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Shrewsbury High School

Mixed · ages 4–20 · with sixth form · selective (grammar)Shropshire, West Midlands SY1 1TNSchool website
Pupils on roll
309of 725 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
42
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Kingsland Grange School (URN 123606).

What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Shrewsbury High School’s Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 38% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.

Most pupils take the three separate sciences: at least 62% sat Biology, Chemistry and Physics as individual GCSEs, compared with about 23% nationally.

74% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE in 2025 (England 45%). Attainment 8 is not comparable for independent schools, which often enter pupils for IGCSEs that the Department for Education does not count.

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.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureShrewsbury High SchoolShropshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)65.642.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths74%37%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths95%59%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects38%33%41%
EBacc average point score5.703.714.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort21%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils31.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils45.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language5%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics42100%88%45%22%98%
English Language42100%89%50%20%95%
English Literature42100%86%43%21%93%
Physics2662%23%42%46%85%
Chemistry2662%23%38%47%92%
Biology2662%23%38%45%92%
History1740%41%47%26%94%
Combined Science1638%65%31%9%94%
Art and Design1638%7%63%24%94%
Geography1331%41%62%25%100%
Computer Science1331%13%85%30%92%
Drama1229%7%42%27%100%
Religious Studies1229%31%58%32%92%
Business Studies1126%18%36%20%100%
Spanish1024%19%80%27%100%
French921%18%100%29%100%
German819%5%88%33%100%
Music717%5%71%33%100%
Physical Education717%11%14%24%100%
Statistics717%5%71%20%100%
Latin410%1%74%
Food Preparation and Nutrition25%8%21%
Dance12%1%27%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureShrewsbury High SchoolShropshireEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study70
— of whom A level students341,093261,341
Average A level gradeC+C+B-
Average points per A level entry34.4732.7835.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsB-C+B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects12%10%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Fine Art1235%3%
Biology926%20%
Psychology824%23%
Mathematics824%31%
Chemistry618%17%
English Literature618%11%
History618%13%
Graphic Communication2%
Photography3%
Textiles1%
Business Studies13%
Computer Science5%
Drama2%
Product Design2%
Economics13%
French1%
Geography10%
German0%
Politics6%
Further Mathematics5%
Music0%
Physical Education3%
Physics12%
Religious Studies4%
Russian0%
Spanish2%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)1338%
Nutrition / DietVRQ Level 3

Other secondary schools in Shropshire

Belvidere School

Academy converter · 830 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.8

Idsall School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,172 pupils

86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.0

Lakelands Academy

Academy converter · 590 pupils

76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.1

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.