Living in Telford with children
Telford, Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 156,890 people in 64,537 households; 30.8% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
61 schools: 50 state primary, 9 state secondary, 1 sixth form or college, 1 privateTelford on the schools map →Every school in Telford, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (50)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crudgington Primary School | School remains Good | 1st (1/49) in Telford and Wrekin | 4.133 miles (2026) |
| Muxton Primary School | Requires improvement | Top 5% (2/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Redhill Primary Academy | Outstanding | Top 7% (3/49) in Telford and Wrekin | 0.368 miles (2026) |
| St George's Church of England Primary School | Outstanding | Top 9% (4/49) in Telford and Wrekin | 2.727 miles (2026) |
| Newdale Primary School & Nursery | School remains Outstanding | Top 11% (5/49) in Telford and Wrekin | 0.36 miles (2026) |
| Hadley Learning Community - Primary Phase | School remains Good | Top 13% (6/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Windmill Primary School | Good | Top 15% (7/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| St Peter's Church of England Controlled Primary School and Nursery | Outstanding | Top 17% (8/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Millbrook Primary School and Nursery | Good | Top 19% (9/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Wombridge Primary School | Good | Top 23% (11/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Old Park Primary School | Good | Top 25% (12/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Lawley Village Academy | School remains Good | Top 27% (13/49) in Telford and Wrekin | 0.227 miles (2026) |
| John Fletcher of Madeley Primary School | Good | Top 29% (14/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| High Ercall Primary School | School remains Good | Top 33% (16/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Randlay Primary School | School remains Good | Top 35% (17/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Captain Webb Primary School | Good | Top 37% (18/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Wrockwardine Wood Church of England Junior School | School remains Good | Top 39% (19/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Good | Top 41% (20/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. | School remains Good | Top 43% (21/49) in Telford and Wrekin | 1.155 miles (2026) |
| Wrekin View Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 45% (22/49) in Telford and Wrekin | 1.186 miles (2026) |
| William Reynolds Primary School and Nursery | School remains Outstanding | Top 49% (24/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre | Some aspects not as strong | (25/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| St Peter's Bratton Church of England Academy | Requires improvement | (26/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | — | (27/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Teagues Bridge Primary School | Ofsted report card | (28/49) in Telford and Wrekin | 1.391 miles (2026) |
| Lawley Primary School and Nursery | Good | (29/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Lightmoor Village Primary School | School remains Good | (30/49) in Telford and Wrekin | 0.303 miles (2026) |
| Lantern Academy | Good | (31/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Woodlands Primary School and Nursery | School remains Good | (31/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Dawley Church of England Primary Academy | Good | (33/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Ladygrove Primary School | Standards maintained | (34/49) in Telford and Wrekin | 1.535 miles (2026) |
| Priorslee Academy | Ofsted report card | (35/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Aqueduct Primary Academy | Requires improvement | (36/49) in Telford and Wrekin | 0.533 miles (2026) |
| Short Wood Primary School | Standards maintained | (37/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Grange Park Primary School | Good | (38/49) in Telford and Wrekin | 1.204 miles (2026) |
| Hollinswood Primary School | Standards maintained | (39/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Sir Alexander Fleming Primary School | Good | (40/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Dothill Primary School | School remains Good | (41/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Holmer Lake Primary School | School remains Good | (42/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Meadows Primary School and Nursery | School remains Good | (43/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Apley Wood Primary Academy | — | (44/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Good | (46/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge CofE Primary Academy | Ofsted report card | (47/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| John Randall Primary School | Good | (48/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Buildwas Academy | Requires improvement | (104/113) in Shropshire | — |
| Donnington Wood CofE Voluntary Controlled Junior School | Requires improvement | (49/49) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Allscott Meads Primary Academy | — | — | 0.531 miles (2026) |
| Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre | Good | — | — |
| Thomas Telford Primary Free School | — | — | 1.683 miles (2026) |
| Wrockwardine Wood Infant School and Nursery | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (9)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase | School remains Good (Improving) | Top 28% (3/11) in Telford and Wrekin | 1.2 miles (2026) |
| Holy Trinity Academy | School remains Good | Top 37% (4/11) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Ercall Wood Academy | Good | Top 46% (5/11) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Charlton School | Ofsted report card | (6/11) in Telford and Wrekin | 2.718 miles (2026) |
| Madeley Academy | Good | (7/11) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| The Telford Langley School | Requires improvement | (8/11) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| New Road Academy | Requires improvement | (9/11) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
| Haberdashers' Abraham Darby | Ofsted report card | (10/11) in Telford and Wrekin | 26.81 miles (2026) |
| The Telford Park School | Inadequate | (11/11) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telford College | Good | (6/6) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
Private schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrekin College | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | 1st (1/1) in Telford and Wrekin | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (489 detached, 562 semi-detached, 351 terraced, 76 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Telford. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Telford →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 90% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 2,582 postcodes in TF2, TF1, TF4. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 7 outstanding; 30 good, or expected standard; 2 requires improvement; 5 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.88 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 44 in Telford and Wrekin.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 19 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
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