Onny CofE (A) Primary School
Onibury, Craven Arms, SY7 9AW
This school is closed (it closed in June 2024).
It was replaced by Onny CofE (A) Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mrs Victoria Reynolds
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hereford
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Ludlow
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings in a sparse setting
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 106
- URN
- 123560
- Local authority
- Shropshire
About this school
Onny CofE (A) Primary School was a Church of England voluntary aided primary school in Craven Arms. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 106 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Onny CofE (A) Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 13 | 13 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 31% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 54% |
| Expected standard in maths | 31% | 54% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 23% | 46% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.10 | - |
| Writing progress | -2.90 | - |
| Maths progress | -5.40 | - |
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 Onny CofE (A) Primary 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 | 8% | 55.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 31% | 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 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 106 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Onny CofE (A) Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.5% | 12.7% | 106 | — |
| Onny CofE (A) Primary School | 36% | 7.5% | 15.2% | 87 | 0.0 miles |
| Stokesay Primary School | 79% | 5.8% | 25.7% | 150 | 2.5 miles |
| Wistanstow CofE Primary School | 30% | 6.9% | 5.8% | 51 | 4.3 miles |
| Leintwardine Endowed CE Primary School | 50% | 4.6% | 27.9% | 75 | 4.3 miles |
| St Laurence CofE Primary School | 74% | 3.9% | 15.3% | 237 | 4.7 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)
- 12.7%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 6.5%
- Persistent absence
- 13.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Onny CofE (A) Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Craven Arms
-
Stokesay Primary School2.5 miles
Primary · Craven Arms
-
Wistanstow CofE Primary School4.3 miles
Primary · Craven Arms
-
Leintwardine Endowed CE Primary School4.3 miles
Primary · Craven Arms
-
St Laurence CofE Primary School4.7 miles
Primary · Ludlow
Other schools in Craven Arms
- Clunbury CofE Primary School Primary
- Corvedale CofE Primary School Primary
- Leintwardine Endowed CE Primary School Primary
- Newcastle CofE Primary School Primary
- Onny CofE (A) Primary School Primary
- St George's CofE Academy, Clun Primary
- Stokesay Primary School Primary
- Wistanstow CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Onny CofE (A) Primary School teach?
- Onny CofE (A) Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Craven Arms.
- Has Onny CofE (A) Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Onny CofE (A) Primary 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 Onny CofE (A) Primary School?
- Onny CofE (A) Primary School had 106 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Onny CofE (A) Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 8% in 2022/23 and 31% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Onny CofE (A) Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Onny CofE (A) Primary 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.