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Whitchurch CofE Infant and Nursery Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Station Road, Whitchurch SY13 1RJ · thewhitchurchcofefederation.com · 01948 662905
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 291
- 83% of 351 places
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 19.8%
- First language not English
- 10.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 79 families put the school first and 79 places were offered; 100% 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 | 79 | 79 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 74 | 69 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 61 | 60 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 44 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 8 June 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Whitchurch CofE Infant and Nursery Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 7 Jun 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 123515), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123515)
Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123515)
Nov 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123515)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (73 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 73
- 26% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied