Thomas Telford School
City technology college · Mixed · Telford and Wrekin
Old Park, Telford, TF3 4NW
83
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 06/12/2022
Application demand
0%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
95.4%
9.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,657
Capacity used
Over capacity107%
1,550 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
0%
1st preference success rate
0 of 1 families who put it first got an offer
156
Places offered
9
Total applications
0.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 1 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 2nd preference | 2 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 3 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 4th preference | 3 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0% |
1st preference success by year
Telford and Wrekin lets families list 4 preferences. 9 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- City technology college
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Ian Rawlings
- Address
- Old Park, Telford, TF3 4NW
- Phone
- 01952200000
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Ward / constituency
- Malinslee & Dawley Bank · Telford
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 123627
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 16% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 5% | — | — |
| SEN support | 5% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,657 pupils · 1,550 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
06 December 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,086 pupils
Attendance
95.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
4.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
9.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 58.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.43 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 72% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 94% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.44 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 37.97 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 59.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 70.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 94% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 95% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.49 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 201 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 40.43 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 27.6% | 17% |
| A-level students | 226 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 201 | 31% | 73% | 95% | |
| English Language | 201 | 36% | 83% | 97% | |
| English Literature | 200 | 33% | 80% | 95% | |
| Combined Science | 175 | 15% | 58% | 71% | |
| French | 144 | 28% | 69% | 83% | |
| History | 109 | 44% | 69% | 83% | |
| Geography | 88 | 18% | 47% | 76% | |
| Business | 77 | 55% | 86% | 95% | |
| Art and Design | 66 | 45% | 85% | 97% | |
| Spanish | 51 | 27% | 51% | 82% | |
| Physical Education | 47 | 40% | 87% | 96% | |
| Design & Technology | 41 | 29% | 59% | 76% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 80 | 8% | 29% | 49% | |
| Mathematics | 74 | 30% | 59% | 85% | |
| Psychology | 53 | 2% | 23% | 83% | |
| Chemistry | 52 | 10% | 42% | 79% | |
| History | 47 | 0% | 30% | 64% | |
| Government and Politics | 42 | 7% | 24% | 55% | |
| English Literature | 39 | 10% | 33% | 79% | |
| Geography | 34 | 0% | 9% | 47% | |
| Economics | 32 | 3% | 19% | 75% | |
| Business Studies | 32 | 16% | 41% | 91% | |
| Physics | 28 | 14% | 46% | 75% | |
| Physical Education / Sports Studies | 23 | 4% | 22% | 61% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 16433: Thomas Telford School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 8 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 66% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 8% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 68% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.