Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Telford and WrekinSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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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 entry505 applications · 200 places offered · 171 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.5
- 2025 1.9; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.2
- 2024 2.5; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.5
- 2023 2.1; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.4
- 2022 2.1; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.1
- 2021 2.0; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.7
- 2020 1.9; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.9
- 2019 1.9; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.4
- 2018 1.9; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2016 2.6; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2015 2.7; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2014 3.0; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Telford and Wrekin median
Dashed bars: as Ercall Wood Technology College (URN 123595), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 200 | 505 | 2.5 | 171 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2025 | 205 | 386 | 1.9 | 150 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2024 | 175 | 433 | 2.5 | 160 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 | 187 | 396 | 2.1 | 164 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 | 187 | 398 | 2.1 | 159 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2021 | 191 | 373 | 2.0 | 143 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2020 | 177 | 343 | 1.9 | 137 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2019 | 171 | 326 | 1.9 | 131 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2018 * | 172 | 332 | 1.9 | 154 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2017 * | 177 | 336 | 1.9 | 138 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2016 * | 174 | 445 | 2.6 | 138 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2015 * | 153 | 408 | 2.7 | 130 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2014 * | 120 | 363 | 3.0 | 107 | 0.89 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 188 | 45.9 | 40% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 192 | 42.5 | 35% | 58% | – |
| 2023/24 | 175 | 40.5 | 23% | 59% | −0.12 |
| 2022/23 | 185 | 43.6 | 29% | 53% | −0.03 |
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
- Ercall Wood AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Telford and Wrekin20262.6applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Telford and WrekinRemains Good · improving20223.2applications per place 47.0Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · Telford and WrekinRequires improvement20242.3applications per place 37.9Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · Telford and WrekinRequires improvement20221.4applications per place 35.0Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · Telford and WrekinRemains Good20233.5applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · Telford and WrekinGood20224.9applications per place 44.8Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · Telford and WrekinSerious weaknesses Inadequate20222.1applications per place 29.0Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · Telford and Wrekin20262.5applications per place 34.4Attainment 8
- 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145707 · 894/5402
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 971 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2018
- Replaced
- Ercall Wood Technology College (URN 123595)
- Address
- Golf Links Lane, Wellington, Telford, TF1 2DT
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources