Belvidere School
Academy converter · 830 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.8
Foundation school
The Community College, Bishop's Castle
- Pupils on roll
- 507of 604 places
- Free school meals
- 12.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 102
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 8 June 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
The Community College, Bishop's Castle has no sixth form. Of the 87 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 49% moved to a sixth form college, 17% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 49% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 48% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.4 against 46.1 across England and 42.5 in Shropshire, with 35% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Shropshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Shropshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 87 | 2,982 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 69% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 49% | 45% | 13% |
| — further education college | 17% | 19% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 13% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 8% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Shropshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.4 | 42.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 37% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 31% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.81 | 3.71 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 16% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.5 | 31.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.4 | 45.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 1% | 5% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 102 | 100% | 88% | 18% | 22% | 68% |
| English Language | 102 | 100% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 59% |
| English Literature | 101 | 99% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 52% |
| Combined Science | 73 | 72% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 53% |
| Geography | 69 | 68% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 59% |
| Media Studies | 49 | 48% | 4% | 4% | 20% | 51% |
| History | 41 | 40% | 41% | 20% | 26% | 54% |
| Art and Design | 39 | 38% | 7% | 13% | 24% | 69% |
| Design and Technology | 35 | 34% | 11% | 3% | 23% | 49% |
| Physics | 28 | 27% | 23% | 29% | 46% | 79% |
| Biology | 28 | 27% | 23% | 43% | 45% | 86% |
| Chemistry | 27 | 26% | 23% | 44% | 47% | 85% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 27 | 26% | 8% | 4% | 21% | 37% |
| French | 20 | 20% | 18% | 20% | 29% | 80% |
| Spanish | 19 | 19% | 19% | 11% | 27% | 53% |
| Physical Education | 15 | 15% | 11% | 20% | 24% | 53% |
| Religious Studies | 5 | 5% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
| Drama | 5 | 5% | 7% | — | 27% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 24 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 24 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Shropshire
Bridgnorth Endowed School
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80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.4
Church Stretton School
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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0
Idsall School
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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.0
Lakelands Academy
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76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.1
Ludlow Church of England School
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82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.