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Aqueduct Primary Academy

Primary Ages 4-11 255 pupils Telford
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Aqueduct Primary Academy is an academy sponsor led in Telford for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 255 pupils on roll. In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Castlefields Way
Aqueduct
Telford
Shropshire
TF4 3RP
Phone 01952984980
Reference Number 150710

General Makeup

Number of pupils 255
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.41%
Girls: 50.59%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 40%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 16.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 19 17 36
2 20 18 38
3 20 16 36
4 17 19 36
5 21 20 41
6 18 22 40

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 73.3%
African 8.2%
White, Other 4.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.4%
White & Asian 2.4%
Indian 2.4%
Asian, Other 1.6%
Mixed, Other 0.8%
Unclassified 0.4%
White & Black (African) 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
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How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 60%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 8%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 103
Maths 102

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 7 0
Third Preference 11 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Aqueduct Primary Academy had 259 pupils for 280 places. 21 places (7.5%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “South West” planning area

Telford and Wrekin counted 148 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 147 in 2029–30, down 1%.

20242025
Places 280280
Pupils 257259
Unfilled 8.2%7.5%

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 Aqueduct Primary Academy attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20242025
Authorised absence 3.5%4.7%
Unauthorised absence 1.8%1.4%
Severely absent pupils 2.2%3.6%

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, 2.3% of pupils at Aqueduct Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 6.2
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Aqueduct Primary Academy had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 13.111.6
Teachers who left state teaching 16.7%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 71.4%–
Sick days per teacher 3.0–

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, 22.0% of pupils at Aqueduct Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 22 4
Social, emotional and mental health 16 5
Moderate learning difficulty 10 0
Physical disability 2 1
Specific learning difficulty 3 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 0
Vision impairment 1 0

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 Aqueduct Primary Academy received £6,586 and spent £6,607 for each of its 259 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £59,000 (£228 per pupil).

Across all 65 schools of Reach2 Academy Trust, income was £7,346 and spending £7,105 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £59,000
per pupil £228
In-year balance -£5,000
per pupil -£20

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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Madeley Nursery School
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Woodlands Primary School and Nursery
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Haughton School
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Randlay Primary School
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The Seeds School
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1.36 miles
Ladygrove Primary School
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1.5 miles
Old Park Primary School
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1.6 miles
Sir Alexander Fleming Primary School
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Hollinswood Primary School
Dale Acre Way, Hollinswood, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 2EP
1.8 miles
Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge CofE Primary Academy
Dale End, Coalbrookdale, Telford, Shropshire, TF8 7DS
1.94 miles
Name Distance
Madeley Academy
Castlefields Way, Madeley, Telford, Shropshire, TF7 5FB
0.41 miles
Southall School
Off Rowan Avenue, Dawley, Telford, Shropshire, TF4 3PX
0.5 miles
Queensway
Hinkshay Road, Dawley, Telford, TF4 3PP
0.82 miles
The Telford Langley School
Duce Drive, Dawley, Telford, Shropshire, TF4 3JS
0.96 miles
The Telford Park School
Grange Avenue, Stirchley, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 1FA
1.09 miles
Haberdashers' Abraham Darby
Ironbridge Road, Madeley, Telford, Shropshire, TF7 5HX
1.18 miles
Aspris Telford School
Dale Road, Coalbrookdale, Telford, TF8 7DT
1.66 miles
Thomas Telford School
Old Park, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 4NW
1.94 miles
Holy Trinity Academy
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3.01 miles
Telford College
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3.69 miles
Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase
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3.7 miles
The Bridge School
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3.99 miles
Idsall School
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4.19 miles
Amberleigh Therapeutic School
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4.21 miles
Wrekin College
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4.27 miles
Lamledge School
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4.34 miles
Charlton School
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4.8 miles

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

Aqueduct Primary Academy is part of Reach2 Academy Trust, which runs 65 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Aqueduct Primary Academy have?

Aqueduct Primary Academy has 255 pupils on roll.

What age range does Aqueduct Primary Academy cover?

Aqueduct Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Aqueduct Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Aqueduct Primary Academy?

Aqueduct Primary Academy is at Castlefields Way, Aqueduct, Telford, Shropshire, TF4 3RP.

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