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Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Community school
Baldwin Webb Avenue, Donnington, Telford TF2 8EP · donningtonwoodinfants.co.uk · 01952 386640
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Telford and Wrekin Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 182
- 2 over 180 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 36.5%
- First language not English
- 34.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Telford and Wrekin Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 37 families put the school first and 38 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 28 Jun 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Jan 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (12 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 12
- 7% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 92% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied