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State secondary · 11 to 19 · Mixed · 993 pupils

Thomas Telford University Technical College

Springfield Campus, Wolverhampton, WV10 0JR
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

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Ofsted: Good · October 2024Top 10% (2/20)Oversubscribed · 2.3 first choices per place (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 603rd of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: Top 10%.
Top 10% (2/20)Rank among 20 Wolverhampton secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
See the Wolverhampton league table →
Inspection
Good, October 2024
Getting in
Oversubscribed
Results
+0.41 progress 8; 53.5 attainment 8
Size
993 pupils; 149 places a year; classes of 19
Run by
Thomas Telford Multi Academy Trust
Type
University technical college
Ages
11 to 19 · Mixed
Ofsted, October 2024The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Strengths, and things to check
  • Progress 8: +0.41, against -0.01 in Wolverhampton.
  • Attainment 8: 53.5, against 46.4 in Wolverhampton.
  • Oversubscribed: 2.3 first choices for each place (Year 7 2026).
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At a glance

Against Wolverhampton and England
This schoolWolverhamptonEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
+0.41
Better than Wolverhampton
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
53.5
Better than Wolverhampton
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
62%
Better than Wolverhampton
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
4.5%
Better than Wolverhampton
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
9.0%
Better than Wolverhampton
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
6.7
Better than Wolverhampton
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
19.2
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
59%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
13.5
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
2.3
More sought after than Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • 349 families put it first for 149 places; 116 of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Quality

  • Good Ofsted · inspected 22 October 2024
  • Progress 8: +0.41 (England +0.01) (county -0.01) DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
  • Attainment 8: 53.5 (England 47.4) (county 46.4) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 62% (England 48%) (county 44%) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: above average DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024

Daily life

  • Absence: 4.5% of sessions missed; 9.0% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 9.7% and 29% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 7 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 26); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 19.2 pupils; 7.3% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 13.5 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 168 m, rail 452 m, tram or metro 505 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 54 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 9 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 15.4 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.6 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Thomas Telford Multi Academy Trust, with 6 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined March 2020
  • Opened as an academy (university technical college) on 1 September 2015 DfE, open academies list
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Year 720251501,031150——

Source: Council offer-day figures: City of Wolverhampton Council, 2025 to 2025. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 72026149349908116
Year 720251474101,026121
Year 72024147405964129
Year 72023142387878120
Year 72022148379833128
Year 72021146269678104
Year 72020149279766104

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2020 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

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Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8+0.41+0.01-0.012023/2024
Attainment 853.547.446.42025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above62%48%44%2025/2026
Average A level gradeB-——2023/2024

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2025/2026.

League table place

TableLeague rank
GCSE (key stage 4)Top 10% (2/20)
A level (16 to 18)Top 35% (7/20)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
22 October 2024Graded inspectionQuality of education: Good

Source: Ofsted, 2024.

Where leavers go

StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/246497%In education 97%; Apprenticeship 0.0%; Employment 0.0%
After GCSEs2022/236996%In education 94%; Apprenticeship 1.4%; Employment 0.0%
After GCSEs2021/226891%In education 85%; Apprenticeship 1.5%; Employment 4.4%
After sixth form2023/244593%Further education 2.2%; Apprenticeship 24%; Employment 4.4%
After sixth form2022/234188%Further education 0.0%; Apprenticeship 20%; Employment 9.8%
After sixth form2021/223294%Further education 0.0%; Apprenticeship 16%; Employment 19%

Source: DfE, destination measures. A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.

Wolverhampton league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/254.5%3.4%1.1%9.0%0.8%
2023/244.2%3.1%1.1%8.3%0.3%
2022/234.4%2.9%1.5%9.9%0.6%
Schools with a similar intake9.7%29%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (40% or more), the median of 758 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/256.74.7%630
2023/244.73.6%381
2022/232.72.7%190
Schools with a similar intake25.9

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size19.22025/26
Classes over 30 pupils7.3%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher13.5November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus168
rail452
tram or metro505

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
202517
20248
20238
20229
202112

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 9 serious and 0 fatal in all; 15 involved a pedestrian, 5 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO215.42024
PM1012.42024
PM257.62024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals59%2025/26
First language other than English35%2025/26
SEN support12%2025/26
Education, health and care plan1.7%2025/26
Girls45%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Thomas Telford Multi Academy Trust, with 6 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined March 2020
  • Opened as an academy (university technical college) on 1 September 2015 DfE, open academies list
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: City of Wolverhampton Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Wolverhampton and the Wolverhampton league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.