Bishop Hooper Church of England Primary School

School overview

Bishop Hooper Church of England Primary School is a primary school serving Ludlow, Shropshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 106 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 43% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 7.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 101 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Bishop Hooper Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 11 families who put it first were offered a place. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 9.27 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 16.9 pupils per teacher. Bishop Hooper Church of England 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.