New Road Academy

 

Contact Details

Address:
 New Road
 Wrockwardine Wood
 Telford
 Shropshire TF2 7AB
Telephone: 01952 951412
Previous Name: The Telford Priory School

School Type

Phase: Secondary (ages 11-16)
Type: Sponsor-Led Academy
Religious Denomination: None
Established: 2024
History: This school arose from The Telford Priory School
Trust: Learning Community Trust
Sponsor: Learning Community Trust

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Mrs Andrea Bell (since May 2024)
Previous Headteacher: David Barber
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 69.6 / 28.54
Non-teaching Staff*: 55.57
Number of pupils: 1091
Pupils Per Teacher: 15.7
Sex: Mixed (52% boys / 48% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 45.90% (high)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 27.3%
Local child deprivation rate: 17.9% (4km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 35.0%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 30.7%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 7.5km
* Full-time equivalents (FTEs)
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Constituency: Telford
Electoral Ward: Wrockwardine Wood & Trench
School Number: 8944005

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 29th March 2022

External Links

DfE Record: View record
The Schools Guide: School indicators | Staff indicators
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. Wrockwardine Wood Infant School and Nursery (0.2km) show on map
  2. Wrockwardine Wood Church of England Junior School (0.6km) show on map
  3. St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntar... (0.6km) show on map
  4. Donnington Wood CofE Voluntary Controlled Jun... (0.8km) show on map
  5. Teagues Bridge Primary School (1.1km) show on map
  6. St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary ... (1.2km) show on map
  7. Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre (1.3km) show on map
  8. Oakengates Nursery School (1.6km) show on map
  9. Wombridge Primary School (1.7km) show on map
  10. St George's Church of England Primary School (1.9km) show on map
  11. Muxton Primary School (2.3km) show on map
  12. Lantern Academy (2.6km) show on map
  13. Redhill Primary Academy (2.7km) show on map
  14. Priorslee Academy (2.7km) show on map
  15. Meadows Primary School and Nursery (2.8km) show on map
  16. Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase (2.8km) show on map
  17. Hadley Learning Community - Primary Phase (2.8km) show on map
  18. The Bridge at HLC (2.9km) show on map
  19. Kickstart Academy (2.9km) show on map
  20. Holy Trinity Academy (3.0km) show on map
  21. The Linden Centre (3.1km) show on map
  22. Newdale Primary School & Nursery (3.4km) show on map
  23. Thomas Telford School (3.5km) show on map
  24. Millbrook Primary School and Nursery (3.5km) show on map
  25. St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Contr... (3.6km) show on map
  26. Thomas Telford Primary Free School (3.6km) show on map
  27. Amberleigh Therapeutic School (3.8km) show on map
  28. Telford College (3.8km) show on map
  29. Apley Wood Primary Academy (3.8km) show on map
  30. Hollinswood Primary School (4.0km) show on map
  31. Old Park Primary School (4.0km) show on map
  32. Lawley Primary School and Nursery (4.3km) show on map
  33. Ladygrove Primary School (4.5km) show on map
  34. Wrekin College (4.6km) show on map
  35. Short Wood Primary School (4.6km) show on map
  36. Lawley Village Academy (4.6km) show on map
  37. Lilleshall Primary School (4.8km) show on map
  38. Charlton School (4.9km) show on map
  39. Randlay Primary School (4.9km) show on map
  40. The Telford Langley School (5.1km) show on map
  41. Dawley Church of England Primary Academy (5.2km) show on map
  42. Queensway (5.3km) show on map
  43. Ercall Wood Academy (5.3km) show on map
  44. Wrekin View Primary School (5.3km) show on map
  45. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School (5.4km) show on map
  46. Dothill Primary School (5.5km) show on map
  47. Captain Webb Primary School (5.7km) show on map
  48. Southall School (5.8km) show on map
  49. The Telford Park School (5.8km) show on map
  50. The Seeds School (5.9km) show on map
  51. Sheriffhales Primary School and Preschool (5.9km) show on map
  52. Grange Park Primary School (5.9km) show on map
  53. Windmill Primary School (6.4km) show on map
  54. St Peter's Bratton Church of England Academy (6.5km) show on map
  55. Holmer Lake Primary School (6.5km) show on map
  56. Aqueduct Primary Academy (6.6km) show on map
  57. Idsall School (6.6km) show on map
  58. Shifnal Primary School (6.6km) show on map
  59. Lightmoor Village Primary School (6.8km) show on map
  60. Church Aston Infant School (7.0km) show on map
  61. Madeley Academy (7.2km) show on map
  62. Moorfield Primary School (7.4km) show on map
  63. St Andrew's CofE Primary School (7.5km) show on map
  64. Newport Girls' High School Academy (7.5km) show on map
  65. St Peter's Church of England Controlled Prima... (7.5km) show on map
  66. St Mary's Catholic Primary School (7.7km) show on map
  67. Lamledge School (7.7km) show on map
  68. Madeley Nursery School (7.9km) show on map
  69. Haughton School (7.9km) show on map
  70. Newport Infant School and Nursery (8.0km) show on map
  71. John Randall Primary School (8.0km) show on map
  72. Newport Church of England Voluntary Controlle... (8.0km) show on map
  73. Haberdashers' Adams (8.0km) show on map
  74. Tibberton Church of England Primary School (8.1km) show on map
  75. William Reynolds Primary School and Nursery (8.2km) show on map
  76. The Burton Borough School (8.3km) show on map
  77. Woodlands Primary School (8.3km) show on map
  78. Haberdashers' Abraham Darby (8.3km) show on map
  79. Haberdashers' Castle House School (8.4km) show on map
  80. John Fletcher of Madeley Primary School (8.4km) show on map
  81. Sir Alexander Fleming Primary School (8.7km) show on map
  82. Overley Hall School (8.8km) show on map
  83. Allscott Meads Primary Academy (8.9km) show on map
  84. Aspris Telford School (8.9km) show on map
  85. St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School,... (9.0km) show on map
  86. Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge CofE Primary School (9.2km) show on map
  87. Crudgington Primary School (9.2km) show on map
  88. Buildwas Academy (9.8km) show on map
  89. The Retreat (10.1km) show on map
  90. Broseley CofE Primary School (10.5km) show on map
  91. John Wilkinson Primary School and Nursery (10.9km) show on map
  92. Rodenhurst School (11.6km) show on map
  93. High Ercall Primary School (11.8km) show on map
  94. Beckbury Church of England Primary School and... (12.8km) show on map
  95. Options Higford (12.8km) show on map
  96. Barrow 1618 CofE Free School (12.8km) show on map
  97. Christ Church Church of England Primary School (13.1km) show on map
  98. St John's CofE First School (13.6km) show on map
  99. Albrighton Primary School & Nursery (13.9km) show on map
  100. William Brookes School (14.0km) show on map
Note: If school locations don't appear on the map then try zooming out

