St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy.
Primary · Telford · TF2 7HG
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 6 December 2023
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152 pupils · 95% of 160 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 25% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 38.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 17.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 151101
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 18 families named it first for 20 Reception places, 0.90 first choices per place. We hold 3 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2023 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 6 December 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.90 first-choice applications per place20 places offered · 18 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)
- Criterion not stated
- 1858 m (≈1.15 mi)
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Telford school admissions · Telford and Wrekin school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 43% (Telford and Wrekin 66%, England 60%) · Any other White background 20% (Telford and Wrekin 6%, England 7%) · Black African 16% (Telford and Wrekin 7%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 9% (Telford and Wrekin 4%, England 4%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 5% (Telford and Wrekin 0%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Telford and Wrekin 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Telford and Wrekin 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Telford and Wrekin 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Telford and Wrekin 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Telford and Wrekin 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Telford and Wrekin 2%, England 1%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
3.75 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Telford and Wrekin: 2.35 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% moved to another state school
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
37.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,627; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 17.2% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 26.2% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 19.1% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 20.3% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 43.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 60.4% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 13.7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 25.9% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 21.4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 4.6% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 8.6% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 17.9% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014206 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £190,000228 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £164,000–£225,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 3an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 7an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 2an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted
Nearby schools
- Wrockwardine Wood Church of England Junior School
- Wrockwardine Wood Infant School and Nursery
- Teagues Bridge Primary School
- New Road Academy
- Donnington Wood CofE Voluntary Controlled Junior School
- Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre
- St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre
- Wombridge Primary School
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