Secondary
The Community College, Bishop's Castle
Brampton Road, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AY
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 507 of 604 places
- Local authority
- Shropshire
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2023
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
35%
43.4
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.81 |
| Entered the EBacc | 31% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 61% |
| 22/23 | 48% |
| 23/24 | 46% |
| 24/25 | 35% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.43 |
| 22/23 | +0.17 |
| 23/24 | -0.22 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 54.0 |
| 22/23 | 47.5 |
| 23/24 | 45.1 |
| 24/25 | 43.4 |
Brampton Road, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AY
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Shropshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Reuben Thorley
- Address
- Brampton Road, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AY
- Telephone
- 01588638257