High Ercall Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Telford, Telford and Wrekin
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.42 miles
Published by Telford & Wrekin Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
High Ercall Primary School is a primary school in Telford, Telford and Wrekin for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 March 2023. Telford and Wrekin has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
High Ercall Primary 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 | 4.42 mi |
| 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 Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 4.42 miles away, the longest of 18 Telford and Wrekin primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception 2026 distance was further than in 2023; across the 18 Telford and Wrekin primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, the middle was 1.19 miles.
- Reception 2026 drew 23 first-choice applications for 20 offers; 19 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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 Road, High Ercall, Telford, TF6 6AF
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Telford and Wrekin
- Pupils on roll
- 145 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 March 2023
Strengths
- “High Ercall Primary is a highly motivating place for pupils to learn.”
- “Pupils love coming to school and attend regularly.”
- “They say that the teachers make them feel safe, confident and happy.”
To improve
- “There are a few areas of the curriculum that leaders still need to review to ensure that they are fully sequenced, reflect the school’s two-year curriculum cycle and are embedded in practice.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 71% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 23 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 19 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.
- Crudgington Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Allscott Meads Primary Academy 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's Bratton Church of England Academy 3.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Dothill Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 4.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wrekin View Primary School 4.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Apley Wood Primary Academy 5.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Millbrook Primary School and Nursery 5.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published