Schools in Bridgnorth
Bridgnorth has 12 schools in Shropshire, coordinated by Shropshire Council, including 9 primaries and 2 secondary schools - Bridgnorth Endowed School and Oldbury Wells School. Six schools have a religious character, consistent with rural Shropshire's strong Church of England primary tradition. Two schools are oversubscribed and four of the five Ofsted-rated schools hold a Good or Outstanding rating.
The town sits on the Severn valley and draws pupils from surrounding villages across a wide rural catchment, including Highley, Billingsley and Alveley. Shropshire operates a non-selective secondary system and the two secondary schools serve distinct parts of the Bridgnorth area. Families in rural villages should check which designated secondary applies to their address as well as the feasibility of transport before ranking preferences.
School demand in Bridgnorth
Across the 9 schools in Bridgnorth with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 81%. 2 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
6 schools in Bridgnorth have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
9 of the schools in Bridgnorth are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Shropshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
5 of the schools in Bridgnorth have a current Ofsted rating, of which 4 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Bridgnorth: 1 oversubscribed (9)
Highley Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bridgnorth · WV16 6EH
Brown Clee CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Bridgnorth · WV16 6SS
Morville CofE (Controlled) Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Bridgnorth · WV16 4RJ
Alveley Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Bridgnorth · WV15 6JT
Castlefields Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bridgnorth · WV16 5DQ
St Leonard's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bridgnorth · WV16 4HL
St. Mary's Bluecoat Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bridgnorth · WV15 5EQ
Worfield Endowed Church Of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bridgnorth · WV15 5LF
St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
BRIDGNORTH · WV16 4HW
Secondary Schools in Bridgnorth (2)
Other Schools in Bridgnorth (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Bridgnorth are set by Shropshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.