The Telford Langley School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jul 2 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Telford and Wrekin
Unique reference
139766
Address
Duce Drive, Dawley, TF4 3JS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1099 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
49.8%
Girls
50.2%
First language not English
11.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
41.8%
Persistent absence
30.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.6%
Unclassified 8.9%
Other White 7.1%
African 3.9%
Mixed 3.6%
Other Asian 1.3%
Indian 1.2%
Chinese 1.1%
Pakistani 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.94
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.31
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 22%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.5
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.95
Local authority average 3.93
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award18
TourismTechnical Award22
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
BiologyGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE31
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE9
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE11
Design & TechnologyGCSE35
English LanguageGCSE173
English LiteratureGCSE173
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Telford Langley School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
232
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
175
2nd preference
126
3rd preference
117
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
165
2nd preference
50
3rd preference
15
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 classes24.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
241
116
125
Year 8
247
119
128
Year 9
229
115
114
Year 10
208
109
99
Year 11
174
88
86
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
86.6%
86.5%
Further education
58.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
15.0%
32.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
14.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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