The Telford Park School
Grange Avenue, Stirchley, Telford, TF3 1FA
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- AMETHYST ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Aimee Huntington
- Sponsor
- Amethyst Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Telford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,056
- Pupils on roll
- 698
- URN
- 150716
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
About this school
The Telford Park School is a secondary academy in Telford. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 698 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Not effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: serious weaknesses.
This inspection took place when the school was registered as The Telford Park School (URN 139536).
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 125 |
| Attainment 8 score | 28.4 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 16% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 30.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 16.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.5 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Telford Park 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
How The Telford Park School compares
The Telford Park School ranked 12th of 12 secondary schools in Telford and Wrekin for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 21% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 28.4 | 12.9% | 50% | 698 | — |
| Madeley Academy | 47.2 | 6.1% | 40.1% | 1,220 | 1.3 miles |
| The Telford Langley School | 35 | 7.5% | 42.6% | 1,140 | 1.3 miles |
| Holy Trinity Academy | 45.9 | 5.2% | 22.6% | 994 | 2.1 miles |
| Haberdashers' Abraham Darby | 37.7 | 9.7% | 45.1% | 1,084 | 2.1 miles |
| Idsall School | 41 | 8.9% | 18.9% | 1,172 | 3.1 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)
- 50%
- English as an additional language
- 12.6%
- Overall absence
- 12.88%
- Persistent absence
- 36.71%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Madeley Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Telford
-
The Telford Langley School1.3 miles
Secondary · Telford
-
Holy Trinity Academy2.1 miles
Secondary · Telford
-
Haberdashers' Abraham Darby2.1 miles
Secondary · Telford
-
Idsall School3.1 miles
Secondary · Shifnal
Other schools in Telford
The Telford Park School ranks 9th of the 9 ranked secondary schools in Telford.
- Charlton School Secondary
- Ercall Wood Academy Secondary
- Haberdashers' Abraham Darby Secondary
- Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase Secondary
- Holy Trinity Academy Secondary
- Madeley Academy Secondary
- New Road Academy Secondary
- The Telford Langley School Secondary
- Madeley Nursery School Nursery
- Oakengates Nursery School Nursery
- Allscott Meads Primary Academy Primary
- Apley Wood Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Telford Park School teach?
- The Telford Park School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Telford.
- Who is the headteacher of The Telford Park School?
- The headteacher of The Telford Park School is Ms Aimee Huntington, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Telford Park School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Telford Park School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Telford Park School?
- The Telford Park School has 698 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is The Telford Park School full?
- The Telford Park School has capacity for 1,056 pupils and 698 on roll (66%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Telford Park School a faith school?
- No. The Telford Park School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs The Telford Park School?
- The Telford Park School is part of AMETHYST ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How does The Telford Park School rank locally?
- The Telford Park School ranked 12th of 12 secondary schools in Telford and Wrekin for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 21% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Telford Park School's absence rate?
- The Telford Park School's overall absence rate is 12.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Telford Park School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Telford Park 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 3 July 2026.