Harlescott Junior School
Featherbed Lane, Shrewsbury, SY1 4QN
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by Harlescott Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss S Peters
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury and Atcham
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 378
- URN
- 123393
- Local authority
- Shropshire
About this school
Harlescott Junior School was a community primary school in Shrewsbury. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 378 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Harlescott Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 94 | 91 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 74% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 82% |
| Expected standard in maths | 78% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.30 | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - |
| Maths progress | -1.00 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Harlescott Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Shropshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 69% | 55.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 74% | 55.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 56.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 393 |
| 2023/24 | 378 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Harlescott Junior School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6% | 31.7% | 378 | — |
| Harlescott Junior School | 53% | 6.2% | 32.8% | 343 | 0.0 miles |
| Sundorne Infant School and Nursery | — | 6.7% | 29.4% | 332 | 0.4 miles |
| Wilfred Owen Primary School | 69% | 7.1% | 62.3% | 216 | 1.0 miles |
| Greenacres Primary School | 50% | 9.3% | 58.2% | 105 | 1.1 miles |
| Grange Primary School | 19% | 8.6% | 51.9% | 164 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 31.7%
- English as an additional language
- 6.9%
- Overall absence
- 6%
- Persistent absence
- 18.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Harlescott Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Shrewsbury
-
Sundorne Infant School and Nursery0.4 miles
Primary · Shrewsbury
-
Wilfred Owen Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Shrewsbury
-
Greenacres Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Shrewsbury
-
Grange Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Shrewsbury
Other schools in Shrewsbury
- Baschurch CofE Primary School Primary
- Belvidere Primary School Primary
- Bicton Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Bomere Heath Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bowbrook Primary School Primary
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School Primary
- Clive CofE Primary School Primary
- Coleham Primary School Primary
- Condover CofE Primary School Primary
- Crowmoor Primary School Primary
- Grange Primary School Primary
- Greenacres Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Harlescott Junior School teach?
- Harlescott Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Shrewsbury.
- Has Harlescott Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Harlescott Junior School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Harlescott Junior School?
- Harlescott Junior School had 378 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Harlescott Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 69% in 2022/23 and 74% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Harlescott Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Harlescott Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 9 July 2024.