Primary
St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery Centre
Church Road, Donnington Wood, Telford, TF2 7PZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 291 of 340 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lichfield
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 28.1
- Pupils per adult
- 10.5
- Pupils
- 297
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2025
Some aspects not as strong
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
66%
1 points above the Telford average (65% across 38 schools)
106.0
1.0 above the Telford average (105.0 across 38 schools)
26th of 38 by our score, among the primary schools in Telford we can score - 51 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 105 |
| Average reading score | 106 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 66% |
| Working at a higher standard | 12% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 58% |
| 23/24 | 58% |
| 24/25 | 66% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
Church Road, Donnington Wood, Telford, TF2 7PZ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Telford and Wrekin admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Rebecca Wilson
- Address
- Church Road, Donnington Wood, Telford, TF2 7PZ
- Telephone
- 01952386260
Other primary schools nearby
- Donnington Wood CofE Voluntary Controlled Junior School3.8/10
- Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery CentreNot enough data
- Muxton Primary School5.5/10
- Wrockwardine Wood Infant School and NurseryNot enough data
- Wrockwardine Wood Church of England Junior School6.9/10
- St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy.Not enough data