Thomas Telford Primary Free School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 3–11 · Telford, Telford and Wrekin
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.68 miles
Last place allocated distance · Published by Telford & Wrekin Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Thomas Telford Primary Free School is a primary school in Telford, Telford and Wrekin for ages 3–11 (free schools). Telford and Wrekin has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Thomas Telford Primary Free 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 | 1.68 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.68 miles from the school, nearer than in 2025.
- That 2026 Reception figure was the 5th longest of the 18 Telford and Wrekin primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included), where the middle figure was 1.19 miles.
- Reception 2026 had 61 first-choice applications for 60 offers, which is 1.0 first choices per offer, the 14th highest of 48 Telford and Wrekin primary schools.
- For Reception 2026, 44 offers went to first-choice families and 17 first-choice families (28%) were not offered a place; 16 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- George Lees Avenue, Telford, TF2 5AB
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Telford and Wrekin
- Pupils on roll
- 149 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 61 first-preference applications, 60 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.
- Redhill Primary Academy 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Priorslee Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St George's Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hollinswood Primary School 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lantern Academy 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre 2.0 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Randlay Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wombridge Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published