Mereside Church of England Primary Academy

Shropshire · SY2 6LE

General information Primary School · 5-11 years Who goes here 364 pupils, 14.8% FSM

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Mereside Church of England Primary Academy

General Information

Address: Mereside, Springfield, Shrewsbury, SY2 6LE – View on map
Phone: 01743356283
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Lindsey Hughes
Age range: 5-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 48 families put it first for 51 places – 9 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 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 8 · 2026 9
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

364 pupils out of 420 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 54
% eligible for free school meals: 14.8%
Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (more mixed than the Shropshire average)
English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 21.9% a year (Shropshire 14%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 31% moved to another school, 69% 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.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

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: 4.5%
Persistently absent pupils: 13.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 6.9%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.7%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Specific learning difficulty: 12 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Hearing impairment: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 67% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Shropshire average (59%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 57% against an expected 61%)
3-year average (expected standard): 57%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 82% · Maths 69% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 71%
Average test scores: reading 106, maths 103
Based on: 45 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

This schoolShropshire averageEngland↗ Improving Up 13 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 8 percentage points above the Shropshire average (59%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 29th of 96 junior and primary schools in the area

=29Clive CofE Primary School67%
=29Clunbury CofE Primary School67%
=29Mereside Church of England Primary Academy67%
=29Morda CofE Primary School67%
=29Myddle CofE Primary School67%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1St Edward's CofE Primary School100%
#2Gobowen Primary School92%
#3Norbury Primary School and Nursery89%
=4Castlefields Primary School83%
=4St Lucia's CofE Primary School & Nursery83%
=6Claverley CofE Primary School81%
=6Greenfields Primary School81%
#8Moreton Say CofE Primary School80%
=9Stokesay Primary School79%
=9Whixall CofE Primary School79%
#11Minsterley Primary School78%
#12Barrow 1618 CofE Free School77%
=13Alveley Primary School75%
=13Coleham Primary School75%
=13Condover CofE Primary School75%
=13Trinity CofE Primary School75%
#17St Laurence CofE Primary School74%
#18St Mary's CofE Primary School73%
=19Shifnal Primary School72%
=19St Andrew's CofE Primary School72%
#21Baschurch CofE Primary School71%
#22Bitterley CofE Primary School (Aided)70%
=23Hadnall Church of England Primary School69%
=23Hodnet Primary School69%
=23Longnor CofE Primary School69%
=23Wilfred Owen Primary School69%
=27St George's Junior School68%
=27St Marys CofE Primary School68%
=29Clive CofE Primary School67%
=29Clunbury CofE Primary School67%
=29Mereside Church of England Primary Academy67%
=29Morda CofE Primary School67%
=29Myddle CofE Primary School67%
=29Rushbury CofE Primary School67%
=29St Mary's CofE Primary School67%
=29Stottesdon CofE Primary School67%
=37Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery66%
=37Much Wenlock Primary School66%
=39Clee Hill Community Academy65%
=39Long Mountain CofE Primary School65%
=39Oxon CofE Primary School65%
=39Prees CofE Primary School65%
=43Ellesmere Primary School64%
=43Longden CofE Primary School64%
=45Pontesbury CofE Primary School63%
=45St Leonard's CofE Primary School63%
#47Sheriffhales Primary School and Preschool62%
#48Longlands Primary School61%
=49Ludlow Primary School60%
=49St Peter's CofE Primary School60%
=51Bryn Offa CofE Primary School59%
=51St Lawrence CofE Primary School59%
#53Buntingsdale Primary School and Nursery58%
#54St George's CofE Academy, Clun57%
=55Norton-in-Hales CofE Primary School56%
=55Woodside Primary School56%
=57Highley Community Primary School55%
=57Mount Pleasant Primary55%
#59St Thomas and St Anne CofE Primary School54%
=60Burford CofE Primary School53%
=60Harlescott Junior School53%
=60Lower Heath CofE Primary School53%
=60Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery53%
#64Whittington CofE (VA) Primary School52%
=65Market Drayton Junior School51%
=65Oakmeadow Church of England Primary and Nursery School51%
=67Bishops Castle Primary School50%
=67Broseley CofE Primary School50%
=67Corvedale CofE Primary School50%
=67Farlow CofE Primary School50%
=67Greenacres Primary School50%
=67Morville CofE (Controlled) Primary School50%
=67Radbrook Primary School50%
=67Stoke-on-Tern Primary School50%
=67Trefonen CofE Primary School50%
=67Whitchurch CofE Junior Academy50%
#77The Meadows Primary School49%
#78Belvidere Primary School44%
#79Bishop Hooper Church of England Primary School43%
=80St Giles CofE Primary School42%
=80St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community)42%
=82Hinstock Primary School40%
=82Tilstock CofE Primary and Nursery40%
#84Welshampton CofE Primary School38%
#85Onny CofE (A) Primary School36%
=86Cleobury Mortimer Primary School35%
=86Weston Rhyn Primary School35%
=88Brockton CofE Primary School33%
=88Buildwas Academy33%
=88Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School33%
#91Wistanstow CofE Primary School30%
#92Newtown CofE Primary School25%
#93Chirbury CofE VC Primary School & Busy Bees Nursery22%
#94Grange Primary School19%
#95Brown Clee CofE Primary School18%
#96Lydbury North Church of England Primary School14%

