Longnor CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Frodesley Road, Longnor, Shrewsbury, SY5 7PP – View on map
- Phone: 01743718493
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs L Edgerton
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 18 families put it first for 15 places – 12 for every 10 places. 83% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 13 · 2026 12
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 1
- % eligible for free school meals: 1.0%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Shropshire average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.5% a year (Shropshire 14%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 29% moved to another school, 71% 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: 4.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 69% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 15% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points above the Shropshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 62% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 62%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 85% · Writing 77% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 77%
- Average test scores: reading 112, maths 109
- Based on: 13 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 23rd of 96 junior and primary schools in the area
- =23Hadnall Church of England Primary School69%
- =23Hodnet Primary School69%
- =23Longnor CofE Primary School69%
- =23Wilfred Owen Primary School69%
- =27St George's Junior School68%
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4th of 86 primary schools in Shropshire for Ofsted rating
- #2Coleham Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #3Criftins CofE Primary School and NurseryOutstanding
- #4Longnor CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #5Oxon CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #6Alveley Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,733 (2024-25)
61st of 112 primary schools in Shropshire for spending per pupil
- #59Myddle CofE Primary School£6,790
- #60Clive CofE Primary School£6,760
- #61Longnor CofE Primary School£6,733
- #62Trinity CofE Primary School£6,703
- #63St Marys CofE Primary School£6,671
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