Dawley Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Telford · TF4 3AL
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 7 June 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
220 pupils · 97% of 226 capacity
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 44.9% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 8.5% of pupils
- SEN support
- 14.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 1.9% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- dawley.academy
- URN
- 142785
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.96 first-choice applications per place27 places offered · 26 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
34 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 7 June 2023: Good
- 6 December 2022: Taking effective action towards the removal of serious weaknesses designation
- 15 March 2022: Inadequate
- 2 April 2019: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.