Ladygrove Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Telford, Telford and Wrekin
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.53 miles
Last place allocated distance · Published by Telford & Wrekin Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ladygrove Primary School is a primary school in Telford, Telford and Wrekin for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 12 March 2025. Telford and Wrekin has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Ladygrove 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 | 1.53 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 1.53 miles away, 6th longest of the 18 Telford and Wrekin primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance, further than in both 2024 and 2023.
- Reception 2026 drew 52 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 50 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place.
- 62% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest Telford and Wrekin primary schools.
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
- Old Office Road, Dawley, Telford, TF4 2LF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Telford and Wrekin
- Pupils on roll
- 462 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 12 March 2025
Strengths
- “Ladygrove Primary School is a warm and welcoming school where pupils thrive.”
- “The school’s motto ‘every day counts, every minute matters’ shines through.”
- “The school has worked hard to ensure the curriculum is relevant to the community it serves.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, the curriculum is not fully embedded.”
- “In these subjects, teachers do not routinely link prior learning to new learning or address any small gaps in pupils’ subject knowledge.”
- “This means some pupils do not retain all the important knowledge they need to be successful in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 2025 (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) | 62% | 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: 52 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 50 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.
- Dawley Church of England Primary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Lawley Village Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Old Park Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Captain Webb Primary School 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Lawley Primary School and Nursery 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Newdale Primary School & Nursery 1.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Lightmoor Village Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lantern Academy 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published