Belvidere School
Academy converter · 830 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.8
Academy converter
Ludlow Church of England School
- 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Shropshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 101 | 2,982 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 25% | 45% | 13% |
| — further education college | 57% | 19% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Shropshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.9 | 42.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 37% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 16% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.52 | 3.71 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.6 | 31.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.0 | 45.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 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 Language | 109 | 99% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 73% |
| Mathematics | 109 | 99% | 88% | 6% | 22% | 60% |
| English Literature | 108 | 98% | 86% | 6% | 21% | 64% |
| Combined Science | 91 | 83% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 41% |
| Geography | 51 | 46% | 41% | 12% | 25% | 59% |
| History | 47 | 43% | 41% | 26% | 26% | 70% |
| Fine Art | 42 | 38% | 9% | 29% | 28% | 98% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 38 | 35% | 8% | 3% | 21% | 55% |
| Design and Technology | 30 | 27% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 40% |
| Computer Science | 27 | 25% | 13% | 7% | 30% | 15% |
| Spanish | 22 | 20% | 19% | 23% | 27% | 68% |
| Religious Studies | 21 | 19% | 31% | 10% | 32% | 57% |
| Biology | 17 | 15% | 23% | 47% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 17 | 15% | 23% | 29% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 17 | 15% | 23% | 29% | 47% | 94% |
| Physical Education | 17 | 15% | 11% | 12% | 24% | 82% |
| Drama | 14 | 13% | 7% | 14% | 27% | 50% |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| French | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 24 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 22 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 18 | — | — |
| Music Technology (Electronic) | 16 | — | — |
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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.