The Keystone Academy
Shrewsbury, SY5 8PY · Shropshire local authority
Shrewsbury’s School Grade C+ better than 36% of towns in England
What stands out about The Keystone Academy
- No letter for this school: the reason is below.
- 43% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Inspected, January 2025 (shown, not graded)
- Homes in its postcode sector (SY5 8) sold for a median £330,000; Shrewsbury’s is £265,000
Results
DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 14 pupilsEach bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools The Keystone beats are shaded green.
Attainment 8 7.9
Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Shropshire avg 41.8
Grade 5+ in English and maths 0%
A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Shropshire avg 35%
Attainment 8, three years
The mark is England’s average that year
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025111 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
No letter for The Keystone Academy
Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.
Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), January 2025.
Living near The Keystone Academy
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in SY5 8, the school’s postcode sector
Shrewsbury property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in SY5 8 sell for well over Shrewsbury’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
8 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Shrewsbury, SY5 8PY
The Keystone Academy: common questions
What is The Keystone Academy’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (January 2025).
How much do houses cost near The Keystone Academy?
Homes in its postcode sector, SY5 8, sold for a median £330,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (156 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Shrewsbury’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.