Shrewsbury Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F38
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Shrewsbury, SY1 4LL
- Distance
- 2.5km away
Belvidere School
Belvidere Lane, Shrewsbury, SY2 5RJ
Local ranking14th 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 1 April 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 35.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 162
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 841
- Boys
- 411 (50%)
- Girls
- 419 (50%)
- Capacity
- 840 (99% full)
- SEND
- 13.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.0%
- EAL
- 5.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 9.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,867/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
- 9.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.6% 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: 86.1%
- White Other: 4.7%
- Mixed Other: 2.4%
- Asian Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Asian Indian: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.6%
86.1%
White British
4.7%
White Other
2.4%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Belvidere Lane
Shrewsbury, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 146506
- UKPRN
- 10081736
- Establishment No.
- 4396
- Trust
- TRUSTED SCHOOLS ALLIANCE
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