Thomas Telford School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 6 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Independent schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Telford and Wrekin
Unique reference
123627
Address
Old Park, TF3 4NW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1589 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
49.9%
Girls
50.1%
First language not English
4.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.1%
Persistent absence
9.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.9%
Indian 7.4%
Mixed 7.3%
African 3.7%
Other White 3.6%
Pakistani 1.7%
Caribbean 0.8%
Chinese 0.5%
Other 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.57
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.31
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 98%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 74%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 60.9
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.76
Local authority average 3.93
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award96
Health StudiesTechnical Award25
Speech & DramaTechnical Award18
Art & DesignGCSE60
BiologyGCSE24
Business Studies:SingleGCSE50
ChemistryGCSE24
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE41
English LanguageGCSE173
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Thomas Telford CTC

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
176
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
2
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
0
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
225
116
109
Year 8
200
98
102
Year 9
205
102
103
Year 10
200
103
97
Year 11
197
99
98
Year 12
291
144
147
Year 13
271
131
140
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
86.6%
86.5%
Further education
8.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
73.0%
32.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
14.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
74.0%
61.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
28.0%
20.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
27.0%
19.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
4.0%
1.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
SP
1.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
6.0%
2.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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