Lawley Village Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Telford, Telford and Wrekin
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.23 miles
Last place allocated distance · Published by Telford & Wrekin Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lawley Village Academy is a primary school in Telford, Telford and Wrekin for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 June 2023. Telford and Wrekin has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Lawley Village Academy 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 | 0.23 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
- In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.23 miles away, the shortest of 18 Telford and Wrekin primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2023, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 65 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 52 offers went to first-choice families and 13 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% 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
- Bryce Way, Lawley Village, Telford, TF4 2SG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Telford and Wrekin
- Pupils on roll
- 381 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 June 2023
Strengths
- “Lawley Primary Academy is a calm, safe and welcoming place.”
- “Leaders and staff are kind, fair and set high expectations.”
- “Even so, staff teach pupils how to spot it and, if it happens, staff make sure it stops.”
To improve
- “Leaders know that further refinements are needed.”
- “Assessment, for instance, is still being reviewed to sharpen its focus and usefulness.”
- “Furthermore, while most pupils achieve well in mathematics, some classroom activities, explanations and resources do not support the intended mathematical learning as well as they might.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 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) | 73% | 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: 65 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 52 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.
- Lawley Primary School and Nursery 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Ladygrove Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Newdale Primary School & Nursery 0.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Dawley Church of England Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Old Park Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Meadows Primary School and Nursery 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Captain Webb Primary School 1.3 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Lantern Academy 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published