Mary Webb School and Science College

Academy converter·Secondary school Shrewsbury, Shropshire·SY5 0TG
Composite score
54.4
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#1,992
National rank
#210
In West Midlands
#9
In Shropshire
Top 63%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
43.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
38%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
60%
% EBacc grade 5+
12%
EBacc average points score
3.84

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
105 first choices, 115 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
307
any preference, for 115 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320221.0120231.0220240.9420250.912026

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

Every child who put Mary Webb School and Science College 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
654
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
5.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
30.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,260
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
95%
117 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
77%
Apprenticeship
12%
Employment
6%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Mary Webb School and Science College is a secondary school serving Shrewsbury, Shropshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 654 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Mary Webb School and Science College 'Good'. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 43.5 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 4.4 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 secondary schools nationally.

38% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 60% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Mary Webb School and Science College their first choice was offered one of its 115 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.2%. There are about 17.1 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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