Criftins CofE Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted: Outstanding
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Ellesmere, SY12 9LT
- Distance
- 3.0km away
Ellesmere Primary School
Elson Road, Ellesmere, SY12 9EU
Local ranking55th of 106 primary schools in Shropshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 64.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 4.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 53
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 372
- Boys
- 187 (50%)
- Girls
- 185 (50%)
- Capacity
- 420 (89% full)
- SEND
- 15.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.9%
- EAL
- 5.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.1%
- SEN Support
- 10.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,944/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.6%
- White Other: 4.6%
- Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.3%
- Asian Chinese: 0.3%
- Black Other: 0.3%
91.6%
White British
4.6%
White Other
1.9%
Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Elson Road
Ellesmere, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 143326
- UKPRN
- 10057725
- Establishment No.
- 2044
- Trust
- NORTH WEST ACADEMIES TRUST LIMITED
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