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School admissions in Shrewsbury

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

42 schools. 6 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
Hadnall Church of England Primary SchoolShrewsbury1.33153.028 miles 2026
Coleham Primary SchoolShrewsbury1.25601.162 miles 2026
Longnor CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury1.20151.881 miles 2026
Oxon CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury1.17601.303 miles 2026
Bowbrook Primary SchoolShrewsbury1.13300.936 miles 2026
St Marys CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury1.0427not published
Belvidere Primary SchoolShrewsbury1.00250.549 miles 2025
Crowmoor Primary SchoolShrewsbury1.00261.224 miles 2023
Greenacres Primary SchoolShrewsbury1.0010not published
Long Mountain CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury1.00124.542 miles 2023
Minsterley Primary SchoolShrewsbury1.0019not published
Myddle CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury1.0010not published
Newtown CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury1.0014not published
Oakmeadow Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolShrewsbury1.0051not published
Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and NurseryShrewsbury1.0018not published
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and NurseryShrewsbury1.0015not published
St Edward's CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury1.005not published
St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School and NurseryShrewsbury1.0016not published
St Thomas and St Anne CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury1.0012not published
The Martin Wilson SchoolShrewsbury1.0012not published
Weston Lullingfields Church of England Primary School and NurseryShrewsbury1.004not published
Wilfred Owen Primary SchoolShrewsbury1.0018not published
St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury0.9846not published
Greenfields Primary SchoolShrewsbury0.9739not published
Baschurch CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury0.9729not published
Sundorne Infant School and NurseryShrewsbury0.9685not published
Bomere Heath Church of England Primary SchoolShrewsbury0.9627not published
Pontesbury CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury0.96263.735 miles 2024
St Lucia's CofE Primary School & NurseryShrewsbury0.9522not published
Condover CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury0.95202.745 miles 2026
Mount Pleasant PrimaryShrewsbury0.95400.746 miles 2024
Grange Primary SchoolShrewsbury0.9519not published
Meole Brace Church of England Primary School and NurseryShrewsbury0.95571.522 miles 2023
Mereside Church of England Primary AcademyShrewsbury0.9451not published
Woodfield Infant School & NurseryShrewsbury0.9467not published
Clive CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury0.9315not published
Longden CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury0.9315not published
Trinity CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury0.9327not published
St Giles CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury0.91330.595 miles 2025
Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolShrewsbury0.8513not published
Radbrook Primary SchoolShrewsbury0.84311.93 miles 2023
Bicton Church of England Primary School and NurseryShrewsbury0.8312not published

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

7 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
The Priory SchoolShrewsbury1.38168not published
The Thomas Adams SchoolShrewsbury1.142078.619 miles 2026
The Corbet SchoolShrewsbury1.071536.5 miles 2024
Belvidere SchoolShrewsbury1.0016810.643 miles 2025
Mary Webb School and Science CollegeShrewsbury0.91115not published
Shrewsbury AcademyShrewsbury0.84139not published
Meole Brace SchoolShrewsbury0.73270not published

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.