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Tilstock CofE Primary and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Tilstock Lane, Tilstock, Whitchurch SY13 3JL · tilstockprimaryschool.co.uk · 01948 880347
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 40%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Shropshire 58%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 123
- 18 over 105 places · 117%
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 21.3%
- First language not English
- 3.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 19 families put the school first and 17 places were offered; 89% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 17 | 19 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 14 | 20 | 1.4▲ | 65% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 16 | 20 | 1.3▲ | 80% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 13 | 12 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 40% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Shropshire it was 58%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼40% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼101 | 106 | ||
| ▼98 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 123506)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Tilstock CofE Primary and Nursery on 6 May 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 6 May 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 123506), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Apr 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2016Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123506)
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 23
- 29% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied