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Condover CofE Primary School

Primary · Shrewsbury · SY5 7AA

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 19 May 2026 · report published 8 July 2026

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At a glance

129 pupils · 92% of 140 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
11.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.condoverschool.co.uk
URN
145275

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 19 families named it first for 20 Reception places, 0.95 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2.745 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 19 May 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. 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

0.95 first-choice applications per place

20 places offered · 19 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. Places by distance, last offered at 2.745 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.745 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

12 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
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 peers68%
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
Hope Brook CofE Primary SchoolLonghope · 55 miles awayGood67%
Leven Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBeverley · 132 miles awayNeeds attention58%
Clutton Primary SchoolBristol · 92 miles awayGood77%
Horsley Church of England Primary SchoolStroud · 70 miles awayGood82%
Trefonen CofE Primary SchoolOswestry · 19 miles awayNo current grade50%
Salhouse CofE Primary SchoolSalhouse · 175 miles awayRequires improvement20%
Longcot and Fernham Church of England Primary SchoolFaringdon · 86 miles awayGood72%
High Ercall Primary SchoolTelford · 9 miles awayGood71%
Hadnall Church of England Primary SchoolShrewsbury · 9 miles awayGood (2019)69%
Snape Primary SchoolSaxmundham · 182 miles awayNo current grade43%
Kennall Vale SchoolTruro · 198 miles awayNo current grade63%
Rodmersham SchoolSittingbourne · 175 miles awayOutstanding72%

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 White background 2% (Shropshire 4%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Shropshire 1%, England 3%)

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)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.59 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
18.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% moved to another state school · 3% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

85.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.8 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 £48,549; 14.3% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,991
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (77%) · premises 11% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £25,000; in-year balance -£34,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher38.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work39.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.9%62.3%
Social housing9.4%17.1%
Privately rented14.5%20.5%
Detached houses58.3%22.9%
Flats3.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms38.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028950 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£285,00021 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£225,000–£340,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (10)£317,500
Semi-detached (8)£273,500

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (4.42 km, 2026 entry): 407 sales, median £300,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a 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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