Schools in Shifnal
Shifnal has 7 schools — four primaries, one secondary and two specialist settings — within Shropshire Council's co-ordinated admissions area. Demand at primary level is the highest of any Shropshire market town of comparable size: all four primaries operate at or above full capacity, and four schools are officially oversubscribed. Two primaries carry a Church of England designation; St Andrew's CofE Primary is a voluntary-aided school that controls its own admissions and gives priority to regular worshippers.
Idsall School is the main secondary for Shifnal pupils and also faces consistent oversubscription from the town's growing housing estates to the south and east. Sheriffhales Primary and Shifnal Primary are the main community options; both use straight-line distance as the primary tiebreaker once sibling priority is exhausted. With average fill at 100 per cent across schools with capacity data, the realistic offer distance for the most popular primaries is often under half a mile from the school gate.
Primary schools in Shifnal: 3 oversubscribed (4)
Sheriffhales Primary School and Preschool
Primary · Community school
Shifnal · TF11 8RA
Shifnal Primary School
Primary · Community school
Shifnal · TF11 8EJ
St Andrew's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Shifnal · TF11 9HD
Beckbury Church of England Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter
Shifnal · TF11 9DQ
Secondary Schools in Shifnal (1)
Other Schools in Shifnal (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Shifnal 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.