{"url":"/school/142153/oldbury-wells-school","urn":142153,"name":"Oldbury Wells School","phase":"secondary","type":"Academy converter","local_authority":"Shropshire","address":{"line1":"Oldbury Wells","town":"Bridgnorth","postcode":"WV16 5JD","latitude":52.530651,"longitude":-2.426592},"ofsted":{"current_category_of_concern":null,"inspections":[{"framework":"ungraded","framework_label":"Ofsted ungraded inspection","inspection_date":"2023-04-26","overall_effectiveness":null,"category_of_concern":null,"note":"The current framework awards no overall grade; a previous-framework grade is not a school's current one."}]},"demand":{"entry_point":"year_7","measure":"first preferences expressed divided by offers made","not_a_prediction":"It describes demand. It does not indicate whether any particular child would be offered a place.","movement":{"headline":"Fewer families are naming it first","earlier_span":"2021–2022","later_span":"2024–2025","earlier_ratio":0.9,"later_ratio":0.64,"years_used":5},"by_year":[{"intake_year":2025,"first_preferences":114,"all_preferences":332,"offers_made":188,"first_preferences_per_place":0.61,"national_percentile":10.0},{"intake_year":2024,"first_preferences":110,"all_preferences":318,"offers_made":164,"first_preferences_per_place":0.67,"national_percentile":15.0},{"intake_year":2023,"first_preferences":139,"all_preferences":316,"offers_made":174,"first_preferences_per_place":0.8,"national_percentile":26.0},{"intake_year":2022,"first_preferences":126,"all_preferences":277,"offers_made":147,"first_preferences_per_place":0.86,"national_percentile":32.0},{"intake_year":2021,"first_preferences":126,"all_preferences":256,"offers_made":134,"first_preferences_per_place":0.94,"national_percentile":48.0},{"intake_year":2020,"first_preferences":120,"all_preferences":250,"offers_made":140,"first_preferences_per_place":0.86,"national_percentile":33.0},{"intake_year":2019,"first_preferences":175,"all_preferences":324,"offers_made":165,"first_preferences_per_place":1.06,"national_percentile":65.0},{"intake_year":2018,"first_preferences":176,"all_preferences":288,"offers_made":166,"first_preferences_per_place":1.06,"national_percentile":67.0},{"intake_year":2017,"first_preferences":167,"all_preferences":268,"offers_made":178,"first_preferences_per_place":0.94,"national_percentile":45.0},{"intake_year":2016,"first_preferences":210,"all_preferences":326,"offers_made":195,"first_preferences_per_place":1.08,"national_percentile":72.0}]},"results":{"note":"Withheld figures appear as null, never zero. Progress measures are estimates published with a 95% interval.","key_stage_4":[{"academic_year":2024,"attainment8":44.9,"progress8":null,"progress8_confidence_interval":null,"english_and_maths_grade_4_plus_percent":66.4,"ebacc_grade_4_plus_percent":17.6},{"academic_year":2023,"attainment8":44.5,"progress8":-0.44,"progress8_confidence_interval":[-0.66,-0.22],"english_and_maths_grade_4_plus_percent":64.6,"ebacc_grade_4_plus_percent":14.9},{"academic_year":2022,"attainment8":47.2,"progress8":-0.14,"progress8_confidence_interval":[-0.37,0.08],"english_and_maths_grade_4_plus_percent":71.8,"ebacc_grade_4_plus_percent":14.7}],"key_stage_2":[]},"workforce":{"note":"Full-time equivalents, not headcounts. Teacher turnover only: carries no claim about heads or senior leaders.","by_year":[{"academic_year":2024,"teacher_fte":45.4,"remained":33.4,"left_the_system":9.9,"left_to_other_school":2.0,"left_percent":26.2},{"academic_year":2023,"teacher_fte":49.9,"remained":39.4,"left_the_system":4.5,"left_to_other_school":6.0,"left_percent":21.0},{"academic_year":2022,"teacher_fte":55.2,"remained":40.4,"left_the_system":5.1,"left_to_other_school":9.8,"left_percent":27.0},{"academic_year":2021,"teacher_fte":58.5,"remained":49.5,"left_the_system":5.3,"left_to_other_school":3.7,"left_percent":15.4},{"academic_year":2020,"teacher_fte":57.4,"remained":53.7,"left_the_system":2.7,"left_to_other_school":1.0,"left_percent":6.4},{"academic_year":2019,"teacher_fte":54.9,"remained":45.1,"left_the_system":6.8,"left_to_other_school":3.0,"left_percent":17.9}]},"catchment":{"status":"published","note":"no_zone_published means we hold no zone for this school. It does not mean an address is outside one.","zones":[{"category":"SN","name":"Oldbury Wells School","in_force_from":null,"area_km2":112.586,"live_postcodes":515,"postcodes_within_50m_of_edge":22,"overlaps_catchments_of":[]}]},"how_places_were_allocated":[],"how_the_places_were_shared_out":[],"sources":[{"label":"Department for Education: Get Information about Schools","detail":"School identity, type, phase and address","url":"https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/","retrieved":"2026-09-02"},{"label":"Ofsted: state-funded school inspections management information","detail":"Inspection outcomes, published monthly","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/monthly-management-information-ofsteds-school-inspections-outcomes","retrieved":"2026-09-04"},{"label":"Department for Education: school-level applications and offers","detail":"Preferences and offers, 2016 to 2025 intakes","url":"https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/primary-and-secondary-school-applications-and-offers","retrieved":"2026-09-04"},{"label":"Department for Education: key stage 4 performance","detail":"Attainment 8, Progress 8 and EBacc, by school","url":"https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance","retrieved":"2026-09-04"},{"label":"Department for Education: school workforce in England","detail":"Teacher turnover, by school, from the School Workforce Census","url":"https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england","retrieved":"2026-09-04"},{"label":"Shropshire: school admission zones","detail":"arcgis fetch 2026-09-05","url":"https://gis.shropshire.gov.uk/arcgis/rest/services/AGOL/PBILayers/MapServer/17/query?where=1=1&outFields=*&f=geojson","retrieved":"2026-09-05"}]}