Meole Brace School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Shrewsbury, SY3 9DW
- Distance
- 0.4km away
The Priory School
Longden Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 9EE
Local ranking1st of 20 secondary schools in Shropshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
840
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 7 November 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 52.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 56.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 76.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 167
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 98.0%
- Continued in education
- 94.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 856
- Boys
- 426 (50%)
- Girls
- 426 (50%)
- Capacity
- 840 (101% full)
- SEND
- 18.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.2%
- EAL
- 5.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.1%
- SEN Support
- 13.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 46.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,390/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 85.6%
- White Other: 4.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- Black African: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.1%
- White Irish: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
85.6%
White British
4.7%
White Other
2.1%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Longden Road
Shrewsbury, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 138216
- UKPRN
- 10037502
- Establishment No.
- 4368
- Trust
- THE 3-18 EDUCATION TRUST
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