New Road Academy
Secondary school in Telford, Telford and Wrekin. Requires improvement (Mar 2022).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 29 March 2022, report published 24 May 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to The Telford Priory School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. New Road Academy hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around September 2024
The last inspection was in March 2022. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby secondary schools
- 1.4 milesHadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next (May 2022)
- 2.0 milesHoly Trinity Academy
School remains Good (May 2023)
- 2.1 milesThomas Telford School
Good (Dec 2022)
- 2.9 milesCharlton School
Report card, Apr 2026: 2 expected, 4 needs attention
- 3.0 milesErcall Wood Academy
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Jan 2025)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.