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State primary · 3 to 11 · Mixed · 150 pupils

Stokesay Primary School

Market Street, Craven Arms, SY7 9NW · Shropshire
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027

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Ofsted report card · April 2026Top 9% (10/113)About one first choice per place (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 2,166th of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Top 9%.
Top 9% (10/113)Rank among 113 Shropshire primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
See the Shropshire league table →
Inspection
Ofsted report card, April 2026
Results
79% expected standard; 8% higher standard
Size
150 pupils; 16 places a year; classes of 21
Run by
Trusted Schools Alliance
Type
Academy sponsor led
Ages
3 to 11 · Mixed
Ofsted, April 2026The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
AchievementStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
InclusionExceptional
Safeguarding standardsMet
Strengths, and things to check
  • Expected standard: 79%, against 58% in Shropshire.
  • Higher standard: 8%, against 6% in Shropshire.
  • Sessions missed: 5.8%, against 4.8% in Shropshire.
  • Persistently absent: 14.5%, against 10.7% in Shropshire.
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At a glance

Against Shropshire and England
This schoolShropshireEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
79%
Better than Shropshire
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
8%
Better than Shropshire
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
5.8%
Worse than Shropshire
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
14.5%
Worse than Shropshire
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
0.0
Better than Shropshire
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
21.4
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
27%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
19.6
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.0
In line with Shropshire
Shropshire and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • 16 families put it first for 16 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
  • We hold a catchment map for this school.

Quality

  • Ofsted report card (Achievement: Strong standard; Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Inclusion: Exceptional; Safeguarding standards: Met) Ofsted · inspected 14 April 2026
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 79% (England 62%) (county 58%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 8% (England 8%) (county 6%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

Daily life

  • Absence: 5.8% of sessions missed; 14% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 5.3% and 13% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 0 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 1); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 21.4 pupils; 22% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 19.6 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 88 m, rail 534 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 7 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (1 fatal, 1 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 3.3 µg/m³, PM2.5 4.9 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Trusted Schools Alliance, with 9 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined September 2019
  • Opened as an academy (sponsored) on 1 November 2014 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Stokesay Primary School (URN 123398) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 16 September 2014
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception2026—2218——
Reception2025—2215——

Source: Council offer-day figures: Shropshire Council, 2025 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception202616162016
Reception202514142114
Reception202413132013
Reception202314142114
Reception202218182218
Reception202111111511
Reception202022212321
Reception201917171817
Reception201821212421
Reception201719192119

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2015 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

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Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard79%62%58%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard8%8%6%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

League table place

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)Top 9% (10/113)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
14 April 2026Report card7 areas graded
19 October 2021Graded inspectionGood

Source: Ofsted, 2026.

Shropshire league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/255.8%3.8%2.0%14%0.0%
2023/246.0%4.1%1.9%17%0.7%
2022/238.6%5.6%3.1%28%4.6%
Schools with a similar intake5.3%13%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (20-30%), the median of 3218 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/250.00.0%00
2023/241.21.2%20
2022/232.51.9%41
Schools with a similar intake1.3

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size21.42025/26
Classes over 30 pupils22%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher19.6November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus88
rail534

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20251
20242
20231
20221
20212

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 1 serious and 1 fatal in all; 1 involved a pedestrian, 0 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO23.32024
PM108.82024
PM254.92024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals27%2025/26
First language other than English20%2025/26
SEN support10%2025/26
Education, health and care plan3.3%2025/26
Girls53%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Trusted Schools Alliance, with 9 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined September 2019
  • Opened as an academy (sponsored) on 1 November 2014 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Stokesay Primary School (URN 123398) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 16 September 2014
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Shropshire Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Craven Arms and the Shropshire league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.