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Sundorne Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Featherbed Lane, Shrewsbury SY1 4QN · haughmondfed.net · 01743 462087
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2021
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 332
- 62 over 270 places · 123%
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 22.4%
- First language not English
- 7.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 82 families put the school first and 85 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 | 85 | 82 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 93 | 89 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 85 | 84 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 85 | 83 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 86 | 78 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Sundorne Infant School and Nursery was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 9 November 2021, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 9 Nov 2021
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123395)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 123395), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123395)
May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123395)