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Our Lady and St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

Primary school in Oswestry, Shropshire. Good (Jul 2022).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 13 July 2022, report published 21 September 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

This grade was given to Our Lady and St Oswald's Catholic Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Our Lady and St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.

Good overall. The school was doing well. The most common grade under the previous system. 76% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Good.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early yearsGood
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around July 2026

The last inspection was in July 2022. Schools are usually inspected about every four years. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

  1. 0.8 milesWoodside Primary School

    Primary, Oswestry, Shropshire

    Standards maintained (Oct 2024)

  2. 0.8 milesHoly Trinity Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery

    Primary, Oswestry, Shropshire

    Good (Nov 2023)

  3. 1.0 milesMorda CofE Primary School

    Primary, Oswestry, Shropshire

    Good (Mar 2023)

  4. 1.1 milesThe Meadows Primary School

    Primary, Oswestry, Shropshire

    School remains Good (Nov 2022)

  5. 2.2 milesTrefonen CofE Primary School

    Primary, Oswestry, Shropshire

    Some aspects not as strong (Mar 2025)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.