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41st of 86 primary schools in Shropshire for Ofsted rating

#39Lydbury North Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#40Meole Brace Church of England Primary School and NurseryGood
#41Mereside Church of England Primary AcademyGood
#42Minsterley Primary SchoolGood
#43Morda CofE Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Adderley CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Coleham Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Criftins CofE Primary School and NurseryOutstanding
#4Longnor CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5Oxon CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
#6Alveley Primary SchoolGood
#7Barrow 1618 CofE Free SchoolGood
#8Baschurch CofE Primary SchoolGood
#9Bishop Hooper Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#10Bishops Castle Primary SchoolGood
#11Bitterley CofE Primary School (Aided)Good
#12Bomere Heath Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#13Broseley CofE Primary SchoolGood
#14Brown Clee CofE Primary SchoolGood
#15Bryn Offa CofE Primary SchoolGood
#16Buntingsdale Primary School and NurseryGood
#17Cheswardine Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#18Chirbury CofE VC Primary School & Busy Bees NurseryGood
#19Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#20Church Preen Primary SchoolGood
#21Claverley CofE Primary SchoolGood
#22Clee Hill Community AcademyGood
#23Cleobury Mortimer Primary SchoolGood
#24Cockshutt CofE Primary School and NurseryGood
#25Corvedale CofE Primary SchoolGood
#26Farlow CofE Primary SchoolGood
#27Gobowen Primary SchoolGood
#28Grange Primary SchoolGood
#29Greenfields Primary SchoolGood
#30Hadnall Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#31Highley Community Primary SchoolGood
#32Hinstock Primary SchoolGood
#33Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy and NurseryGood
#34Kinlet CofE Primary SchoolGood
#35Kinnerley Church of England Primary School and NurseryGood
#36Longlands Primary SchoolGood
#37Lower Heath CofE Primary SchoolGood
#38Ludlow Primary SchoolGood
#39Lydbury North Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#40Meole Brace Church of England Primary School and NurseryGood
#41Mereside Church of England Primary AcademyGood
#42Minsterley Primary SchoolGood
#43Morda CofE Primary SchoolGood
#44Moreton Say CofE Primary SchoolGood
#45Morville CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolGood
#46Myddle CofE Primary SchoolGood
#47Newcastle CofE Primary SchoolGood
#48Norton-in-Hales CofE Primary SchoolGood
#49Onny CofE (A) Primary SchoolGood
#50Our Lady and St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
#51Prees CofE Primary SchoolGood
#52Radbrook Primary SchoolGood
#53Rushbury CofE Primary SchoolGood
#54Selattyn CofE Primary SchoolGood
#55Shifnal Primary SchoolGood
#56St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and NurseryGood
#57St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#58St George's CofE Academy, ClunGood
#59St Giles CofE Primary SchoolGood
#60St Laurence CofE Primary SchoolGood
#61St Lawrence CofE Primary SchoolGood
#62St Lucia's CofE Primary School & NurseryGood
#63St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#64St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#65St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#66St Thomas and St Anne CofE Primary SchoolGood
#67St. Mary's Bluecoat Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#68Stiperstones CofE Primary SchoolGood
#69The Meadows Primary SchoolGood
#70Trefonen CofE Primary SchoolGood
#71Trinity CofE Primary SchoolGood
#72Welshampton CofE Primary SchoolGood
#73West Felton Church of England Primary School and NurseryGood
#74Weston Rhyn Primary SchoolGood
#75Whixall CofE Primary SchoolGood
#76Woodside Primary SchoolGood
#77Woore Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#78Worfield Endowed Church Of England Primary SchoolGood
#79Bicton Church of England Primary School and NurseryRequires improvement
#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
#85Weston Lullingfields Church of England Primary School and NurseryRequires improvement
#86Crowmoor Primary SchoolInadequate

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,582 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

69th of 112 primary schools in Shropshire for spending per pupil

#67Belvidere Primary School£6,605
#68Mount Pleasant Primary£6,597
#69Mereside Church of England Primary Academy£6,582
#70St Laurence CofE Primary School£6,442
#71Broseley CofE Primary School£6,419