Associated Schools

Predecessor Schools†
† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged

Similar Schools*

  1. Wodensborough Ormiston Academy, Wednesbury
  2. Salford City Academy, Manchester
  3. Dixons Fazakerley Academy, Liverpool
  4. The Royal Sutton School, Sutton Coldfield
  5. St Anne's Church of England Academy, Manchester
  6. St Aldhelm's Academy, Poole
  7. Southchurch High School, Southend-On-Sea
  8. Wright Robinson College, Manchester
  9. Miltoncross Academy, Portsmouth
  10. Oak Academy, Bournemouth
  11. Lancaster High School
  12. Sirius Academy North, Hull
  13. The Hyndburn Academy, Blackburn
  14. Broadoak School, Manchester
  15. Ormiston Meridian Academy, Stoke-on-Trent
  16. The Westleigh School, Leigh
  17. Padgate Academy, Warrington
  18. Manor Drive Secondary Academy, Peterborough
  19. The Link Academy, Dudley
  20. The Winstanley School, Leicester
  21. Bradford Forster Academy
  22. Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Birmingham
  23. Sewell Park Academy, Norwich
  24. Kearsley Academy, Bolton
  25. Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy, Leeds
  26. Sir William Stanier School, Crewe
  27. New Line Learning Academy, Maidstone
  28. Pegasus Academy, Dudley
  29. The Gateway Academy, Grays
  30. Caister Academy, Great Yarmouth
  31. Stockport Academy
  32. Colchester Academy
  33. Park Vale Academy, Nottingham
  34. Saint Paul's Catholic High School, Manchester
  35. Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy, Leeds
  36. St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy, Stockport
  37. Oasis Academy Mayfield, Southampton
  38. Rockwood Academy, Birmingham
  39. Barnsley Academy
  40. Great Academy Ashton, Ashton-under-Lyne
  41. St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy, St. Helens
  42. Droylsden Academy, Manchester
  43. Harris Church of England Academy, Rugby
  44. The Cornerstone Academy, Poole
  45. Co-op Academy Swinton, Manchester
  46. The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco, Bootle
  47. Hillside High School, Bootle
  48. Buile Hill Academy, Salford
  49. Beamont Collegiate Academy, Warrington
  50. Outwood Academy Brumby, Scunthorpe
  51. Newhouse Academy, Heywood
  52. Stockland Green School, Birmingham
  53. Cockburn School, Leeds
  54. Orchard School Bristol
  55. Outwood Academy City, Sheffield
  56. Park Lane Academy, Halifax
  57. Farnborough Spencer Academy, Nottingham
  58. The Telford Langley School
  59. Lathom High School : A Technology College, Skelmersdale
  60. The Grangefield Academy, Stockton-on-Tees
  61. Rayner Stephens High School, Dukinfield
  62. Conisborough College, London
  63. Woodlands Community College, Southampton
  64. Willenhall E-ACT Academy
  65. Hylands School, Chelmsford
  66. Edgar Wood Academy, Heywood
  67. The Charter School Bermondsey, London
  68. Co-op Academy North Manchester
  69. E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy, Oldham
  70. Perryfields Academy, Oldbury
  71. Lincoln Castle Academy
  72. Winterhill School, Rotherham
  73. The Pedmore High School, Stourbridge
  74. Bartley Green School, Birmingham
  75. Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy, Prescot
  76. Cliff Park Ormiston Academy, Great Yarmouth
  77. The Eastbourne Academy
  78. Kingsmeadow Community School, Gateshead
  79. Newsome Academy, Huddersfield
  80. The Robert Napier School, Gillingham
  81. Rhyddings, Accrington
  82. The Prescot School, Liverpool
  83. Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School, Warrington
  84. Manor Croft Academy, Dewsbury
  85. Da Vinci Academy, Derby
  86. Arena Academy, Birmingham
  87. Parkside Community School, Chesterfield
  88. Harefield School, Uxbridge
  89. Dixons Newall Green Academy, Manchester
  90. The Basildon Lower Academy
  91. Magnus Church of England Academy, Newark
  92. Discovery Academy, Stoke-on-Trent
  93. Birchwood Community High School, Warrington
  94. Dixons Unity Academy, Leeds
  95. Lealands High School, Luton
  96. Chaucer School, Sheffield
  97. Hall Green School, Birmingham
  98. Ernesford Grange Community Academy, Coventry
  99. Highfield Leadership Academy, Blackpool
  100. Walbottle Academy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
* Based on pupil profiles – see About page for details

 | Copyright © 2026 |