St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Telford and Wrekin·TF2 7PZ
Composite score
56.9
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#4,875
National rank
#470
In West Midlands
#12
In Telford and Wrekin
Top 33%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
12%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 31 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
57
any preference, for 31 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020231.0020241.0020250.902026

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

Every child who put St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary 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).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
300
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
44.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
18.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,729
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre

St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre is a primary school in Telford and Wrekin, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 300 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 66% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 8.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 33% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre their first choice was offered one of its 31 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 21.0 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. St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre 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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