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Windmill Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Beaconsfield, Brookside, Telford TF3 1LG · windmillprimaryschool.co.uk · 01952 386360
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 77%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Telford and Wrekin 64%, England 62%
- 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
- 326
- 78% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 54.8%
- First language not English
- 20.9%
- 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, 44 families put the school first and 45 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 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 30 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% the higher standard. Across Telford and Wrekin it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲77% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 127090)
Ofsted
Windmill Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 September 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 13 Sept 2022
- 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 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 127090), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Requires 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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 127090)
Jun 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 127090)
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 16
- 4% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 94% who raised concerns
based on the 75% who had a child bullied