Telford Junior School, Leamington Spa

Ofsted's report card from its 7 July 2026 inspection grades Telford Junior School on 6 areas: 1 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have established robust systems to help staff identify pupils' needs accurately."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Across the curriculum, pupils' achievement is broadly in line with what is expected nationally."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders make sure that parents, carers and pupils know the importance of regular attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have constructed an ambitious, broad and balanced curriculum."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Since joining the trust, the school has benefited from their additional expertise and support."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's personal development programme provides pupils with a range of purposeful activities and experiences that prepare them well for secondary school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that pupils have sufficient opportunities to learn, practise and embed basic skills in handwriting so that they can write fluently across the curriculum"; "Leaders should strengthen communication with parents and carers so that they receive timely information to support their child's education and school experiences, while taking account of staff workload"; "Leaders should make better use of information from their tracking systems to identify patterns and trends in behaviour and attendance more precisely, enabling them to respond promptly to any emerging issues".

In its own words: "Telford Junior School is a popular and successful junior school, educating children between the ages of 7 and 11. The pupils enjoy coming to school and achieve well, benefiting from a rich, broad and balanced curriculum. The school has approximately 350 children on roll. Classes are arranged in year groups, with three parallel mixed ability classes in each year group."

From the headteacher's welcome: "At Telford Junior School, we believe in providing the best possible education for all our pupils. We have developed a broad, balanced and exciting curriculum, designed to inspire the children to engage enthusiastically with their learning. Our aim is to build secure foundations that will support pupils as they move forward with their education and achieve their full potential."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, dance, drama, guitar, coding and cooking.

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils at Telford Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 83% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 74% in Warwickshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 81% in reading and 70% in maths in 2024.

Across Warwickshire, 88% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Warwickshire lodged 229 appeals against primary school offers; 146 reached a hearing and 18 succeeded (12.3% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Telford Junior School are Telford Infant School (under 0.1 miles, Good); Our Lady and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles, 58% reading, 68% maths); Lillington Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 48% reading, 64% maths); and Cubbington CofE Primary School (1 mile, Good, 91% reading, 94% maths).

Telford Junior School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Telford Junior School is one of 2 schools run by Elm Tree Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

77 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Telford Junior School (as of September 2026): 69% would recommend the school, 78% say their child is happy there and 36% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (82%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (36%).

10.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 3.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (84%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 39 pupils (11.4%) received SEN support and 6 (1.7%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Leamington Spa Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Telford Avenue (opposite), 40 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Telford Junior School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Telford Junior School issued 1 suspension, 0.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.