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Ludlow Church of England School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth form · Church of EnglandShropshire, West Midlands · Ludlow SY8 1GJTrust: Diocese of Hereford Multi Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
626of 700 places
Free school meals
23.8%
Year 11 cohort 2025
110
Ofsted
Inspected, 7 May 2025Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Ludlow Church of England School (URN 123587, until 1 April 2017).

What the data says

Ludlow Church of England School has no sixth form. Of the 101 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 25% moved to a sixth form college, 57% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.

Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 35% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.9 against 46.1 across England and 42.5 in Shropshire, with 30% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

As an 11–16 school, Ludlow Church of England School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.

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 cohort1012,982607,348
Any sustained destination90%91%92%
Stayed in education82%81%86%
— school sixth form0%15%34%
— sixth form college25%45%13%
— further education college57%19%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship5%5%3%
Employment3%5%3%
No sustained destination7%5%6%
Destination unknown3%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolShropshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)41.942.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths30%37%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths56%59%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects16%33%41%
EBacc average point score3.523.714.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort17%21%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils36.631.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils43.045.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language2%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
English Language10999%89%15%20%73%
Mathematics10999%88%6%22%60%
English Literature10898%86%6%21%64%
Combined Science9183%65%2%9%41%
Geography5146%41%12%25%59%
History4743%41%26%26%70%
Fine Art4238%9%29%28%98%
Food Preparation and Nutrition3835%8%3%21%55%
Design and Technology3027%11%0%23%40%
Computer Science2725%13%7%30%15%
Spanish2220%19%23%27%68%
Religious Studies2119%31%10%32%57%
Biology1715%23%47%45%100%
Physics1715%23%29%46%100%
Chemistry1715%23%29%47%94%
Physical Education1715%11%12%24%82%
Drama1413%7%14%27%50%
Russian11%0%87%
Polish11%1%84%
French11%18%29%
Turkish11%0%71%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Small Business Management24
Childcare Skills22
Sports Studies18
Music Technology (Electronic)16

Other secondary schools in Shropshire

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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.8

Idsall School

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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.