Buildwas Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Telford, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.633 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Buildwas Academy is a primary school in Telford, Shropshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 18 June 2024. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Buildwas 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 | 3.633 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 33% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 5 first-choice applications for 6 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer and the 2nd lowest of 123 Shropshire primary schools.
- Of the 11 Reception 2026 applications, 9 (82%) came from families living outside Shropshire, and 6 offers went to them.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 31.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 15.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Shropshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Shropshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Buildwas Road, Buildwas, Telford, TF8 7DA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 54 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 18 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are beginning to benefit from positive changes happening at Buildwas Academy.”
- “Gaps in pupils’ knowledge are now being addressed across the school.”
- “Pupils are rising to these higher expectations.”
To improve
- “Following a period of decline in pupils’ outcomes, new leaders have raised the expectations for what pupils can achieve.”
- “New leaders, including new trustees and governors, swiftly identified that standards in pupils’ education were in decline.”
- “In mathematics and English, particularly in writing, there is variation across the school in pupils’ outcomes.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 July 2024 (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) | 33% | 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: 5 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 5 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 Shropshire.
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Broseley CofE Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barrow 1618 CofE Free School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Much Wenlock Primary School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- John Wilkinson Primary School and Nursery 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Church Preen Primary School 6.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Lucia's CofE Primary School & Nursery 7.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Morville CofE (Controlled) Primary School 7.0 mi Good Last distance published