Bowbrook Primary School
Bowbrook Primary School is a free school in Shrewsbury for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 118 pupils and room for 236. About 11 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England.
Squinter Pip Way, Shrewsbury, SY5 8PYbowbrookprimary.co.ukMr Sam Aiston headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
149 places were empty (71% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in.
The last child to get a place lived 0.9 miles away in 2026. Those cut-offs are for children living outside the catchment area; every child inside it got a place. Brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups are placed first. Type in your postcode to see how far away you are.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. Every child in the catchment area who applied got a place. Outside the catchment, the last place went to a child living 0.9 miles away.
| Entry | Places | Put it first | Applied at all | Got a place | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Primary | 30 | 34 | 121 | 30 | 0.9 miles (distance, outside the catchment area) | LA |
What a home within 0.9 miles of the school costs
Every home sold within that distance of the school (the typical cut-off over the last three years), of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) and SEN unit with 9 pupils and a SEN unit with 9 pupils, for speech, language and communication.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Shropshire with speech, language and communication provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (12), emotional and mental health (7), Autistic spectrum disorder (6), Specific learning difficulty (2), Multi-sensory impairment (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 118 | 87 | 36 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 10% | 10% | 8% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 3% | 7% | 3% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 16% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 9% | 0% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.6% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.5% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.9% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 19.4% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.0 | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
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 primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxon CofE Primary School | Church of England | 0.8 miles | 425 | Outstanding 2023 | 93 | Compare |
| Radbrook Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 312 | Not inspected | 18 | Compare |
| Woodfield Infant School & Nursery | Academy | 0.9 miles | 283 | No overall grade 2025 | 96 | Compare |
| St George's Junior School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 354 | Good 2023 | 64 | Compare |
| Meole Brace Church of England Primary School and Nursery | Academy | 1.5 miles | 461 | Good 2019 | – | Compare |
| Coleham Primary School | Academy | 1.9 miles | 431 | Outstanding 2024 | 95 | Compare |
| Bicton Church of England Primary School and Nursery | Academy | 2.1 miles | 127 | Requires improvement 2021 | 1 | Compare |
| Oakmeadow Church of England Primary and Nursery School | Academy | 2.1 miles | 472 | Not inspected | 24 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Bowbrook Primary School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Bowbrook Primary School yet.
How many pupils does Bowbrook Primary School have?
118 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 236 places, so it is 50% full.
Is Bowbrook Primary School oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?
Yes. For September 2026 the last place went to a child living 0.9 miles away. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.
What is attendance like at Bowbrook Primary School?
Pupils were in school 95.6% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 19% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Bowbrook Primary School?
The average class had 31.3 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 67% of classes had more than 30 pupils.
Does Bowbrook Primary School have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) and sen unit for speech, language and communication. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Squinter Pip Way, Shrewsbury, SY5 8PY
- Website
- bowbrookprimary.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Sam Aiston
- Type of school
- Free school (Free schools, free schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- The 3-18 Education Trust (14 schools)
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Ward
- Radbrook
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2023 (academy free school)
- URN
- 149757 · LAESTAB 8932013 · UKPRN 10093042
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.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Shropshire council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2026.
- House prices: HM Land Registry price paid data, December 2023 to December 2025, placed by postcode.
- 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.