Long Mountain CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Worthen, Shrewsbury, SY5 9HT – View on map
- Phone: 01743891320
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Jon-Anders Rowlands
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 12 families put it first for 12 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 20
- % eligible for free school meals: 16.5%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Shropshire average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 7.2% a year (Shropshire 14%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Shropshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Shropshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 21.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 14 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Requires improvement 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 65% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points above the Shropshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 44% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 44%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 76% · Maths 65% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 59%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
- Based on: 17 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 39th of 96 junior and primary schools in the area
- =37Much Wenlock Primary School66%
- =39Clee Hill Community Academy65%
- =39Long Mountain CofE Primary School65%
- =39Oxon CofE Primary School65%
- =39Prees CofE Primary School65%
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82nd of 86 primary schools in Shropshire for Ofsted rating
- #80Buildwas AcademyRequires improvement
- #81John Wilkinson Primary School and NurseryRequires improvement
- #82Long Mountain CofE Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #83St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyRequires improvement
- #84The Martin Wilson SchoolRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,012 (2024-25)
54th of 112 primary schools in Shropshire for spending per pupil
- #52Norbury Primary School and Nursery£7,081
- #53Claverley CofE Primary School£7,075
- #54Long Mountain CofE Primary School£7,012
- #55Gobowen Primary School£6,928
- #56Burford CofE Primary School£6,861
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