St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Shrewsbury · SY4 1DB
Data updated
SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection
We show the lowest of the four areas Ofsted did judge, listed below. Why some schools have no overall grade →
Inspected 11 February 2025
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112 pupils · 133% of 84 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 31.9% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 151884
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 15 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 11 February 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 11% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place15 places offered · 15 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)
- Sibling
- 8.55 miles
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Shrewsbury school admissions · Shropshire school admissions
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Specific Learning Difficulty
- Visual Impairment
- Hearing Impairment
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Multi-Sensory Impairment
- Physical Disability
- Moderate Learning Difficulty
Provision type: Resourced provision.
- Resourced provision
- 6 of 8 places taken nearly full
Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 94% (Shropshire 87%, England 60%) · White Gypsy/Roma 4% (Shropshire 0%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Shropshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Shropshire 1%, England 2%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 34.4% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 13% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 37.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 14.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 48.9% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 75% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 10.8% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 14% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 55.6% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 1.8% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 36.8% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 5.5% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028969 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £260,00031 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £207,500–£344,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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
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
Nearby schools
- St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School and Nursery
- Kinnerley Church of England Primary School and Nursery
- Baschurch CofE Primary School
- The Corbet School
- West Felton Church of England Primary School and Nursery
- Trinity CofE Primary School
- Weston Lullingfields Church of England Primary School and Nursery
- Bicton Church of England Primary School and Nursery