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The Telford Langley School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Duce Drive, Dawley, Telford TF4 3JS · telfordlangleyschool.co.uk · 01952 386700
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 35
- average Attainment 8 score. Telford and Wrekin 44.2, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Telford and Wrekin Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,140
- 95% of 1,200 places
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 44.5%
- First language not English
- 12.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Telford and Wrekin Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 137 families put the school first and 191 places were offered; 96% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 191 | 137 | 0.7 | 96% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 232 | 186 | 0.8 | 92% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 232 | 175 | 0.8 | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 236 | 202 | 0.9 | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 235 | 183 | 0.8 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 35, and 21.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Telford and Wrekin it was 44.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼35 | 46 | ||
| ▼21.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼43.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼12.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.96 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 4.7 | −7.2 |
| Sixth form college | 12.8 | +8.4 |
| Further education | 54.7 | −8.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 5.2 | +2.1 |
| Employment | 4.7 | +1.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 12.8 | +2.1 |
| Activity not captured | 5.2 | +2.1 |
Ofsted
The Telford Langley School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 2 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 2 Jul 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Dec 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2015Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate
What parents said
74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 74%
- Replies
- 50
- 5% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied
based on 18 parents (36%) with SEND