Prees CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Whitchurch, Shropshire·SY13 2ER
Composite score
53.9
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#5,837
National rank
#570
In West Midlands
#33
In Shropshire
Top 40%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
65%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
65
any preference, for 24 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020231.0020241.0020250.922026

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

Every child who put Prees 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
185
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
22.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
27.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,927
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Prees CofE Primary School is a primary school serving Whitchurch, Shropshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 185 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. 65% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 1.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 40% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% 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 Prees CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 24 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.9%. There are about 27.0 pupils per teacher. Prees 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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