Primary school

Aqueduct Primary Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 4–11
  • Mixed
  • Telford and Wrekin
  • TF4 3RP
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected May 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 9,104 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 61%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 84%84%2016/17: top 97%2017/18: top 88%2018/19: top 54%2022/23: top 57%2023/24: top 45%45% · 2023/242024/25: top 61%No exams

Against West MidlandsArrows: West Midlands rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM60% · West Midlands 65%4/10 Below−13.5 pts
Higher standard, RWM8% · West Midlands 7%6/10 Middle−30.3 pts
Reading score103 · West Midlands 1052/10 Well below West Midlands−27.2 pts
Maths score102 · West Midlands 1052/10 Well below West Midlands−15.7 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 37% · 35 pupils · West Midlands 53%2016/17: 30% · 37 pupils · West Midlands 61%2017/18: 47% · 32 pupils · West Midlands 65%2018/19: 66% · 38 pupils · West Midlands 66%2022/23: 59% · 39 pupils · West Midlands 61%2023/24: 65% · 40 pupils · West Midlands 62%2024/25: 60% · 40 pupils · West Midlands 65%66%30%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 35 pupils · West Midlands 3%2016/17: 5% · 37 pupils · West Midlands 7%2017/18: 0% · 32 pupils · West Midlands 8%2018/19: 18% · 38 pupils · West Midlands 9%2022/23: 3% · 39 pupils · West Midlands 6%2023/24: 0% · 40 pupils · West Midlands 6%2024/25: 8% · 40 pupils · West Midlands 7%18%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 100 · 35 pupils · West Midlands 1022016/17: 98 · 37 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 101 · 32 pupils · West Midlands 1052018/19: 104 · 38 pupils · West Midlands 1042022/23: 103 · 39 pupils · West Midlands 1052023/24: 105 · 40 pupils · West Midlands 1052024/25: 103 · 40 pupils · West Midlands 10510598No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 98 · 35 pupils · West Midlands 1032016/17: 98 · 37 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 100 · 32 pupils · West Midlands 1042018/19: 104 · 38 pupils · West Midlands 1052022/23: 101 · 39 pupils · West Midlands 1042023/24: 102 · 40 pupils · West Midlands 1042024/25: 102 · 40 pupils · West Midlands 10510498No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in96.8%
30 of 31 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 96.8%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st3130
2nd70
3rd110

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2014Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2022Requires improvementas predecessor

2 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Behaviour and attitudes

3 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026255
Free school meals (past 6 years)37.8%
First language not English15.1%
SEN support17.4%
EHC plan1.5%
Absence (sessions missed)6.1%
Persistently absent pupils20.1%

Girls 48.6%Boys 51.4%

91.1% full · 280 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher21.3
Pupils per adult11.6
  • Classroom teachers 9
  • Leadership 3
  • Teaching assistants 9.1
  • Other support 3.5

Teachers 12 FTE · Whole workforce 24.6 · 35 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£6,533
Spend per pupil£6,131
Staff spend per pupil£4,726
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£104,000in-year balance

Grants £6,413 · self-generated £81 · premises £382 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: REACH2 ACADEMY TRUST (62 academies) · trust reserve £4,830,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it