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Brown Clee CofE Primary School

Primary · Bridgnorth · WV16 6SS

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 9 May 2024

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At a glance

101 pupils · 72% of 140 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
6.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.browncleeschool.org.uk
URN
123532

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 5 families named it first for 6 Reception places, 0.83 first choices per place. We hold 6 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2020 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 9 May 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.83 first-choice applications per place

6 places offered · 5 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

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.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2020 entry)

Priority 4b
5.924 miles

2020 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

11 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
18%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
100
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
97
England 105

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

This school18%
Median of its 12 closest peers74%
Shropshire average58.7%
England62%

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.

SchoolOfstedResult
Clifford Primary SchoolClifford · 35 miles awayGood94%
Suckley Primary SchoolWorcester · 24 miles awayOutstanding80%
Barrow 1618 CofE Free SchoolBroseley · 7 miles awayGood77%
Abbotskerswell Primary SchoolNewton Abbot · 145 miles awayGood71%
Scarcliffe Primary SchoolChesterfield · 74 miles awayNot yet graded85%
Hertford Vale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, StaxtonScarborough · 147 miles awayGood68%
Sutton-On-Trent Primary and Nursery SchoolNewark · 88 miles awayGood64%
Walesby CofE Primary SchoolNewark · 84 miles awayExpected standard58%
Gorran SchoolSt Austell · 183 miles awayGood82%
Thomas Barnes Primary SchoolTamworth · 37 miles awayGood60%
Corfe Castle Church of England Primary SchoolWareham · 131 miles awayGood57%
Wessington Primary SchoolAlfreton · 63 miles awayExpected standard78%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 97% (Shropshire 87%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Shropshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Shropshire 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Shropshire 1%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.3%
England 17.5%

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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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

69% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 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 £47,490; 11.1% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,932
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 83% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £55,290; in-year balance -£76,650

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work34%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier66.6%62.3%
Social housing8%17.1%
Privately rented25.4%20.5%
Detached houses64.4%22.9%
Flats0.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms29.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028843 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£346,00010 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£252,500–£399,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (5)£267,500

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a 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

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