Thomas Telford University Technical College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 19 2018 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wolverhampton
Unique reference
140160
Address
Springfield Campus, Cambridge Street, WV10 0JR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
810 (67% of total capacity)
Boys
53.3%
Girls
46.7%
First language not English
33%
Free school meals (FSM)
49.8%
Persistent absence
8.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.7%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 18.6%
African 16%
Mixed 14.4%
White British 13.3%
Other White 10.6%
Other Asian 7%
Caribbean 6.5%
Other 5.3%
Pakistani 3.5%
Other Black 1.7%
Chinese 1%
Unclassified 1%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.24
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 0%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 64%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.4
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.84
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award26
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award22
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE11
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE12
BiologyGCSE24
ChemistryGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE69
English LiteratureGCSE69
FrenchGCSE3
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Thomas Telford University Technical College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
147
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
405
2nd preference
255
3rd preference
162
From another Local Authority
42
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
129
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
2
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 classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
153
83
70
Year 8
155
82
73
Year 9
158
95
63
Year 10
158
75
83
Year 11
64
35
29
Year 12
80
44
36
Year 13
42
18
24
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
87.6%
86.5%
Further education
23.0%
36.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
52.0%
48.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
1.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
2.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
6.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.5%
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
48.0%
67.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
3.0%
14.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
3.0%
14.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
14.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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