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Meole Brace School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Longden Road, Shrewsbury SY3 9DW · meolebrace.com · 01743 235961
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Shropshire 42.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,316
- 101 over 1,215 places · 108%
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 20.7%
- First language not English
- 8.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 198 families put the school first and 270 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 270 | 198 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 244 | 156 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 270 | 173 | 0.6 | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 269 | 248 | 0.9 | 80% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 267 | 207 | 0.8 | 95% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.6, and 37.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Shropshire it was 42.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼37.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼61.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼32.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.92 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 123573)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 7.5 | +6.6 |
| Sixth form college | 74.2 | 0 |
| Further education | 4.1 | −2.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.4 | −1.8 |
| Employment | 2.6 | −3.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.2 | −0.8 |
| Activity not captured | 3 | +2.1 |
Ofsted
Meole Brace School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 3 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 3 Jul 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, May 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 123573), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2023Inadequate
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123573)
Mar 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123573)
May 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123573)
What parents said
64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (131 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 64%
- Replies
- 131
- 10% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied
based on 33 parents (25%) with SEND