Bowbrook Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Mixed · Shropshire
Squinter Pip Way, Shrewsbury, SY5 8PY
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
65%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
95.6%
19.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
118
Capacity used
Has space50%
236 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
65%
1st preference success rate
30 of 46 families who put it first got an offer
30
Places offered
123
Total applications
4.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 46 | 30 | ● 65% |
| 2nd preference | 52 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 25 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 123 | 30 | 24% |
1st preference success by year
Shropshire lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Sam Aiston
- Address
- Squinter Pip Way, Shrewsbury, SY5 8PY
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Ward / constituency
- Radbrook · Shrewsbury
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 149757
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 11% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 3% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE 3-18 EDUCATION TRUST
118 pupils · 236 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsAttendance
2024/2025 school year · 36 pupils
Attendance
95.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
4.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
19.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.