Short Wood Primary School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Telford, TF1 2JA
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Short Wood Primary School
Limekiln Lane, Wellington, Telford, TF1 2JA
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
490
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 28 February 2026 and continues as Short Wood Primary School (URN 152070) (opened 1 March 2026). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 59.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 10.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 70
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 546
- Boys
- 260 (47%)
- Girls
- 294 (53%)
- Capacity
- 490 (113% full)
- SEND
- 20.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.8%
- EAL
- 42.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 16.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,958/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 37.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 36.7%
- White Other: 7.4%
- Black African: 6.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- Asian Indian: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.5%
37.3%
White British
36.7%
Asian Pakistani
7.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Limekiln Lane
Telford, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 104939
- UKPRN
- 10070277
- Establishment No.
- 3364
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