Secondary
Charlton School
Apley Avenue, Telford, TF1 3FA
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1218 of 1200 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Trust
- LEARNING COMMUNITY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 76.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 111.7
- Pupils per adult
- 11.0
- Pupils
- 1,229
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 April 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
May 2023
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
GCSE results
35%
4 points above the Telford average (31% across 9 schools)
42.7
2.4 above the Telford average (40.3 across 9 schools)
5th of 9 by our score, among the secondary schools in Telford we can score - 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.83 |
| Entered the EBacc | 62% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% |
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 time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44% |
| 22/23 | 35% |
| 23/24 | 26% |
| 24/25 | 35% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.24 |
| 22/23 | -0.51 |
| 23/24 | -0.41 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.5 |
| 22/23 | 41.8 |
| 23/24 | 38.5 |
| 24/25 | 42.7 |
Apley Avenue, Telford, TF1 3FA
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 31 October, 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
- Sarah Barton
- Address
- Apley Avenue, Telford, TF1 3FA
- Telephone
- 01952951409