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Stiperstones CofE Primary School£18,286
#2Newcastle CofE Primary School£17,878
#3Farlow CofE Primary School£14,940
#4Lydbury North Church of England Primary School£12,789
#5Church Preen Primary School£12,460
#6St Edward's CofE Primary School£12,412
#7St Mary's CofE Primary School£12,277
#8Wistanstow CofE Primary School£12,183
#9Adderley CofE Primary School£11,615
#10Kinlet CofE Primary School£10,767
#11Norton-in-Hales CofE Primary School£10,630
#12Cheswardine Primary and Nursery School£10,460
#13Cleobury Mortimer Primary School£10,004
#14Bowbrook Primary School£9,917
#15Brockton CofE Primary School£9,819
#16Bishop Hooper Church of England Primary School£9,632
#17Welshampton CofE Primary School£9,575
#18Rushbury CofE Primary School£9,403
#19Greenacres Primary School£9,395
#20Buntingsdale Primary School and Nursery£9,212
#21Clunbury CofE Primary School£9,110
#22Corvedale CofE Primary School£8,930
#23Newtown CofE Primary School£8,912
#24St Lucia's CofE Primary School & Nursery£8,813
#25St Thomas and St Anne CofE Primary School£8,437
#26Stoke-on-Tern Primary School£8,367
#27Wilfred Owen Primary School£8,304
#28Grange Primary School£8,264
#29Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery£8,070
#30Onny CofE (A) Primary School£8,034
#31Condover CofE Primary School£7,991
#32Bitterley CofE Primary School (Aided)£7,967
#33Prees CofE Primary School£7,927
#34Whittington CofE (VA) Primary School£7,918
#35Chirbury CofE VC Primary School & Busy Bees Nursery£7,741
#36Brown Clee CofE Primary School£7,722
#37Longlands Primary School£7,595
#38Hinstock Primary School£7,533
#39Barrow 1618 CofE Free School£7,474
#40Longden CofE Primary School£7,474
#41Much Wenlock Primary School£7,450
#42Morville CofE (Controlled) Primary School£7,448
#43Moreton Say CofE Primary School£7,376
#44St George's CofE Academy, Clun£7,347
#45Morda CofE Primary School£7,288
#46Tilstock CofE Primary and Nursery£7,253
#47Bryn Offa CofE Primary School£7,230
#48Lower Heath CofE Primary School£7,222
#49St Lawrence CofE Primary School£7,176
#50Sheriffhales Primary School and Preschool£7,130
#51Stottesdon CofE Primary School£7,084
#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
#57Hadnall Church of England Primary School£6,820
#58Minsterley Primary School£6,801
#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
#64Trefonen CofE Primary School£6,664
#65Shifnal Primary School£6,645
#66Alveley Primary School£6,626
#67Belvidere Primary School£6,605
#68Mount Pleasant Primary£6,597
#69Mereside Church of England Primary Academy£6,582
#70St Laurence CofE Primary School£6,442
#71Broseley CofE Primary School£6,419
#72The Meadows Primary School£6,418
#73St Giles CofE Primary School£6,403
#74St Mary's CofE Primary School£6,384
#75Weston Rhyn Primary School£6,381
#76Bishops Castle Primary School£6,316
#77St Leonard's CofE Primary School£6,271
#78Highley Community Primary School£6,262
#79Greenfields Primary School£6,259
#80Woodside Primary School£6,242
#81Stokesay Primary School£6,228
#82Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery£6,204
#83Whixall CofE Primary School£6,173
#84Clee Hill Community Academy£6,124
#85Hodnet Primary School£6,120
#86Oakmeadow Church of England Primary and Nursery School£6,035
#87St Peter's CofE Primary School£5,993
#88Pontesbury CofE Primary School£5,986
#89Coleham Primary School£5,953
#90Ellesmere Primary School£5,944
#91Baschurch CofE Primary School£5,810
#92St Andrew's CofE Primary School£5,800
#93Radbrook Primary School£5,697
#94Ludlow Primary School£5,632
#95Oxon CofE Primary School£5,613
#96Castlefields Primary School£5,439
#97Woore Primary and Nursery School£5,364
#98Beckbury Church of England Primary School and Nursery£5,048
#99Bicton Church of England Primary School and Nursery£4,749
#100St. Mary's Bluecoat Church of England Primary School£4,461
#101Christ Church Church of England Primary School£4,354
#102Bomere Heath Church of England Primary School£4,086
#103St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School and Nursery£4,074
#104John Wilkinson Primary School and Nursery£3,914
#105Meole Brace Church of England Primary School and Nursery£3,692
#106Worfield Endowed Church Of England Primary School£3,166
#107Crowmoor Primary School£2,463
#108Selattyn CofE Primary School£2,104
#109Our Lady and St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£1,766
#110Cockshutt CofE Primary School and Nursery£1,569
#111St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£1,346
#112Criftins CofE Primary School and Nursery£1,078

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