Short Wood Primary School
Limekiln Lane, Wellington, Telford, TF1 2JA
This school is closed (it closed in February 2026).
It was replaced by Short Wood Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Gail Butele
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- The Wrekin
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 490
- Pupils on roll
- 554
- URN
- 104939
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Website
- School website
About this school
Short Wood Primary School was a foundation primary school in Telford. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 554 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Short Wood Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2006, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 70 | 74 | 70 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 53% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 3% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 62% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 68% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 70% | 76% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Short Wood Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Telford and Wrekin average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 64% | 59.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 60.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 62.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 566 |
| 2023/24 | 568 |
| 2024/25 | 546 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Short Wood Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 5.6% | 36.8% | 554 | — |
| Short Wood Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| Millbrook Primary School and Nursery | — | — | — | 462 | 1.0 miles |
| Wrekin View Primary School | 67% | 4.5% | 27.8% | 464 | 1.0 miles |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | 66% | 4.3% | 10.8% | 227 | 1.0 miles |
| Hadley Learning Community - Primary Phase | 77% | 5.2% | 25.8% | 664 | 1.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.81%
- English as an additional language
- 42.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.56%
- Persistent absence
- 13.32%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Short Wood Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Telford
-
Millbrook Primary School and Nursery1.0 miles
Primary · Telford
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Wrekin View Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Telford
-
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Telford
-
Hadley Learning Community - Primary Phase1.3 miles
Primary · Telford
Other schools in Telford
- Allscott Meads Primary Academy Primary
- Apley Wood Primary Academy Primary
- Aqueduct Primary Academy Primary
- Buildwas Academy Primary
- Captain Webb Primary School Primary
- Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge CofE Primary Academy Primary
- Crudgington Primary School Primary
- Dawley Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Donnington Wood CofE Voluntary Controlled Junior School Primary
- Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre Primary
- Dothill Primary School Primary
- Grange Park Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Short Wood Primary School teach?
- Short Wood Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Telford.
- Has Short Wood Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Short Wood Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Short Wood Primary School?
- Short Wood Primary School had 554 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Short Wood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 59% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Short Wood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Short Wood Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.