Mount Pleasant Primary
Whitemere Road, Mount Pleasant, Shrewsbury, SY1 3BY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SEVERN BRIDGES MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Benge
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Severn Bridges Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 361
- Pupils on roll
- 346
- URN
- 144434
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01743249135
About this school
Mount Pleasant Primary is a primary academy in Shrewsbury. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 346 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 44 | 42 | 44 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 69% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 12% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 50% | 86% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 59% | 83% | 61% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% | 74% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 105.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.40 | - | - |
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 Mount Pleasant Primary 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 | 43% | 55.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 55.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 55% | 56.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 363 |
| 2023/24 | 356 |
| 2024/25 | 363 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mount Pleasant Primary compares
Mount Pleasant Primary ranked 57th of 96 primary schools in Shropshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55% | 5% | 22.2% | 346 | — |
| Greenfields Primary School | 81% | 4.9% | 20.3% | 342 | 0.5 miles |
| The Martin Wilson School | — | — | — | 164 | 0.5 miles |
| Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery | 53% | 5.1% | 16.5% | 194 | 0.6 miles |
| Grange Primary School | 19% | 8.6% | 51.9% | 164 | 0.7 miles |
| Sundorne Infant School and Nursery | — | 6.7% | 29.4% | 332 | 0.8 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.19%
- English as an additional language
- 9.4%
- Overall absence
- 5%
- Persistent absence
- 10.75%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Greenfields Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Shrewsbury
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The Martin Wilson School0.5 miles
Primary · Shrewsbury
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Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery0.6 miles
Primary · Shrewsbury
-
Grange Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Shrewsbury
-
Sundorne Infant School and Nursery0.8 miles
Primary · Shrewsbury
Other schools in Shrewsbury
Mount Pleasant Primary ranks 22nd of the 32 ranked primary 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 year groups does Mount Pleasant Primary teach?
- Mount Pleasant Primary teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Shrewsbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Mount Pleasant Primary?
- The headteacher of Mount Pleasant Primary is Mrs Alison Benge, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Mount Pleasant Primary last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mount Pleasant Primary, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Mount Pleasant Primary?
- Mount Pleasant Primary has 346 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Mount Pleasant Primary full?
- Mount Pleasant Primary has capacity for 361 pupils and 346 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Mount Pleasant Primary a faith school?
- No. Mount Pleasant Primary has no designated religious character.
- Does Mount Pleasant Primary have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Mount Pleasant Primary as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Mount Pleasant Primary?
- Mount Pleasant Primary is part of SEVERN BRIDGES MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Mount Pleasant Primary's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mount Pleasant Primary rank locally?
- Mount Pleasant Primary ranked 57th of 96 primary schools in Shropshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mount Pleasant Primary's absence rate?
- Mount Pleasant Primary's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mount Pleasant Primary's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mount Pleasant Primary'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 10 July 2026.