Belvidere School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D47
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Shrewsbury, SY2 5RJ
- Distance
- 2.5km away
Shrewsbury Academy
Corndon Crescent, Shrewsbury, SY1 4LL
Local ranking19th of 20 secondary schools in Shropshire
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1185
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 23 January 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 31.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 19.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 39.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 154
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 8.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 802
- Boys
- 403 (49%)
- Girls
- 414 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1185 (69% full)
- SEND
- 23.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 38.0%
- EAL
- 10.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 20.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,056/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
- 8.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 82.8%
- White Other: 8.3%
- Black African: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Asian Indian: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
82.8%
White British
8.3%
White Other
2.6%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Corndon Crescent
Shrewsbury, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 147540
- UKPRN
- 10084320
- Establishment No.
- 4004
- Trust
- MARCHES ACADEMY TRUST
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