Shrewsbury Academy

Type	Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range	11-16
Religion	Unknown
Address	Corndon Crescent Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 4LL
Reference Number	147540

General Makeup

Number of pupils	829
Boy/Girl ratio	Boys: 50.3% Girls: 49.7%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals	36%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language	13.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes

21.6

Year Groups

Year	Boys	Girls	Total
7	91	112	203
8	84	85	169
9	78	82	160
10	69	57	126
11	95	76	171

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
White, British	83.6%
White, Other	8.8%
African	1.7%
White & Asian	1%
Mixed, Other	0.8%
White & Black (Caribbean)	0.7%
White & Black (African)	0.7%
Asian, Other	0.7%
Indian	0.6%
Chinese	0.2%
Unclassified	0.2%
Irish	0.2%
Caribbean	0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating	Requires Improvement
> Quality of education	Requires Improvement
> Behaviour & Attitude	Requires Improvement
> Personal Development	Requires Improvement
> Leadership & Management	Requires Improvement
Last Inspection Date	2024-04-17

Date	Description	Report
2024-01-23	School inspection:	School inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

English
Maths
3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score	Percentile (local)	Percentile (nationwide)
37.2	Unlock	Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric	School Score	Percentile (local)	Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths	29%	Unlock	Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C)	39.6%	Unlock	Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score	Percentile (loc)	Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Note: Exam results were not published in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic.

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

Note: Exam results were not published in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic.

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Progress 8 Score

Note: Exam results were not published in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic.

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

	Number of Applications	Number of Offers
First Preference	Unlock	Unlock
Second Preference	46	6
Third Preference	18	2
From another Local Authority	1	1

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name	Distance
Sundorne Infant School and Nursery Featherbed Lane, Shrewsbury, SY1 4QN	0.09 miles
Harlescott Junior School Featherbed Lane, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 4QN	0.33 miles
Grange Primary School Bainbridge Green, Harlescott, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 3QR	0.84 miles
Wilfred Owen Primary School The Monkmoor Campus, Woodcote Way, Monkmoor, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5SH	0.86 miles
Mount Pleasant Primary Whitemere Road, Mount Pleasant, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 3BY	0.89 miles
Greenacres Primary School Rutland, Off York Road, Harlescott Grange, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 3QG	0.91 miles
The Martin Wilson School New Park Road, Castlefields, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2SP	1.04 miles
Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery New Park Road, Castlefields, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2SP	1.09 miles
Belvidere Primary School Tenbury Drive, Telford Estate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5YB	1.29 miles
Greenfields Primary School Hemsworth Way, Ellesmere Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2AH	1.35 miles
Crowmoor Primary School and Nursery Crowmere Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5JJ	1.48 miles
Crowmoor Primary School Crowmere Road, Shrewsbury, SY2 5JJ	1.48 miles
St Giles CofE Primary School Portland Crescent, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5NJ	1.65 miles
Prestfelde School London Road, Shrewsbury, SY2 6NZ	2.07 miles
St Winefride's RC Independent School Belmont, Shrewsbury, SY1 1TE	2.17 miles
Coleham Primary School Greyfriars Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 7EN	2.23 miles
Mereside Church of England Primary Academy Mereside, Springfield, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6LE	2.55 miles
St George's Junior School Woodfield Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 8LU	2.64 miles
Woodfield Infant School & Nursery Woodfield Road, Copthorne, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 8LU	2.65 miles
Hadnall Church of England Primary School Hadnall Ce Primary School, Astley Lane, Hadnall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 4BE	2.91 miles

Name	Distance
Severndale Specialist Academy Woodcote Way, Monkmoor, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5SH	0.9 miles
Harlescott House School Harlescott Lane, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 3BA	1.06 miles
Belvidere School Belvidere Lane, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5RJ	1.52 miles
Shrewsbury Colleges Group Priory Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1RX	2.19 miles
Shrewsbury High School	2.29 miles
Shrewsbury School The Schools, Shrewsbury, SY3 7BA	2.51 miles
Bettws Lifehouse Kingsland Grange, Old Roman Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 9AH	2.88 miles
The Priory School Longden Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 9EE	3.09 miles
Meole Brace School Longden Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 9DW	3.31 miles
The Keystone Academy Squinter Pip Way, Shrewsbury, SY5 8PY	3.51 miles
Rodenhurst School Rodenhurst Business Park, Rodenhurst Lane, Roddington, Shropshire, SY4 4QU	4.8 miles

Shrewsbury Academy

General Makeup

Class Sizes

Year Groups

Ethnicities

Attainment 8 Score

GCSE Results

Progress 8 Score

Attainment 8 Score

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

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2024 Admissions

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

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Attainment 8 score percentile

Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)