Ofsted inspection · 11/10/2023
Overview of Bishops Castle Primary School · Primary · Shropshire
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2018/19
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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2024/25
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All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 50% | 4% | 67% | 25% | 71% | 4% | 63% | 21% | 83% | 46% | 103.0 | 103.0 | 100.0 | — | — | — | 18% | 136 |
| 2023/24 | 18% | 0% | 41% | 14% | 36% | 0% | 36% | 0% | 68% | 45% | 98.0 | 97.0 | 98.0 | — | — | — | 18% | 131 |
| 2022/23 | 53% | 5% | 89% | 32% | 53% | 5% | 89% | 32% | 74% | 84% | 107.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 | +2.60 | -2.70 | +2.30 | 18% | 130 |
| 2018/19 | 65% | 5% | 70% | 20% | 75% | 10% | 85% | 20% | 75% | 75% | 102.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 | -3.80 | -2.80 | -1.40 | 18% | 143 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 136 | 21.9 | 18% | 4% | 24% | 7% | 18% |
| 2023/24 | 131 | 21.1 | 18% | 5% | 26% | 5% | 11% |
| 2022/23 | 130 | 26.0 | 18% | 3% | 23% | 6% | 15% |
| 2021/22 | 141 | 24.3 | 27% | 3% | 23% | 6% | 20% |
| 2020/21 | 133 | 22.9 | 24% | 2% | 23% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 143 | 23.1 | 18% | 3% | 19% | 5% | 8% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.