The Maelor School
Estyn: Not in follow-up
Score
C56
- Type
- Welsh establishment
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wrexham, LL13 0LU
- Distance
- 5.9km away
Lakelands Academy
Oswestry Road, Ellesmere, SY12 0EA
Local ranking12th of 20 secondary schools in Shropshire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
580
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 9 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 54.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 119
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Continued in education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 581
- Boys
- 319 (54%)
- Girls
- 271 (46%)
- Capacity
- 580 (102% full)
- SEND
- 21.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.9%
- EAL
- 5.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.2%
- SEN Support
- 14.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 33.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,110/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 90.3%
- White Other: 5.6%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
- Other: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.3%
90.3%
White British
5.6%
White Other
0.9%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Oswestry Road
Ellesmere, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 139102
- UKPRN
- 10039722
- Establishment No.
- 4387
- Trust
- THE 3-18 EDUCATION TRUST
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Ofsted: Good
Score
D47
- Type
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- Phase
- All-through
- Location
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- Distance
- 8.1km away
The Marches School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
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- Phase
- Secondary
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Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
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- Secondary
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- Distance
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The Corbet School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
- Type
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Ysgol Rhiwabon
Estyn: Not in follow-up
Score
F28
- Type
- Welsh establishment
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wrexham, LL14 6BT
- Distance
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