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Ercall Wood Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Golf Links Lane, Wellington, Telford TF1 2DT · ercallwood.lct.education · 01952 951410
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.5
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 971
- 81% of 1,200 places
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 24.6%
- First language not English
- 15.4%
- 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, 171 families put the school first and 200 places were offered; 90% 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 | 200 | 171 | 0.9 | 90% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 205 | 150 | 0.7 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 175 | 160 | 0.9 | 90% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 187 | 164 | 0.9 | 91% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 187 | 159 | 0.9 | 99% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.5, and 35.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼35.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼58.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲47.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.69 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 123595)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.1 | −8.4 |
| Sixth form college | 30.3 | +6.8 |
| Further education | 50.9 | +0.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.4 | −0.7 |
| Employment | 0.6 | −3.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.3 | +2.2 |
| Activity not captured | 3.4 | +2.8 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ercall Wood Academy on 14 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 14 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 123595), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123595)
Oct 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123595)
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (69 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 69
- 7% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied
based on 21 parents (30%) with SEND