Mount Pleasant Primary

Academy converter·Primary school Shrewsbury, Shropshire·SY1 3BY
Composite score
43.9
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#9,520
National rank
#1007
In West Midlands
#62
In Shropshire
Top 64%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
55%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 06/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
38 first choices, 40 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
83
any preference, for 40 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0520220.9820231.1220241.0020250.952026

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

Every child who put Mount Pleasant Primary 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
363
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,597
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Mount Pleasant Primary

Mount Pleasant Primary is a primary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 363 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 14.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Mount Pleasant Primary was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 38 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 23.8 pupils per teacher. Mount Pleasant Primary 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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