Primary school in Broseley, Shropshire
John Wilkinson Primary School and Nursery
Coalport Road, Broseley, Shropshire, TF12 5AN
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 5 March 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 162
- Places
- 196
- How full
- 83% full — 162 of 196 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 66 / 96
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Shropshire 029B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 27%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 17%
- Households owning their home
- 86%
- Households in social housing
- 2%
- Households with no car
- 8%
- Adults economically inactive
- 47%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- THE 3-18 EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Rachel Howell James
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Ward
- Broseley
- Constituency
- South Shropshire
- URN
- 151469
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broseley CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2023 | 50% | 0.5 mi |
| Barrow 1618 CofE Free SchoolFree schools | Good 2023 | 77% | 1.6 mi |
| Woodlands Primary School and NurseryAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 1.6 mi |
| John Fletcher of Madeley Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2022 | 72% | 1.7 mi |
| Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge CofE Primary AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | — | 1.8 mi |
| William Reynolds Primary School and NurseryAcademy converter | Outstanding 2023 | — | 1.8 mi |
| Sir Alexander Fleming Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 58% | 1.8 mi |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 48% | 2.2 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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