Donnington Wood CofE Voluntary Controlled Junior School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Telford and Wrekin·TF2 8BH
Composite score
18.6
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#14,546
National rank
#1544
In West Midlands
#49
In Telford and Wrekin
Top 98%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
25%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
97.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

School profile

Age range
7–11
Pupils on roll
207
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
55.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
42.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,916
Typical primary: £6,960

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About Donnington Wood CofE Voluntary Controlled Junior School

Donnington Wood CofE Voluntary Controlled Junior School is a primary school in Telford and Wrekin, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 207 pupils aged 7 to 11 attend the school. 25% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 21.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 99 in reading and 97 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 17.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 56% 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. Donnington Wood CofE Voluntary Controlled Junior School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.

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