Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–7 · Telford, Telford and Wrekin
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Telford & Wrekin Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre is a primary school in Telford, Telford and Wrekin for ages 2–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 June 2023. Telford and Wrekin has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre 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 | Not published |
| 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
- For 2026 Reception, there were 37 first-choice applications for 38 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 22nd highest of 48 Telford and Wrekin primary schools.
- For 2026 Reception, every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 31.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 29.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Telford and Wrekin.
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
- Baldwin Webb Avenue, Donnington, Telford, TF2 8EP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Telford and Wrekin
- Pupils on roll
- 182 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 June 2023
Strengths
- “There is a real sense of family at this welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “Leaders have ensured that pupils and staff are ‘learning, caring and preparing’ together.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils who struggle to read need more precise help and support.”
- “The reading books they take home do not always match the sounds they know.”
- “These pupils do not always catch up with their peers as quickly as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 37 first-preference applications, 38 offers in total, 37 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.
- Donnington Wood CofE Voluntary Controlled Junior School 0.3 mi Not judged
- St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre 0.5 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Wrockwardine Wood Infant School and Nursery 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wrockwardine Wood Church of England Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Muxton Primary School 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Teagues Bridge Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published