Muxton Primary School
General Information
- Address: Marshbrook Way, Muxton, Telford, TF2 8SA – View on map
- Phone: 01952327007
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Jenny Pritchard
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 45 families put it first for 46 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 62
- % eligible for free school meals: 16.8%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Telford and Wrekin average)
- English as an additional language: 8% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.1% a year (Telford and Wrekin 13.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 35% moved to another school, 65% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Telford and Wrekin: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Telford and Wrekin, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 14 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Requires improvement 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 80% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 15% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 14 percentage points above the Telford and Wrekin average (66%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 64% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 64%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 80% · Maths 85% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 85%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 105
- Based on: 60 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 2nd of 40 junior and primary schools in the area
- #1Crudgington Primary School94%
- #2Muxton Primary School80%
- =3Newdale Primary School & Nursery78%
- =3Redhill Primary Academy78%
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30th of 31 primary schools in Telford and Wrekin for Ofsted rating
- #28Woodlands Primary School and NurseryGood
- #29Aqueduct Primary AcademyRequires improvement
- #30Muxton Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #31St Peter's Bratton Church of England AcademyRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,334 (2024-25)
22nd of 39 primary schools in Telford and Wrekin for spending per pupil
- #20Teagues Bridge Primary School£6,451
- #21St Peter's Church of England Controlled Primary School and Nursery£6,396
- #22Muxton Primary School£6,334
- #23Ladygrove Primary School£6,322
- #24Lawley Primary School and Nursery£6,262
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