Longden CofE Primary School

State-Funded School

longden-cofe-primary-school-shropshire-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

ShropshireLocal Authority

ShrewsburyConstituency

SY5 8EXPostcode

0.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Longden CofE Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Shropshire, West Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 140 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 24 Feb 2026 · published 27 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 57%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 110
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

94%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

140

Total Pupils

47%Boys

53%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 140
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
26 Nov 2023	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
22 Oct 2012	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.