Church Aston Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–7 · Newport, Telford and Wrekin
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Telford & Wrekin Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Church Aston Infant School is a primary school in Newport, Telford and Wrekin for ages 5–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 June 2024. Telford and Wrekin has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Church Aston Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place: 13 first-choice applications for 17 offers, with 4 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Its 0.8 first choices per offer for Reception 2026 was the 3rd lowest of 48 Telford and Wrekin primary schools.
- There were 16 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 25.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Telford and Wrekin.
- Of its pupils, 4.2% were eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Telford and Wrekin is 16.1%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Telford and Wrekin schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Church Aston, Newport, TF10 9JN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- Telford and Wrekin
- Pupils on roll
- 48 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 June 2024
Strengths
- “Church Aston Infant School is at the heart of its community.”
- “All have the highest expectations for every child and want them to have the best possible start to education.”
- “As a result, children flourish and do well.”
To improve
- “However, in a very few foundation subjects, this work is not as well developed.”
- “In these subjects, the precise knowledge pupils should learn is not always as clear as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 13 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 13 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Telford and Wrekin.
- Moorfield Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newport Infant School and Nursery 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Newport Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 0.6 mi Good
- St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lilleshall Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Controlled Primary School and Nursery 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Muxton Primary School 3.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre 3.6 mi Good Last distance published