Windmill Primary School

Windmill Primary School has demonstrated a strong overall performance, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspection areas. The school is characterized by a supportive and inclusive environment where pupils feel safe and valued. With an ambitious curriculum that encourages both academic and personal growth, the school has successfully fostered positive behaviour and a strong sense of community among students and staff alike. Despite being a new academy, the school has made commendable strides since its establishment, showing resilience and a commitment to development.

Strengths

• Ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND.
• High importance placed on reading across the school.
• Pupils are kind, caring, and respectful.
• Effective safeguarding practices in place.
• Positive behaviour consistently observed among pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent use of assessment to address misconceptions.
• Regular absenteeism impacting learning.

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 Windmill Primary School attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.1% 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, 3.7% of pupils at Windmill Primary 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 Windmill Primary School had 17.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.4% 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, 19.0% of pupils at Windmill Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 2024–25 Windmill Primary School received £7,787 and spent £7,586 for each of its 374 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £79,000 (£211 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of Community Academies Trust, income was £7,309 and spending £7,301 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Telford · Telford and Wrekin local authority: places and applications

Windmill Primary School is part of Community Academies Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Grange Park Primary School Telford
• The Telford Langley School Telford
• Chadsmead Primary Academy Lichfield
• Millfield Primary School Tamworth
• The Woodlands Community Primary School Tamworth
• The Wilnecote School Tamworth
• Stoneydelph Primary School Tamworth
• Wood End Primary School Atherstone
• The Polesworth School Tamworth
• Birchwood Primary School Tamworth

What is Windmill Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Windmill Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2022.

When was Windmill Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Windmill Primary School was last inspected in October 2022.

How many pupils does Windmill Primary School have?

Windmill Primary School has 326 pupils on roll.

What age range does Windmill Primary School cover?

Windmill Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Windmill Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Windmill Primary School?

Windmill Primary School is at Beaconsfield, Brookside, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 1LG.