Living in Bishops Castle with children
Bishops Castle, Shropshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
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SourceDfE results by phase (the year is in each table's heading). Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures.
School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
How it is worked outRank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out).
- Schools with hidden or no results get no rank.
Every school in Bishops Castle, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norbury Primary School and Nursery | Outstanding | Top 3% (3/113) in Shropshire | 3.584 miles (2026) |
| Bishops Castle Primary School | Good | (84/113) in Shropshire | — |
| Stiperstones CofE Primary School | School remains Good (Improving) | — | 3.905 miles (2026) |
State secondary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Community College, Bishop's Castle | School remains Good | Top 15% (3/20) in Shropshire | — |
Homes and prices
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SourceHM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
- We don't hold the sales inside this town's outline yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
We don't hold Land Registry sales for Bishops Castle yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
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SourceStops and stations: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes).
Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode.
How it is worked outRail stations within 2 km and bus stops within 1 km of the middle of its schools; straight-line distances.
Broadband is an average across the 129 postcodes in SY9.
- Broadband is an average of postcodes, not of homes: check the postcode you are looking at, it can differ street by street.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 23% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 53%. Average of postcodes, not of homes.
Safety and environment
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SourceFlood: Environment Agency, Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea), read from its open download. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0..
Air: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.
How it is worked outFlood: at the middle of its schools the area is in flood zone 1 for rivers and the sea on the Environment Agency's Flood Map for Planning (not in zone 2 or 3, the lowest of the three).
Air: an annual mean on DEFRA's 1 km map at the middle of its schools.
- Flood: surface-water risk is unknown here, we don't hold that map. One point says little about a whole town, and the zones describe the area, not a building: check the address on the Environment Agency's long-term flood risk service.
- Air: a background figure, not the air beside a busy road.
- These are for the town centre; an address can differ.
Childcare
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SourceOfsted, Childcare providers and inspections (the early years register): the number of nurseries and what Ofsted found.
Fees: each nursery's own fees page.
Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region
How it is worked outThe day rate range counts only nurseries that publish a day rate; the middle is the median of those.
- A nursery that does not publish its fees has none held here, so its price is unknown.
Key dates, Shropshire
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SourceEach council's own published admissions dates, held on the dates page.
How it is worked outThe next dates ahead for Reception and Year 7 applications: applications opening and closing, offer day, and the reply deadline.
- A date marked (about) or (earliest) is worked out from the offer day under the national rules; the council has not announced it.
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