Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery

Academy converter·Primary school Shrewsbury, Shropshire·SY1 2SP
Composite score
38.0
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#11,560
National rank
#1254
In West Midlands
#78
In Shropshire
Top 78%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
53%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
18 first choices, 18 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
38
any preference, for 18 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.11
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery 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
205
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
39.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,204
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery is a primary school serving Shrewsbury, Shropshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 205 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 17.0 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 107 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 18 families who put it first were offered a place. There are about 21.6 pupils per teacher. Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery 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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