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New Road Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
New Road, Wrockwardine Wood, Telford TF2 7AB · newroad.lct.education · 01952 951412
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38.6
- 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
- 1,073
- 89% of 1,200 places
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 48.1%
- First language not English
- 22.7%
- 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, 120 families put the school first and 180 places were offered; 98% 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 | 180 | 120 | 0.7 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 211 | 146 | 0.7 | 96% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 146 | 129 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 240 | 129 | 0.5 | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 188 | 112 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.6, and 24.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼24.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼37.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼16.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.12 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 142285)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 16.7 | +10.6 |
| Sixth form college | 3.2 | −9 |
| Further education | 54.3 | −9.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.7 | +1.3 |
| Employment | 1.6 | +0.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 12.4 | +2.9 |
| Activity not captured | 9.1 | +3.7 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 142285)
Ofsted
New Road Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 29 March 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 29 Mar 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 142285)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2018
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 142285), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Nov 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
- Jun 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Jun 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 142285)