Windmill Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Telford, Telford and Wrekin
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Telford & Wrekin Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Windmill Primary School is a primary school in Telford, Telford and Wrekin for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 September 2022. Telford and Wrekin has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Windmill 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Reception 2026 had 44 first-choice applications for 45 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Telford and Wrekin.
- The school has 17.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Telford and Wrekin.
- 50.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 40% 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
- Beaconsfield, Brookside, Telford, TF3 1LG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Telford and Wrekin
- Pupils on roll
- 326 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 September 2022
Strengths
- “Windmill Primary School is a school that pupils, parents and staff are proud of.”
- “They recognise and celebrate the different families and cultures they have in their school community.”
- “They said that this is what ‘makes our school special’.”
To improve
- “However, at times, teachers do not use these checks sharply enough to address errors quickly.”
- “This means that some misconceptions remain.”
- “However, too many pupils do not attend school regularly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 October 2022 (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) | 77% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 44 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.
- Holmer Lake Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Grange Park Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Aqueduct Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Randlay Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- John Randall Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Captain Webb Primary School 1.3 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- John Fletcher of Madeley Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published