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Severndale Specialist Academy

Mixed · ages 2–19 · with sixth formShropshire, West Midlands · Shrewsbury SY2 5SHTrust: Learning Community TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
424of 375 places
Free school meals
43.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
31
Ofsted
Inspected, 5 November 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Severndale (URN 123634, until 1 January 2014).

What the data says

Of the 22 pupils who finished Year 11 at Severndale Specialist Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in Severndale Specialist Academy’s own sixth form (Shropshire average 15%), 5% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 0.8 against 46.1 across England and 42.5 in Shropshire, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

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.

This school
Shropshire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolShropshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort222,982607,348
Any sustained destination100%91%92%
Stayed in education100%81%86%
— school sixth form0%15%34%
— sixth form college9%45%13%
— further education college5%19%37%
— other education86%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%5%3%
Employment0%5%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown0%3%3%

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

MeasureThis schoolShropshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)0.842.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%37%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%59%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%33%41%
EBacc average point score0.063.714.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort48%21%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils0.131.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils1.445.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language7%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
History26%41%26%
Mathematics26%88%22%
English Language13%89%20%
Geography13%41%25%

Other secondary schools in Shropshire

Belvidere School

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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.8

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

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.