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Academy sponsor led · Telford and Wrekin

The Telford Langley School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,140Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 139766URN

Duce Drive, Dawley, Telford, TF4 3JS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.3 below Telford and Wrekin median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

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433 applications for 191 places · 9th of 12 in Telford and Wrekin
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
37.9of 90
9th of 12 in Telford and Wrekin
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 2 July 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Telford and Wrekin median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

433 applications · 191 places offered · 137 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.5
  2. 2025 2.0; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.2
  3. 2024 2.0; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.5
  4. 2023 2.0; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.4
  5. 2022 1.8; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.4; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.7
  7. 2020 1.2; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.9
  8. 2019 1.2; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.4
  9. 2018 1.1; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.7
  10. 2017 1.3; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.5
  11. 2016 2.7; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.7
  12. 2015 2.5; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.9
  13. 2014 2.8; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.9
More applications per place than the Telford and Wrekin median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Telford and Wrekin median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261914332.31370.72
Sep 20252324562.01860.80
Sep 20242324622.01750.75
Sep 20232364802.02020.86
Sep 20222354251.81830.78
Sep 20212393341.41560.65
Sep 20202082561.21140.55
Sep 20191842191.2980.53
Sep 20181812001.11010.56
Sep 20171421821.3900.63
Sep 20161072912.7860.80
Sep 20151543792.51400.91
Sep 20141243452.81210.98

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

217 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.99th of 12 in Telford and Wrekin
Grade 5 or above in English and maths22%10th of 12 in Telford and Wrekin
Grade 4 or above in English and maths48%
  • This school
  • Telford and Wrekin median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−1.04
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)21737.922%48%–
2024/2520235.022%44%–
2023/2417233.719%42%−1.04
2022/2317434.522%44%−0.94

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
139766 · 894/4408
Trust
Community Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,200 pupils · 1,140 on roll
Free school meals
44.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 June 2013
Replaced
The Phoenix School (URN 123576)
Address
Duce Drive, Dawley, Telford, TF4 3JS
Local authority
Telford and Wrekin

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources