SCHOOL PROFILE

The Community College, Bishop's Castle: data, trends and context

The Community College, Bishop's Castle is a secondary school in Shropshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
123564
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Foundation school
Status
Open
Local authority
Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Postcode
SY9 5AY
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
507
FSM eligible
12.8%
EAL / First language other than English
2.4%
SEND (total)
9.5%
SEN Support
7.9%
EHCP
1.6%
White British
89.2%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
91.1%
Overall absence
8.9%
Persistent absence
25.6%
Severe absence
3.1%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
ShropshireLocal authority91.0%9.0%2.8%
West MidlandsRegion91.5%8.5%3.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
13.3%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
7.2%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.19%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
43.4
English & maths grade 5+
35.3%
English & maths grade 4+
54.9%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See The Community College, Bishop's Castle against 25 similar schools

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The Community College, Bishop's Castle is a secondary school in Shropshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.