The Corbet School

Academy converter·Secondary school Shrewsbury, Shropshire·SY4 2AX
Composite score
59.0
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#1,318
National rank
#118
In West Midlands
#2
In Shropshire
Top 42%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
47.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
45%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
63%
% EBacc grade 5+
13%
EBacc average points score
4.18

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
91%
164 first choices, 153 places
First choices per place
1.07
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
348
any preference, for 153 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620221.0420230.9920240.9520251.072026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for The Corbet School yet. Shropshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
719
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
2.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
24.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,844
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
95%
148 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
89%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
5%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About The Corbet School

The Corbet School is a secondary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 719 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 47.2, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 1.8 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 42% of secondary schools nationally.

45% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 63% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 91% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (164 first choices for 153 places). After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.8%. There are about 17.3 pupils per teacher. The Corbet 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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