Chirbury CofE VC Primary School & Busy Bees Nursery
Primary · Montgomery · SY15 6BN
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection. Ofsted's most recent visit, an ungraded inspection on 4 March 2025, found “Some aspects not as strong”. The grade stands until a graded inspection replaces it, but weigh that finding against it.
Inspected 11 December 2019
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104 pupils · 124% of 84 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 4.4% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 0.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 6.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 0.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.shf.shropshire.sch.uk
- URN
- 123467
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 6 families named it first for 6 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 2.666 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 11 December 2019, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place6 places offered · 6 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.666 miles
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Shropshire school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
9 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025
On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 91% (Shropshire 87%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Shropshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Shropshire 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Shropshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (Shropshire 4%, England 7%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Shropshire: 1.89 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
53% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 16% moved to another state school · 31% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £47,266; 12.5% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve £89,705; in-year balance +£9,346
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Inspection history since 2015
- 4 March 2025: Some aspects not as strong
- 11 December 2019: Good
- 20 June 2017: Requires improvement
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 35.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 16.2% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 32.6% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 15.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 47.6% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 64.4% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 9% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 26.5% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 66.9% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 3.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 36.7% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 6% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033530 · how to read area figures
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 3a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 2a rural school averages 0.9
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted