Bridgnorth Endowed School

Bridgnorth Endowed School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating in all inspected areas including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school fosters an inclusive environment where pupils are encouraged to embody values such as kindness, trust, and respect. Efforts to improve the curriculum have been effective, resulting in better pupil outcomes, although challenges remain in consistently tracking understanding before advancing in learning. The recent transition to the 3-18 Education Trust is seen as a positive step for the school’s development.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy an inclusive and aspirational environment.
• The curriculum is ambitious and effectively sequenced.
• Strong focus on reading and writing across subjects.
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff.
• High expectations for behaviour leading to a calm school atmosphere.
• Well-planned personal, social, health, and economic education.
• Support for career preparation includes work experience and interviews.

Areas for Improvement

• Knowledge gaps due to inconsistent checks on pupil understanding.
• Some SEND needs are not accurately identified, affecting support.
• Failure to meet provider access legislation for careers education.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Bridgnorth Endowed School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 17.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 6.8% of pupils at Bridgnorth Endowed School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Bridgnorth Endowed School had 18.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.8% of pupils at Bridgnorth Endowed School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Bridgnorth Endowed School received £7,424 and spent £7,524 for each of its 602 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £89,000 (-£148 per pupil).

Across all 14 schools of The 3-18 Education Trust, income was £7,598 and spending £7,604 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Bridgnorth · Shropshire local authority: places and applications

Bridgnorth Endowed School is part of The 3-18 Education Trust, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• John Wilkinson Primary School and Nursery Broseley
• Much Wenlock Primary School Much Wenlock
• William Brookes School Much Wenlock
• Coleham Primary School Shrewsbury
• The Priory School Shrewsbury
• Bowbrook Primary School Shrewsbury
• Hodnet Primary School Market Drayton
• Clive CofE Primary School Shrewsbury
• The Thomas Adams School Shrewsbury
• Prees CofE Primary School Whitchurch

What is Bridgnorth Endowed School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bridgnorth Endowed School is Good, from an inspection in October 2023.

When was Bridgnorth Endowed School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bridgnorth Endowed School was last inspected in October 2023.

How many pupils does Bridgnorth Endowed School have?

Bridgnorth Endowed School has 601 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bridgnorth Endowed School cover?

Bridgnorth Endowed School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Bridgnorth Endowed School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 42.7, and 37% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Bridgnorth Endowed School?

Bridgnorth Endowed School is at Northgate, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 4ER.