The Keystone Academy
Squinter Pip Way, Shrewsbury, SY5 8PY
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- YOUTH ENGAGEMENT SCHOOLS TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Bellaby
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Youth Engagement Schools Trust
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 122
- URN
- 149086
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01743599011
About this school
The Keystone Academy is a special academy in Shrewsbury. It teaches children aged 4 to 16 and has 122 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 22% | 33% | 10% |
| Expected standard in maths | 22% | 11% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 22% | 22% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 101.0 | 90.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 95.0 | 98.0 | 81.0 |
| Reading progress | -5.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.10 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 15 |
| Attainment 8 score | 7.8 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Keystone Academy 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 | 11% | 55.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 55.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 56.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 19.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 19.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 17.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38 |
| 2023/24 | 77 |
| 2024/25 | 111 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44.14%
- English as an additional language
- 1.8%
- Overall absence
- 17.68%
- Persistent absence
- 48.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bettws Lifehouse1.2 miles
Special schools · Shropshire
-
Shrewsbury School1.2 miles
Independent schools · Shrewsbury
-
Shrewsbury High School1.5 miles
Independent schools
-
Oakwood School1.5 miles
Special schools · Shrewsbury
-
St Winefride's RC Independent School1.6 miles
Independent schools · Shrewsbury
Other schools in Shrewsbury
- Access School Special schools
- Condover College Limited Other types
- Harlescott House School Special schools
- Oakwood School Special schools
- Rodenhurst School Special schools
- Severndale Specialist Academy Academies
- The Henslow and Evolution School Special schools
- Tuition, Medical and Behaviour Support Service Local authority maintained schools
- Woodlands School Academies
- Baschurch CofE Primary School Primary
- Belvidere Primary School Primary
- Bicton Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Keystone Academy teach?
- The Keystone Academy teaches children aged 4 to 16. It is a special school in Shrewsbury.
- Who is the headteacher of The Keystone Academy?
- The headteacher of The Keystone Academy is Mrs Alison Bellaby, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Keystone Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Keystone Academy, 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 The Keystone Academy?
- The Keystone Academy has 122 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 16.
- Is The Keystone Academy full?
- The Keystone Academy has capacity for 120 pupils and 122 on roll (102%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Keystone Academy a faith school?
- No. The Keystone Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is The Keystone Academy a selective school?
- No. The Keystone Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Keystone Academy?
- The Keystone Academy is part of YOUTH ENGAGEMENT SCHOOLS TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Keystone Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 11% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is The Keystone Academy's absence rate?
- The Keystone Academy's overall absence rate is 17.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Keystone Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Keystone Academy'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.