsbury · SY3 8LU · Shropshire
Ages 7–11
- KS265%
- Absence4.1%
- FSM11.6%
0.9 miles away
The Priory School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Shrewsbury · SY3 9EE · Shropshire
Ages 11–16
- Att854.0
- P80.4
- EM5+59%
- Absence7.0%
1.1 miles away
Other independent special school
Shropshire · SY3 9AH · Shropshire
Ages 5–19
- Att89.3
- EM5+5%
1.2 miles away
Meole Brace School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Shrewsbury · SY3 9DW · Shropshire
Ages 11–16
- Att846.7
- P8-0.2
- EM5+39%
- Absence9.1%
1.2 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Bellaby
- Telephone
- 01743599011