Mount Pleasant Primary

Mount Pleasant Primary is performing overall at a strong standard, with effective leadership and a positive school culture that prioritizes student wellbeing and academic achievement. The school excels in creating a safe environment where pupils feel supported and engaged, reflected in their emotional intelligence and resilience, particularly through programs like the 'nurture' provision. Additionally, a coherent curriculum prepares pupils well for modern societal values and offers varied extracurricular opportunities that enrich their school experience. However, there are inconsistencies in teaching quality and pupil progress, especially in phonics, writing, and mathematics, suggesting that certain areas require improvement.

Strengths

• Strong safeguarding culture that ensures pupil safety and emotional support.
• Well-sequenced and age-appropriate curriculum that prepares pupils for life in modern Britain.
• High levels of emotional intelligence and self-control among pupils.
• Engaged leadership committed to improving areas of weakness.
• Pupil-led initiatives that contribute to school improvements.

Areas for Improvement

• Variability in pupil progress through the curriculum.
• Inconsistencies in teaching quality impacting pupil achievement.
• Need for improved support for pupils falling behind in phonics, handwriting, and mathematics.

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 Mount Pleasant Primary attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

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, 2.5% of pupils at Mount Pleasant Primary were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 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 Mount Pleasant Primary had 18.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

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, 10.7% of pupils at Mount Pleasant Primary were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Mount Pleasant Primary received £7,114 and spent £7,049 for each of its 345 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £205,000 (£593 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Severn Bridges Multi Academy Trust, income was £6,926 and spending £6,805 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 Shrewsbury · Shropshire local authority: places and applications

Mount Pleasant Primary is part of Severn Bridges Multi Academy Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Greenfields Primary School Shrewsbury
• Sundorne Infant School and Nursery Shrewsbury
• Harlescott Junior School Shrewsbury
• Radbrook Primary School Shrewsbury
• Short Wood Primary School Telford

What is Mount Pleasant Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mount Pleasant Primary is Needs attention, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Mount Pleasant Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

Mount Pleasant Primary was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Mount Pleasant Primary have?

Mount Pleasant Primary has 346 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mount Pleasant Primary cover?

Mount Pleasant Primary for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Mount Pleasant Primary's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mount Pleasant Primary?

Mount Pleasant Primary is at Whitemere Road, Mount Pleasant, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 3BY.