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New Road Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,073Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 150811URN

New Road, Wrockwardine Wood, Telford, TF2 7AB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2022 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.4per place
1.1 below Telford and Wrekin median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

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260 applications for 180 places · 12th of 12 in Telford and Wrekin
Every year since 2016
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
35.0of 90
10th of 12 in Telford and Wrekin
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 29 March 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
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
1.4applications per place, Year 7
1.1 below Telford and Wrekin median (2.5) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

260 applications · 180 places offered · 120 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.4; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.5
  2. 2025 1.1; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.2
  3. 2024 1.5; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.5
  4. 2023 1.1; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.4; as the previous school
  5. 2022 1.1; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.1; as the previous school
  6. 2021 1.1; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.7; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.0; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.9; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.4; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.4; as the previous school
  9. 2018 0.8; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.4; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.8; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.7; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Telford and Wrekin median

Dashed bars: as The Telford Priory School (URN 142285), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261802601.41200.67
Sep 20252112411.11460.69
Sep 20241462161.51290.88
Sep 2023 *2402531.11290.54
Sep 2022 *1882151.11120.60
Sep 2021 *1731911.11070.62
Sep 2020 *2202161.01140.52
Sep 2019 *1451991.41130.78
Sep 2018 *2391980.81110.46
Sep 2017 *1331851.4980.74
Sep 2016 *2264071.82070.92

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

211 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)35.010th of 12 in Telford and Wrekin
Grade 5 or above in English and maths19%11th of 12 in Telford and Wrekin
Grade 4 or above in English and maths33%
  • This school
  • Telford and Wrekin median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2022/23, the latest published)−0.71
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)21135.019%33%–
2024/2522738.624%37%–
2023/24–
2022/23 *22138.125%46%−0.71

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
150811 · 894/4005
Trust
Learning Community Trust
Capacity
1,200 pupils · 1,073 on roll
Free school meals
48.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 March 2024
Replaced
The Telford Priory School (URN 142285)
Address
New Road, Wrockwardine Wood, Telford, TF2 7AB
Local authority
Telford and Wrekin

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