Telford Infant School

Telford Infant School continues to perform well as a good school, with pupils thriving in an environment that promotes loving learning. Parents express positive views, and the school fosters a sense of community by encouraging pupils to take on roles such as school councillors. The curriculum is ambitious, enabling children to build a rich knowledge base, particularly in early mathematics and subjects like geography. Additionally, special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) provision is strong, ensuring effective support for all pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils are polite, considerate, and take pride in their school.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-designed, linking learning across subjects.
• Strong provisions for pupils with SEND, with needs quickly identified and addressed.
• Teachers demonstrate strong subject knowledge in many subjects.
• A variety of extracurricular clubs are available to support pupils' interests and well-being.
• Staff feel supported through professional development and a strong team ethos.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent practice in phonics lessons leads to unaddressed mistakes in learning.
• Some variation in teachers' subject knowledge hampers understanding in a few subjects.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Telford Infant School attended 96.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.4% of pupils at Telford Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Telford Infant School had 21.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 9.0% of pupils at Telford Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Telford Infant School received £7,832 and spent £7,775 for each of its 234 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £508,000 (£2,171 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Telford Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Telford Infant School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Telford Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Telford Infant School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Telford Infant School have?

Telford Infant School has 234 pupils on roll.

What age range does Telford Infant School cover?

Telford Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Telford Infant School?

Telford Infant School is at Kelvin Road, Lillington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 7TE.