Priorslee Academy, Telford

Ofsted's report card from its 2 June 2026 inspection grades Priorslee Academy on 7 areas: 4 expected standard and 3 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils enjoy coming to school and attend consistently."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have strengthened all aspects of early years provision."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "The head of school and the acting chief executive officer know the school well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's well-considered personal development programme revisits key themes, such as kindness, resilience and respect, through assemblies, discussions and themed events."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities do not achieve as well as they should in some subjects across the wider curriculum."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "The quality of teaching is too variable, particularly in the wider curriculum."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Leaders and staff know pupils well and work closely with families and external professionals to support those who face additional barriers to making progress, including pupils known to social care."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified quickly and that teaching is consistently adapted to meet their needs so they make the progress they are capable of"; "Leaders should ensure that teaching is consistently effective across all year groups so that pupils build knowledge securely over time and achieve well across different subjects"; "Leaders should ensure that improvements to writing and the wider curriculum are embedded consistently so that pupils build, revisit and deepen their knowledge over time"; "Leaders at all levels, including those responsible for governance, should continue to refine the use of monitoring and evaluation so that variation in practice is identified and addressed quickly".

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils at Priorslee Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 69% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 76% in Telford and Wrekin and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 83% in reading and 88% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 38 families put Priorslee Academy as their first choice and 149 named it as one of their preferences, for 56 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Priorslee Academy are St George's Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 82% reading, 90% maths); Redhill Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 83% reading, 83% maths); Thomas Telford Primary Free School (0.9 miles); and Lantern Academy (1.1 miles, 63% reading, 88% maths).

Priorslee Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Priorslee Academy is one of 2 schools run by Mighty Oaks Academy Trust Ltd, an academy trust.

In 2026, 31 pupils (7.1%) received SEN support and 9 (2.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Telford Central Rail Station, about 1120 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lapwing Gate (adjacent), 110 metres away.

In 2024/25, Priorslee Academy issued 7 suspensions, 1.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Priorslee Academy are Holy Trinity Academy (0.3 miles), Thomas Telford School (1.5 miles) and New Road Academy (1.7 miles).