Belvidere School
Academy converter · 830 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.8
Academy converter
Church Stretton School
- Pupils on roll
- 539of 600 places
- Free school meals
- 17.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 96
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 3 July 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Church Stretton School (URN 123565, until 1 April 2013).
What the data says
Church Stretton School has no sixth form. Of the 110 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 62% moved to a sixth form college, 25% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 62% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 43% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
Most pupils take the three separate sciences: at least 61% sat Biology, Chemistry and Physics as individual GCSEs, compared with about 23% 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Church Stretton School | Shropshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 110 | 2,982 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 88% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 62% | 45% | 13% |
| — further education college | 25% | 19% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Church Stretton School | Shropshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.0 | 42.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% | 37% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 13% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.82 | 3.71 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 20% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.9 | 31.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.5 | 45.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 96 | 100% | 86% | 19% | 21% | 74% |
| English Language | 96 | 100% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 77% |
| Mathematics | 96 | 100% | 88% | 15% | 22% | 69% |
| History | 73 | 76% | 41% | 16% | 26% | 53% |
| Physics | 59 | 61% | 23% | 14% | 46% | 59% |
| Biology | 59 | 61% | 23% | 17% | 45% | 63% |
| Chemistry | 59 | 61% | 23% | 12% | 47% | 58% |
| Geography | 48 | 50% | 41% | 27% | 25% | 73% |
| Art and Design | 41 | 43% | 7% | 15% | 24% | 68% |
| Combined Science | 36 | 38% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 53% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 23 | 24% | 8% | 35% | 21% | 91% |
| Design and Technology | 23 | 24% | 11% | 9% | 23% | 57% |
| Computer Science | 18 | 19% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 22% |
| Music | 15 | 16% | 5% | 13% | 33% | 53% |
| French | 15 | 16% | 18% | 40% | 29% | 80% |
| Geology | 15 | 16% | 0% | 47% | 61% | 73% |
| Drama | 13 | 14% | 7% | 15% | 27% | 46% |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 35 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Shropshire
Bridgnorth Endowed School
Academy converter · 601 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.4
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
Ludlow Church of England School
Academy converter · 626 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.9
Mary Webb School and Science College
Academy converter · 632 pupils
77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.5
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.