Thomas Telford School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 7 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 %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 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
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award1
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award32
Health StudiesTechnical Award52
Speech & DramaTechnical Award13
Sports StudiesTechnical Award110
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE48
BiologyGCSE21
Business Studies:SingleGCSE82
ChemistryGCSE21
Year 2023-2024

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
94.0%
87.1%
85.6%
Further education
15.0%
44.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
78.0%
30.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
2.0%
12.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
3.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
5.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
75.0%
63.7%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
36.0%
29.5%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
8.0%
4.3%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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