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Trinity CofE Primary School

Primary · Shrewsbury · SY5 9LG

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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 November 2022

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At a glance

157 pupils · 98% of 161 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
14% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.trinity.shropshire.sch.uk
URN
130931

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 25 families named it first for 27 Reception places, 0.93 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 November 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

27 places offered · 25 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
75%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school75%
Median of its 12 closest peers61.5%
Shropshire average58.7%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Loxwood Primary SchoolBillingshurst · 151 miles awayGood53%
Stoke Climsland SchoolCALLINGTON · 162 miles awayGood62%
Cannington Church of England Primary SchoolBridgwater · 108 miles awayRequires improvement71%
Brent Knoll Church of England Primary SchoolHighbridge · 101 miles awayGood82%
Yealmpton Primary SchoolPlymouth · 171 miles awayGood79%
Dunholme St Chad's Church of England Primary SchoolLincoln · 108 miles awayGood61%
Burford Primary SchoolBurford · 81 miles awayGood50%
Walsden St Peter's CE (VC) Primary SchoolTodmorden · 75 miles awayGood72%
Modbury Primary SchoolIvybridge · 169 miles awayGood71%
Stanley (Crook) Primary SchoolCrook · 147 miles awayGood60%
Bow Community Primary SchoolCrediton · 138 miles awayGood40%
Lytham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolLytham St. Annes · 71 miles awayRequires improvement55%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 94% (Shropshire 87%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Shropshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Shropshire 0%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (Shropshire 4%, England 7%) · White Irish 1% (Shropshire 0%, England 0%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Shropshire 1%, England 3%) · 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)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.9%
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
24.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

44.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,956; 22.2% 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£7,842
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 69% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £27,532; in-year balance -£26,503

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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 higher34%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier71.3%62.3%
Social housing15.5%17.1%
Privately rented13.1%20.5%
Detached houses44.2%22.9%
Flats7.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms27.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028979 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£257,50026 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£238,500–£340,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£360,000
Semi-detached (13)£250,000

Homes around this school are cheaper 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

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
2a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a 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

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