Buntingsdale Primary School and Nursery
Buntingsdale Park, Market Drayton, TF9 2HB
76 pupils · 63% of 120 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Free school meals
- 20.5%
Ofsted
Some aspects not as strong (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “Some aspects not as strong” (no overall grade issued)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 November 2024, published 5 December 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 58% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 11 | 11 | 22 | 11 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 9 | 9 | 20 | 9 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 9 | 9 | 15 | 9 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 9 | 9 | 13 | 9 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Market Drayton Junior School 2.6 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Market Drayton Infant & Nursery School 3 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Moreton Say CofE Primary School 3.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Stoke-on-Tern Primary School 3.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Longlands Primary School 3.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Hodnet Primary School 5.2 km · No Ofsted rating
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.