Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre

Community school·Infant school Telford and Wrekin·TF2 8EP

School type

Infant school

Ages 2–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre is an infant school for pupils aged 2–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

37 first choices, 38 places

First choices per place

0.97

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 38 places

First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00

00.511.5

1 per place

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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 2–7
Pupils on roll: 180
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

44.7%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

33.3%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

7.8%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.8%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

8.3%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

23.7%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

19.6

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,975

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Donnington Wood CofE Voluntary Controlled Junior School Telford · 0.3 mi 18.6 St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre Telford · 0.5 mi 56.9 Wrockwardine Wood Church of England Junior School Telford · 0.8 mi 65.8 St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. Telford · 0.8 mi 44.8 Muxton Primary School Telford · 0.8 mi 69.5 Teagues Bridge Primary School Telford · 1.2 mi 45.2 St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Telford · 1.8 mi 54.2 Wombridge Primary School Telford · 1.9 mi 56.3

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre is a primary school serving Telford and Wrekin, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 180 pupils aged 2 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre 'Good'.

Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 37 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 8.3%. There are about 19.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 45% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.