St Mary's CofE Primary School
Chapel Lawn Road, Bucknell, SY7 0AAOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
St Mary's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Bucknell for ages 2 to 11. It is one of the 183 schools in Shropshire. It ranks 19th of 95 primary schools in Shropshire. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in February 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 11 February 2025, report published 18 March 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 11 February 2025
Pupils enjoy life at St Mary's CofE Primary School. Staff quickly forge strong working relationships with pupils. They really get to know them as individuals in this small community. This helps staff to care for them and to make sure they learn well. Leaders expect pupils to meet a high standard of behaviour. Children settle into good routines in the early years. Pupils are courteous and behave well in lessons. Disruption to learning is rare. Staff resolve any disagreements straight away. The school feels calm and purposeful. Pupils feel safe and play happily at social times. There are high expectations for what pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), can achieve. Across their different subjects, they meet these expectations. Pupils quickly become fluent and willing readers. Educational visits and guest speakers add significantly to pupils' experience. Learning about cultures and traditions other than their own helps pupils to respect others. Pupils can show themselves to be good citizens and to serve others, for example, by helping younger pupils or singing to older people in the church café. Pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, make good use of a range of clubs.
What the school should improve
- Teaching is sometimes inconsistent in subjects other than English and mathematics. Where this occurs, pupils' learning is not always as effective as it could be. The school should ensure that teaching is consistently effective across the whole curriculum.
- Some of the resources in early years, especially in the outdoor areas, are not as well developed to support learning as they could be. Children, therefore, do not learn as much as they should when working independently. The school should ensure that early years provision is designed to maximise opportunities for children to develop strong foundations for future learning.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
6 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
55 pupils on roll, with places for 56
Schools near St Mary's CofE Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leintwardine Endowed CE Primary School | 3 miles | Ofsted: Good | 50% met the expected standard |
| Clunbury CofE Primary School | 4 miles | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | 67% met the expected standard |
| Wigmore Primary School | 5 miles | Ofsted: Good | 87% met the expected standard |
| St George's CofE Academy, Clun | 6 miles | Ofsted: Good | 57% met the expected standard |
| Onny CofE (A) Primary School | 7 miles | Ofsted: Good | 36% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kathryn Jones
- Phone
- 01547530264
- Address
- Chapel Lawn Road, Bucknell, SY7 0AA
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- URN
- 123537
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.