Church Stretton School

Academy converter·Secondary school Church Stretton, Shropshire·SY6 6EX
Composite score
57.5
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#1,534
National rank
#141
In West Midlands
#4
In Shropshire
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
46.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
45%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
67%
% EBacc grade 5+
7%
EBacc average points score
3.82

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
106 first choices, 117 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
209
any preference, for 117 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06
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 Church Stretton 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
11–16
Pupils on roll
538
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
4.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
27.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,141
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%
110 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
88%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

Church Stretton School at a glance

Located in Church Stretton, Shropshire, Church Stretton School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 538 pupils aged 11 to 16. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 46.0 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 5.2 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle 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%. 67% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Church Stretton School their first choice was offered one of its 117 Year 7 places. 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 8.5%. There are about 15.5 pupils per teacher. Church Stretton 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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