Secondary
Meole Brace School
Longden Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 9DW
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1316 of 1215 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Trust
- TRUSTED SCHOOLS ALLIANCE
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 77.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 113.9
- Pupils per adult
- 11.9
- Pupils
- 1,351
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected July 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
May 2023
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
38%
Level with the Shrewsbury average (38% across 7 schools)
44.6
1.1 above the Shrewsbury average (43.5 across 7 schools)
4th of 7 by our score, among the secondary schools in Shrewsbury we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.92 |
| Entered the EBacc | 32% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% |
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 | 46% |
| 22/23 | 31% |
| 23/24 | 39% |
| 24/25 | 38% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.62 |
| 22/23 | -0.51 |
| 23/24 | -0.22 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46.5 |
| 22/23 | 44.5 |
| 23/24 | 46.7 |
| 24/25 | 44.6 |
Longden Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 9DW
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.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mary Pope & Hannah Wright
- Address
- Longden Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 9DW
- Telephone
- 01743235961