The Priory School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C67
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Shrewsbury, SY3 9EE
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Meole Brace School
Longden Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 9DW
Local ranking7th of 20 secondary schools in Shropshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1215
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 3 July 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 256
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1340
- Boys
- 702 (53%)
- Girls
- 614 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1215 (108% full)
- SEND
- 11.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.8%
- EAL
- 8.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.1%
- SEN Support
- 9.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 77.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,144/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
- 7.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.0% 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: 86.2%
- White Other: 5.6%
- Asian Indian: 2.3%
- Black African: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
86.2%
White British
5.6%
White Other
2.3%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 146146
- UKPRN
- 10082211
- Establishment No.
- 4403
- Trust
- TRUSTED SCHOOLS ALLIANCE
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