Whitchurch CofE Infant and Nursery Academy

Academy converter·Infant school Whitchurch, Shropshire·SY13 1RJ

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Whitchurch CofE Infant and Nursery Academy is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

79 first choices, 79 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 79 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0020220.9820230.9820240.9320251.002026

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

Every child who put Whitchurch CofE Infant and Nursery Academy 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: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 282
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

20.7%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

11.3%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

5.3%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

6.7%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

7.1%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

25.1

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,347

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Whitchurch CofE Junior Academy Whitchurch · 0.1 mi 44.2 Tilstock CofE Primary and Nursery Whitchurch · 2.2 mi 26.0 Whixall CofE Primary School Nr Whitchurch · 4.7 mi 59.5 Prees CofE Primary School Whitchurch · 5.0 mi 53.9 Lower Heath CofE Primary School Whitchurch · 5.8 mi 42.6 Moreton Say CofE Primary School Market Drayton · 6.6 mi 67.2 Newtown CofE Primary School Shrewsbury · 7.4 mi 16.2 St Peter's CofE Primary School Shrewsbury · 7.7 mi 46.0

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Whitchurch CofE Infant and Nursery Academy

Whitchurch CofE Infant and Nursery Academy is a primary school in Whitchurch, Shropshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 282 pupils aged 3 to 7 attend the school.

Whitchurch CofE Infant and Nursery Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 79 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 25.1 pupils per teacher. Whitchurch CofE Infant and Nursery Academy 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.