Shrewsbury Academy
Secondary schoolShrewsbury Academy is a secondary school in Shropshire, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 817 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), January 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 23 January 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Shrewsbury Academy was 31.9, against 41.2 in Shropshire and 46.2 in England.
19.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Shropshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 31.9 | 41.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19.5% | 34.5% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 39% | 56.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 154 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Sundorne Infant School and NurseryPrimary. Good (overall), November 2021, before the school changed140 m
- Harlescott Junior SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2023, before the school changed. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)530 m
- Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support ServicePupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Good, October 2023660 m
- Grange Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), January 2024. 19% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Wilfred Owen Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Mount Pleasant PrimaryPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Shropshire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).