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Shrewsbury Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Corndon Crescent, Shrewsbury SY1 4LL · shrewsburyacademy.co.uk · 01743 276700
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 33.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Shropshire 42.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 817
- 69% of 1,185 places
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 35.9%
- First language not English
- 12.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 117 families put the school first and 139 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 | 139 | 117 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 151 | 140 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 162 | 138 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 212 | 119 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 160 | 129 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 33.2, and 20.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼33.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼20.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼38.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼7.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.78 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 143401)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.8 | — |
| Sixth form college | 75.7 | +6.3 |
| Further education | 3.6 | −6.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 5.3 | +1.2 |
| Employment | 1.8 | −3.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.1 | +0.3 |
| Activity not captured | 4.7 | +0.6 |
Ofsted
Shrewsbury Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 23 January 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 23 Jan 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 143401), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2019Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 143401)
What parents said
40% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (172 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 40%
- Replies
- 172
- 21% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 90% who raised concerns
based on the 58% who had a child bullied
based on 48 parents (28%) with SEND