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Sundorne Infant School and Nursery

Primary Ages 3-7 332 pupils Shrewsbury
Ofsted: Good
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Sundorne Infant School and Nursery is an academy converter in Shrewsbury for pupils aged 3 to 7. It has 332 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Sundorne Infant School and Nursery is Good, from an inspection in November 2021 of its predecessor, Sundorne Infant School and Nursery.

Ofsted inspection: April 2024.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-7
Religion Does not apply
Address Featherbed Lane
Shrewsbury
SY1 4QN
Reference Number 150468

General Makeup

Number of pupils 332
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50%
Girls: 50%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 22.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 8.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 27.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 44 38 82
2 37 48 85

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 85.5%
White, Other 6.3%
White & Asian 2.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
Mixed, Other 0.9%
Asian, Other 0.9%
Indian 0.6%
White & Black (African) 0.6%
African 0.6%
Chinese 0.3%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Sundorne Infant School and Nursery, inspected in November 2021.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
06 Apr 2024 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 15 2
Third Preference 12 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Sundorne Infant School and Nursery had 263 pupils for 360 places. 97 places (26.9%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Shrewsbury Primary” planning area

Shropshire counted 783 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 690 in 2029–30, down 12%.

20242025
Places 360360
Pupils 270263
Unfilled 25.0%26.9%

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 Sundorne Infant School and Nursery attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 23.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 5.2%
Unauthorised absence 1.4%
Severely absent pupils 0.5%

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, 0.6% of pupils at Sundorne Infant School and Nursery were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 1.4
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Sundorne Infant School and Nursery had 22.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 8.58.6
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 57.9%–
Sick days per teacher 2.3–

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, 13.3% of pupils at Sundorne Infant School and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 21 11
Speech, language and communication needs 15 5
No specialist assessment of need 4 0
Specific learning difficulty 4 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 1
Hearing impairment 0 1
Profound and multiple learning difficulty 0 1

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 Sundorne Infant School and Nursery received £7,325 and spent £7,184 for each of its 327 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £365,000 (£1,118 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

2025
Revenue reserve £365,000
per pupil £1,118
In-year balance £46,000
per pupil £141

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

Sundorne Infant School and Nursery is part of Severn Bridges Multi Academy Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

What is Sundorne Infant School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Sundorne Infant School and Nursery is Good, from an inspection in November 2021 of its predecessor, Sundorne Infant School and Nursery.

When was Sundorne Infant School and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Sundorne Infant School and Nursery was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Sundorne Infant School and Nursery have?

Sundorne Infant School and Nursery has 332 pupils on roll.

What age range does Sundorne Infant School and Nursery cover?

Sundorne Infant School and Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Sundorne Infant School and Nursery?

Sundorne Infant School and Nursery is at Featherbed Lane, Shrewsbury, SY1 4QN.

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