William Shrewsbury Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire·DE13 0HE
Composite score
45.1
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#9,136
National rank
#966
In West Midlands
#157
In Staffordshire
Top 62%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
64%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
68 first choices, 72 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
107
any preference, for 72 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0920220.9720230.9820240.9520250.942026

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

Every child who put William Shrewsbury 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
636
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,878
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About William Shrewsbury Primary School

William Shrewsbury Primary School is a primary school in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 636 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 64% 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 fallen by 4.0 percentage 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 primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% 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 William Shrewsbury Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 72 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 21.7 pupils per teacher. William Shrewsbury 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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