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The Corbet School

Eyton Lane, Baschurch, Shrewsbury, SY4 2AX

THE CORBET SCHOOL is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance96.2%
AttainmentProgress 8: +0.36
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils691

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Good overall grade — see the full report for latest area judgements.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedOutstanding
  2. Latest ungradedSchool remains Good

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in SY4. Where we have them, council (Shropshire) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
691
Free school meals
17.2%
2.6% above district average (14.6%)

Also: Shropshire 20.1% · England 25.8%

SEN
22.1%
3.3% below district average (25.4%)

Also: Shropshire 16.7% · England 16.5%

EAL
2.2%
0.4% below district average (2.6%)
Attendance
96.2%
2.7% above district average (93.5%)

Also: Shropshire 91.9% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
6.5%
Progress 8
+0.36 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
47.2
Grade 5+ English & maths
44.7%
Grade 4+ English & maths
63.3%
Entered for EBacc
50%
EBacc average point score
4.18

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the SY4 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2196.2%
  • 2021/2291.7%
  • 2022/2392.5%
  • 2023/2492.6%
  • 2024/2591.2%

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
675
Pupils on roll
691

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Shropshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
22.1%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
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