Belvidere School
Academy converter · 830 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.8
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The Priory School
- Pupils on roll
- 852of 840 places
- Free school meals
- 13.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 167
- Ofsted
- Good, 7 November 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Priory School, A Business and Enterprise College (URN 123562, until 1 June 2012).
What the data says
The Priory School has no sixth form. Of the 167 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 78% moved to a sixth form college, 3% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 78% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 24% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 52.7 against 46.1 across England and 42.5 in Shropshire, with 56% 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 | The Priory School | Shropshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 167 | 2,982 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 98% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 94% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 12% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 78% | 45% | 13% |
| — further education college | 3% | 19% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 1% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Priory School | Shropshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 52.7 | 42.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56% | 37% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 78% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 45% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.72 | 3.71 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 14% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 39.1 | 31.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 54.9 | 45.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 5% | 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 | 166 | 99% | 88% | 20% | 22% | 81% |
| English Language | 166 | 99% | 89% | 25% | 20% | 84% |
| English Literature | 164 | 98% | 86% | 31% | 21% | 84% |
| Combined Science | 132 | 79% | 65% | 22% | 9% | 74% |
| History | 105 | 63% | 41% | 38% | 26% | 71% |
| Geography | 95 | 57% | 41% | 33% | 25% | 75% |
| French | 59 | 35% | 18% | 31% | 29% | 85% |
| Religious Studies | 45 | 27% | 31% | 31% | 32% | 73% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 40 | 24% | 8% | 15% | 21% | 60% |
| Art and Design | 36 | 22% | 7% | 33% | 24% | 86% |
| Design and Technology | 35 | 21% | 11% | 17% | 23% | 66% |
| Biology | 31 | 19% | 23% | 39% | 45% | 87% |
| Physics | 29 | 17% | 23% | 48% | 46% | 86% |
| Chemistry | 29 | 17% | 23% | 34% | 47% | 93% |
| Business Studies | 28 | 17% | 18% | 46% | 20% | 89% |
| Physical Education | 27 | 16% | 11% | 59% | 24% | 93% |
| Drama | 26 | 16% | 7% | 38% | 27% | 81% |
| Graphic Communication | 24 | 14% | 1% | 25% | 23% | 88% |
| Music | 20 | 12% | 5% | 50% | 33% | 100% |
| Spanish | 18 | 11% | 19% | 56% | 27% | 89% |
| Citizenship Studies | 7 | 4% | 3% | 0% | 19% | 29% |
| Computer Science | 6 | 4% | 13% | 33% | 30% | 100% |
| Dance | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 27% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 17 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Shropshire
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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.