Schools in Oswestry
Oswestry has 18 schools — 13 primaries and 1 secondary — administered by Shropshire Council. The area sits close to the Wales border, meaning some families have access to Welsh-medium schools in Powys as an alternative. Nine of Oswestry's 18 schools have a faith character, the highest proportion in the dataset for an area of this size, predominantly Church of England reflecting the Anglo-Welsh border church presence.
The Marches School is the main secondary option for Oswestry town and surrounding villages, operating as an academy with its own admissions policy. Shropshire Council co-ordinates maintained school admissions through its annual booklet. Given the rural catchment area, transport eligibility — Shropshire's home-to-school transport policy — is a practical consideration for families in outlying parishes before applying to a distant school.
School demand in Oswestry
Across the 13 schools in Oswestry with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 91%. 4 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.
9 schools in Oswestry have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
8 of the schools in Oswestry 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.
8 of the schools in Oswestry have a current Ofsted rating, of which 8 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Oswestry: 3 oversubscribed (13)
Gobowen Primary School
Primary · Community school
Oswestry · SY11 3LD
Weston Rhyn Primary School
Primary · Community school
Oswestry · SY10 7SR
The Meadows Primary School
Primary · Community school
Oswestry · SY11 2EA
Morda CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Oswestry · SY10 9NR
Trefonen CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Oswestry · SY10 9DY
Bryn Offa CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Oswestry · SY10 9QR
Whittington CofE (VA) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Oswestry · SY11 4DA
Woodside Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Oswestry · SY11 1DT
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter
Oswestry · SY11 2LF
Selattyn CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Oswestry · SY10 7DH
Our Lady and St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Oswestry · SY11 2TG
Kinnerley Church of England Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter
Oswestry · SY10 8DF
West Felton Church of England Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter
Oswestry · SY11 4JR
Secondary Schools in Oswestry (1)
Other Schools in Oswestry (4)
Moreton Hall School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Oswestry · SY11 3EW
Oswestry School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Oswestry · SY11 2TL
Derwen College
Not applicable · Special post 16 institution
Oswestry · SY11 3JA
St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community)
Special · Academy sponsor led
Oswestry · SY10 7BD
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Oswestry 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.