New Road Academy

School overview

New Road Academy is a secondary school serving Telford, Telford and Wrekin, classified by the DfE as an academy sponsor led. It has 1,091 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated New Road Academy 'Requires improvement'. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 38.6 — below the national average (national average: 46). On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

24% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 37% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 47% 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. If you are considering New Road Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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 further down the page.