Allscott Meads Primary Academy

Allscott Meads Primary Academy is a newly opened, rapidly growing school that is performing strongly across all areas. Inspectors found a highly inclusive, ambitious and nurturing community where pupils achieve well from their starting points, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and disadvantaged pupils. Safeguarding standards are met, and leaders have created an open culture where pupils feel safe. The school's strengths include high achievement in reading, writing and mathematics, a highly effective early years provision, strong attendance, excellent behaviour, and an ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum. Teaching is purposeful and inclusive, with timely support for pupils with SEND. Leadership and governance are clear strengths, with a positive staff culture and effective trust support. Pupils benefit from a rich personal development programme and strong pastoral care. There are no significant weaknesses. The next steps are to continue embedding the revised spelling programme and to maintain very high expectations so that sustained proportions of pupils achieve greater depth in reading, writing and mathematics over time. The school is part of the Learning Community Trust and has a higher-than-average proportion of pupils with SEN support, which it manages well.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve highly from their starting points in reading, writing and mathematics.
• Early reading and phonics are prioritised, leading to above-average outcomes.
• Pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils make very secure progress from their individual starting points.
• Early years provision is highly effective and prepares children excellently for Year 1.
• Attendance is a clear priority, with high rates and prompt action on barriers.
• Pupils behave exceptionally well, showing politeness, respect and kindness.
• The curriculum is highly ambitious, carefully sequenced and adapted to the school's growing context.
• Teaching is purposeful, supported by secure subject knowledge and effective assessment.
• Inclusion is central, with timely and personalised support for pupils with SEND.
• Leadership and governance are strong, with a positive professional culture and effective trust support.
• Personal development and wellbeing provision is rich, inclusive and broad.
• Pupils develop confidence, resilience and a strong understanding of British values.
• Safeguarding standards are met through an open and positive culture.
• New starters settle quickly and feel a strong sense of belonging.
• High-quality pastoral care, including the harmony hub, supports pupils' wellbeing.
• Staff feel valued and well supported through well-targeted professional development.

Areas for Improvement

• Continue to embed the revised spelling programme so all pupils quickly develop and securely apply spelling knowledge consistently.
• Maintain very high expectations to ensure sustained proportions of pupils achieve greater depth in reading, writing and mathematics over time.

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 Allscott Meads Primary Academy attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.5% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Allscott Meads Primary Academy 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 Allscott Meads Primary Academy had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 29.8% of pupils at Allscott Meads Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.0% 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 Allscott Meads Primary Academy received £9,116 and spent £8,910 for each of its 81 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £45,000 (£551 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Learning Community Trust, income was £11,793 and spending £11,570 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

Allscott Meads Primary Academy is part of Learning Community Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• Wrekin View Primary School Telford
• Charlton School Telford
• Ercall Wood Academy Telford
• Crudgington Primary School Telford
• Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase Telford
• Hadley Learning Community - Primary Phase Telford
• New Road Academy Telford
• Lantern Academy Telford
• Queensway Telford
• Severndale Specialist Academy Shrewsbury

What is Allscott Meads Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Allscott Meads Primary Academy is Strong standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Allscott Meads Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Allscott Meads Primary Academy was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Allscott Meads Primary Academy have?

Allscott Meads Primary Academy has 104 pupils on roll.

What age range does Allscott Meads Primary Academy cover?

Allscott Meads Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Allscott Meads Primary Academy?

Allscott Meads Primary Academy is at Aldescote Way, Telford, TF6 5FA.