Primary school in Oswestry, Shropshire
Our Lady and St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Upper Brook Street, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 2TG
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 July 2022.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 4 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
- 130
- Places
- 140
- How full
- 93% full — 130 of 140 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 77 / 53
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Shropshire 007E, 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
- 33%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 11%
- Households owning their home
- 67%
- Households in social housing
- 5%
- Households with no car
- 18%
- Adults economically inactive
- 38%
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 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Head: Conor Meehan
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Ward
- Oswestry South
- Constituency
- North Shropshire
- URN
- 151757
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodside Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 56% | 0.8 mi |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy and NurseryAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 66% | 0.8 mi |
| Morda CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2023 | 67% | 1 mi |
| The Meadows Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 49% | 1.1 mi |
| Trefonen CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | No grade | 50% | 2.2 mi |
| Whittington CofE (VA) Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 52% | 2.7 mi |
| Gobowen Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 92% | 3.1 mi |
| Selattyn CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2019 | — | 3.2 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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