Schools in Shropshire
182 schools in the Shropshire local authority.
Schools
182
Open schools
Pupils
43,674
2025–26 census
Good or better
88%
120 of 136 graded
Academic Performance
4.4
out of 10 · 157 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 5 4%
- Good
- 115 85%
- Requires improvement
- 15 11%
- Inadequate
- 1 <1%
17 inspected since 2024, no overall grade10 superseded by a report card29 not judged
4.4
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 157 of 182 schools that can be scored
Pupils
43,674
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 181 of 182 schools (43,674 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
92%Asian
2%Black
1%Mixed
3%Chinese
<1%Any other group
<1%Unclassified
<1%Ethnicity from 151 of 182 schools (39,069 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 19.4%
- First language not English
- 6.1%
- Young carers
- <1%
7,578 of 39,069 pupils · 151 of 182 schools
2,367 of 39,069 pupils · 151 of 182 schools
170 of 39,069 pupils · 151 of 182 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 131
- Secondary
- 22
- All-through
- 6
- Special
- 5
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 17
Top primary schools in Shropshire
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Oxon CofE Primary SchoolShropshire · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 2.Coleham Primary SchoolShropshire · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 3.Adderley CofE Primary SchoolShropshire · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 4.Longnor CofE Primary SchoolShropshire · Primary8.8/10Outstanding
- 5.Stottesdon CofE Primary SchoolShropshire · Primary8.8/10
- 6.Corvedale CofE Primary SchoolShropshire · Primary8.5/10Good
- 7.Stokesay Primary SchoolShropshire · Primary8.4/10Good
- 8.Norbury Primary School and NurseryShropshire · Primary8.2/10
- 9.Welshampton CofE Primary SchoolShropshire · Primary8.0/10Good
- 10.Lower Heath CofE Primary SchoolShropshire · Primary7.9/10Good
- 11.Alveley Primary SchoolShropshire · Primary7.8/10Good
- 12.Wilfred Owen Primary SchoolShropshire · Primary7.8/10
- 13.St Lawrence CofE Primary SchoolShropshire · Primary7.6/10Good
- 14.St Lucia's CofE Primary School & NurseryShropshire · Primary7.6/10Good
- 15.Minsterley Primary SchoolShropshire · Primary7.5/10Good
- 16.Barrow 1618 CofE Free SchoolShropshire · Primary7.4/10Good
- 17.Castlefields Primary SchoolShropshire · Primary7.4/10Good
- 18.Baschurch CofE Primary SchoolShropshire · Primary7.3/10Good
- 19.Belvidere Primary SchoolShropshire · Primary7.3/10
- 20.Gobowen Primary SchoolShropshire · Primary7.3/10Good
Top secondary schools in Shropshire
The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.The Priory SchoolShropshire · Secondary8.0/10Good
- 2.Sir John Talbot's SchoolShropshire · Secondary6.4/10Good
- 3.The Corbet SchoolShropshire · Secondary6.4/10Good
- 4.Church Stretton SchoolShropshire · Secondary5.8/10Good
- 5.Oldbury Wells SchoolShropshire · Secondary5.7/10Good
- 6.Bridgnorth Endowed SchoolShropshire · Secondary3.8/10Good
- 7.Meole Brace SchoolShropshire · Secondary3.7/10Good
- 8.Mary Webb School and Science CollegeShropshire · Secondary3.5/10Good
- 9.The Marches SchoolShropshire · Secondary3.5/10Good
- 10.The Community College, Bishop's CastleShropshire · Secondary3.3/10Good
- 11.Lakelands AcademyShropshire · Secondary3.2/10Good
- 12.The Thomas Adams SchoolShropshire · Secondary3.2/10Good
- 13.Belvidere SchoolShropshire · Secondary2.7/10
- 14.Ludlow Church of England SchoolShropshire · Secondary2.7/10
- 15.Idsall SchoolShropshire · Secondary2.6/10
- 16.St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community)Shropshire · Secondary1.7/10Good
- 17.The Lacon Childe SchoolShropshire · Secondary0.6/10Requires improvement
- 18.William Brookes SchoolShropshire · Secondary0.3/10Requires improvement
- 19.The Grove SchoolShropshire · Secondary0.2/10Requires improvement
- 20.Shrewsbury Academy Shropshire · Secondary0.1/10Requires improvement
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About schools in Shropshire
- How many schools are there in Shropshire?
- Shropshire has 182 open schools — 131 primary, 22 secondary, 5 special, teaching 43,674 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Shropshire are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 120 of the 136 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 88% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 5 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 182: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Shropshire?
- 4.4 out of 10, averaged across the 157 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Shropshire schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 46 schools in Shropshire currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Shropshire local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Shropshire covers 182 schools and sits in the West Midlands region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Shropshire are eligible for free school meals?
- 19.4% — 7,578 of 39,069 pupils at the 151 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the West Midlands region.