Ludlow Church of England School

Academy converter·Secondary school Ludlow, Shropshire·SY8 1GJ
Composite score
52.4
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#2,241
National rank
#252
In West Midlands
#14
In Shropshire
Top 71%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
41.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
30%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
56%
% EBacc grade 5+
8%
EBacc average points score
3.52

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
115 first choices, 118 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
158
any preference, for 118 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9820230.9420240.9720250.972026

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

Every child who put Ludlow Church of England 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
623
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
4.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
29.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,266
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
90%
101 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
82%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Location

Ludlow Church of England School at a glance

Located in Ludlow, Shropshire, Ludlow Church of England School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 623 pupils aged 11 to 16. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 41.9 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 0.5 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

30% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 56% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Ludlow Church of England School their first choice was offered one of its 118 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 90% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.9%. There are about 18.2 pupils per teacher. Ludlow Church of England 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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