SCHOOL PROFILE

New Road Academy: data, trends and context

New Road Academy is a secondary school in Telford and Wrekin. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
150811
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Telford and Wrekin
Region
West Midlands
Trust
LEARNING COMMUNITY TRUST
Postcode
TF2 7AB
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,073
FSM eligible
48.1%
EAL / First language other than English
22.7%
SEND (total)
26.4%
SEN Support
22.8%
EHCP
3.5%
White British
64.6%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
85.6%
Overall absence
14.4%
Persistent absence
38.5%
Severe absence
9.3%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
Telford and WrekinLocal authority92.0%8.0%3.2%
West MidlandsRegion91.5%8.5%3.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
90.3%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
17.8%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.27%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
38.6
English & maths grade 5+
24.2%
English & maths grade 4+
37.4%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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New Road Academy is a secondary school in Telford and Wrekin. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.