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St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy.

Primary Ages 5-11 152 pupils Telford
Ofsted: Good
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St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. is an academy converter in Telford for pupils aged 5 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 152 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. is Good, from an inspection in December 2023 of its predecessor, St Luke's Catholic Primary School.

Ofsted inspection: November 2024.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 5-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Church Road
Trench
Telford
Shropshire
TF2 7HG
Reference Number 151101

General Makeup

Number of pupils 152
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.34%
Girls: 50.66%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 25%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 44.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 30.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 31

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 9 11 20
2 8 11 19
3 8 12 20
4 13 11 24
5 12 13 25
6 13 11 24

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 43.4%
White, Other 19.7%
African 16.4%
Indian 8.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2%
Chinese 1.3%
White & Asian 1.3%
Mixed, Other 1.3%
Unclassified 0.7%
White & Black (African) 0.7%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St Luke's Catholic Primary School, inspected in December 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
07 Nov 2024 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 10 0
Third Preference 14 3
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. had 156 pupils for 160 places. 4 places (2.5%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “North East” planning area

Telford and Wrekin counted 269 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 227 in 2029–30, down 16%.

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 St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 2.6%
Unauthorised absence 1.6%
Severely absent pupils 0.7%

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, 1.3% of pupils at St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 3.8
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 St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.9% 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 11.511.0
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 37.5%–
Sick days per teacher 1.3–

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, 16.4% of pupils at St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% 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 8 3
Moderate learning difficulty 8 0
No specialist assessment of need 6 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 0
Physical disability 1 1

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.

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What is St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy.'s Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. is Good, from an inspection in December 2023 of its predecessor, St Luke's Catholic Primary School.

When was St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. last inspected by Ofsted?

St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. have?

St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. has 152 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. cover?

St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. for pupils aged 5 to 11.

Where is St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy.?

St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. is at Church Road, Trench, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 7HG.

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