Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery CentreSt Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Telford.

Summary of the comparison

Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre and St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre are primary schools in Telford.

  • Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average). Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre is ahead on our composite score.

  • Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre was judged Good and St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre was judged Good.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre (58.0% in 2022-23, 66.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre versus St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure TelfordDonnington Wood Infant School and Nursery CentreTelfordSt Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery CentreEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC58/100Stronger figureC55/100
Local ranking47th of 48 in Telford and Wrekin 25th of 48 in Telford and Wrekin Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range2-7 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll180 300
Capacity180 340
LocationTelford, TF2 8EP Telford, TF2 7PZ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported66.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported12.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported106.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported105.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census180 300
Free school meals (ever 6)44.7% 44.9%
English as an additional language33.3% 18.0%
SEN support7.8% 13.3%
SEN with an EHC plan2.8% 0.3%
Attendance
Overall absence9.1% 5.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence28.2% 18.8% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre

St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre

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