New Road Academy
About the school
New Road Academy is an open secondary school in Telford and Wrekin.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 29 March 2022
- Published
- 24 May 2022
- Inspection type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 38.6
- Telford and Wrekin
- 44.2
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Telford and Wrekin
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 24.20%
- Telford and Wrekin
- 39.20%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 37.40%
- Telford and Wrekin
- 58.50%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 16.30%
- Telford and Wrekin
- 44.10%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.12
- Telford and Wrekin
- 3.91
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1091
Girls
48.03%
Boys
51.97%
SEN support
20.71%
Education, health and care plan
2.93%
English as an additional language
20.80%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
46.56%
Overall absence
14.37
Persistent absence
38.45