Bridgnorth Endowed School

Academy converter·Secondary school Bridgnorth, Shropshire·WV16 4ER
Composite score
55.5
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#1,824
National rank
#181
In West Midlands
#8
In Shropshire
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
44.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
39%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
66%
% EBacc grade 5+
12%
EBacc average points score
3.94

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
82%
148 first choices, 123 places
First choices per place
1.20
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
335
any preference, for 123 places
Last place offered lived
0.58 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 933 m
Applications from another council area
10%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.42
00.511.52
1 per place
1.1120221.2820231.4020241.6220251.202026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
602
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
0.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
21.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,096
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
94%
96 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
80%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
6%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Bridgnorth Endowed School at a glance

Located in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, Bridgnorth Endowed School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 602 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 44.4 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.0 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

39% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 66% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Bridgnorth Endowed School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 148 first choices for 123 places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.58 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.9%. There are about 17.5 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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