Thomas Telford School

Exam results

Independent schools are not comparable in the performance tables. Most enter pupils for international GCSEs, which are not approved qualifications for these measures, so any Attainment 8 figure would be calculated from a fraction of what pupils actually sit. We do not publish one rather than publish a misleading number.

Average A level grade (2024/25)

B

A level entries are recorded consistently across school types, so this figure is shown.

Pupils

Pupils on roll

1657

Places

1550

How full

Full — 1657 pupils against 1550 places

Girls / boys

842 / 815

Overall absence

5%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

10%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN figures come from the state school census, which independent schools do not report into. Their records return structural zeros rather than measurements, so they are not shown here.

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

99%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

89%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

7%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

77%

No sustained destination

1%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

174

After sixth form

Went to university

61%

England 50%

In education, work or training

91%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship

10%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort

305

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went on to a degree

73%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort

287

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Telford and Wrekin 024E, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

22%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

19%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

52%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

32%

England 17%

Households with no car

20%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

37%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

City technology college

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 11–18

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

None

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Headteacher

Headmaster: Ian Rawlings

Local authority

Telford and Wrekin

Ward

Malinslee & Dawley Bank

Constituency

Telford

URN

123627

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

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