New Road Academy
New Road, Wrockwardine Wood, Telford, TF2 7AB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- LEARNING COMMUNITY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Andrea Bell
- Sponsor
- Learning Community Trust
- Constituency
- Telford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,200
- Pupils on roll
- 1,073
- URN
- 150811
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01952951412
About this school
New Road Academy is a secondary academy in Telford. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,073 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected New Road Academy, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as The Telford Priory School (URN 142285).
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 227 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.6 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 37.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 16.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.1 |
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 New Road Academy 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 | 15.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 14.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
How New Road Academy compares
New Road Academy ranked 9th of 12 secondary schools in Telford and Wrekin for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.6 | 14.4% | 46.6% | 1,073 | — |
| Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase | 44.4 | 7.1% | 32.3% | 1,237 | 1.4 miles |
| Holy Trinity Academy | 45.9 | 5.2% | 22.6% | 994 | 2.0 miles |
| Charlton School | 42.7 | 7.3% | 27.5% | 1,218 | 2.9 miles |
| Ercall Wood Academy | 42.5 | 7.2% | 26.6% | 971 | 3.0 miles |
| The Telford Langley School | 35 | 7.5% | 42.6% | 1,140 | 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)
- 46.56%
- English as an additional language
- 20.8%
- Overall absence
- 14.37%
- Persistent absence
- 38.45%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase1.4 miles
Secondary · Telford
-
Holy Trinity Academy2.0 miles
Secondary · Telford
-
Charlton School2.9 miles
Secondary · Telford
-
Ercall Wood Academy3.0 miles
Secondary · Telford
-
The Telford Langley School3.1 miles
Secondary · Telford
Other schools in Telford
New Road Academy ranks 6th 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
- The Telford Langley School Secondary
- The Telford Park School Secondary
- Madeley Nursery School Nursery
- Oakengates Nursery School Nursery
- Allscott Meads Primary Academy Primary
- Apley Wood Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does New Road Academy teach?
- New Road Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Telford.
- Who is the headteacher of New Road Academy?
- The headteacher of New Road Academy is Mrs Andrea Bell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has New Road Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected New Road Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at New Road Academy?
- New Road Academy has 1,073 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is New Road Academy full?
- New Road Academy has capacity for 1,200 pupils and 1,073 on roll (89%), 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 New Road Academy a faith school?
- No. New Road Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is New Road Academy part of an academy trust?
- New Road Academy is part of LEARNING COMMUNITY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How does New Road Academy compare with other schools in Telford and Wrekin?
- New Road Academy ranked 9th of 12 secondary schools in Telford and Wrekin for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is New Road Academy's absence rate?
- New Road Academy's overall absence rate is 14.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are New Road Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, New Road Academy'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 10 July 2026.