Meole Brace School, Shrewsbury

In 2026, pupils at Meole Brace School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 41.7 in Shropshire and 47 across England.

37% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 35% in Shropshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 44.6.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.22: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 34.9, against 46 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 28 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Geography, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 198 families put Meole Brace School as their first choice and 675 named it as one of their preferences, for 270 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Meole Brace School are The Priory School (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.6); Belvidere School (2.3 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 42.9); and Shrewsbury Academy (3.3 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 31.9).

Meole Brace School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Meole Brace School is one of 9 schools run by Trusted Schools Alliance, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.9 in 2024/25.

Of the 267 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 4% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

8.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 200 pupils (15.2%) received SEN support and 32 (2.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Shrewsbury Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Meole Brace School (adjacent), 100 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Meole Brace School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 55 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Shropshire (10), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Meole Brace School issued 241 suspensions, 18 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Meole Brace School are Meole Brace Church of England Primary School and Nursery (0.3 miles), Radbrook Primary School (0.5 miles), Coleham Primary School (1.1 miles) and St George's Junior School (1.2 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.