St Mary's CofE Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Bucknell, Shropshire·SY7 0AA
Composite score
63.4
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#3,036
National rank
#277
In West Midlands
#13
In Shropshire
Top 21%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
3 first choices, 3 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
5
any preference, for 3 places
Applications from another council area
20%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Mary's CofE Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
58
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
12.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£12,277
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

St Mary's CofE Primary School at a glance

Located in Bucknell, Shropshire, St Mary's CofE Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 58 pupils aged 2 to 11. 67% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 21% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Mary's CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 3 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 12.5 pupils per teacher. St Mary's CofE Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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