Acorn Wood
Acorn Wood is an independent special school in Shropshire for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 15 pupils and room for 30.
Watery Lane, Coton, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 3LR01948 880639Ms Natasha Moore headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Shropshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 15 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | – |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | – | – |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whixall CofE Primary School | Academy | 1.5 miles | 152 | No overall grade 2025 | 75 | Compare |
| Prees CofE Primary School | Academy | 1.9 miles | 194 | Not inspected | 47 | Compare |
| Tilstock CofE Primary and Nursery | Academy | 2.1 miles | 123 | Report card 2026 | 4 | Compare |
| Lower Heath CofE Primary School | Academy | 3.1 miles | 105 | Good 2023 | 55 | Compare |
| Sir John Talbot's School | Academy | 3.5 miles | 861 | Good 2023 | 64 | Compare |
| St Peter's CofE Primary School | Academy | 3.6 miles | 404 | Good 2022 | 24 | Compare |
| The Thomas Adams School | Academy | 3.7 miles | 1,214 | Good 2023 | 25 | Compare |
| Newtown CofE Primary School | Church of England | 3.7 miles | 86 | No overall grade 2025 | 16 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Acorn Wood a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Acorn Wood yet.
How many pupils does Acorn Wood have?
15 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 30 places, so it is 50% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Watery Lane, Coton, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 3LR
- Telephone
- 01948 880639
- Headteacher
- Ms Natasha Moore
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Ward
- Wem
- Constituency
- North Shropshire
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 13 January 2021 (new provision)
- URN
- 148192 · LAESTAB 8936043
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.