The Telford Langley School
Duce Drive, Dawley, Telford, Shropshire, TF4 3JS ·
At a glance
A state secondary academy for ages 11–16 in Telford. Rated Requires improvement at its last graded Ofsted inspection (July 2024). GCSE results are well below the England average (Attainment 8: 35.0 vs 46.1, 2024/25). 137 families put it first for 191 places (September 2026 entry).
- Ages
- 11–16
- Pupils
- 1,140
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Academy trust
- COMMUNITY ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Blount
- Opened
- Jun 2013
Inspection
Ofsted (framework in use until November 2025)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective: Yes
Exam results
Department for Education performance tables
GCSE results, 2024/25 · 202 pupils
Attainment 8 over time
Progress 8 isn't published for 2024/25 because those pupils had no KS2 test results (tests were cancelled in 2020). Exams were not held in 2019/20 or 2020/21.
Admissions
Demand for places and how places are allocated
Year 7 entry, September 2026 (national offer day data)
132 of 137 first-preference applicants were offered a place (96%). 1 offers went to families living in another council area.
Catchment area
We don't have an official catchment boundary for this school. Many schools don't have one, and few councils publish boundaries as open data. We don't estimate catchments. Check the school's admissions policy or the council's admissions booklet.
Last distance offered
Not published nationally. Many councils publish the furthest distance offered for each school in their annual allocation reports. Past distances vary year to year with demand and sibling numbers, so they are not a guarantee.
Pupils
School census 2024/25
- Eligible for free school meals (last 6 years)42.6%
- English as an additional language12.3%
- SEN support18.5%
- Education, Health and Care plan2.3%
- The black tick shows the median for state-funded secondary schools in England.