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Shrewsbury High School

All-through · Mixed · Ages 4–20 · Independent school

32 Town Walls, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY1 1TN · shrewsburyhigh.co.uk · 01743 494000

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Overview

Inspection
ISI
Inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted
A levels, 2024/25
C+
average result (34.5 points per entry)
Pupils
309
43% of 725 places
Local authority
Shropshire
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery class
No
Admissions
Selective

The official school record (Department for Education)

Results

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (34.5 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 65.5 (England 46.3)65.52017/18: 67.1 (England 46.5)67.12018/19: 67.1 (England 46.7)67.12021/22: 67.3 (England 48.8)67.32022/23: 60.1 (England 46.3)60.12023/24: 58.5 (England 45.9)58.52024/25: 65.6 (England 46.0)65.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲65.646.0
▲73.8%45.4%
▲95.2%64.8%
▼38.1%40.5%
▲5.704.09

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 36.7 (England 30.5)B-2016/17: 35.1 (England 31.1)B-2017/18: 37.0 (England 32.1)B-2018/19: 42.9 (England 32.9)B+2021/22: 42.0 (England 37.9)B+2022/23: 37.9 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 41.2 (England 34.4)B2024/25: 34.5 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
34 studentsC+ (34.5)Average +0.10
34 studentsC+ (34.7)Average +0.10
12.1%AAB or better
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2441B (41.2)+0.03
2022/2342B- (37.9)—
2021/2243B+ (42)—
2018/1953B+ (42.9)+0.21
2017/1849B- (37)+0.15
2016/1768B- (35.1)-0.19
2015/1660B- (36.7)-0.10

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University59.5−17.2
Other education4.8—
Apprenticeship7.1+4.8
Employment21.4+5.1
Not in a lasting destination7.1+2.4

ISI

Shrewsbury High School is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not by Ofsted.

Standards
Not recorded
Inspected
18 and 19 June 2026
Non-routine inspection

Inspection reports

Previously: standards met, routine inspection, Sept 2025

Earlier inspections

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