Key Information | Thomas Telford Primary Free School

Policies

Ofsted Reports & Results

Ofsted

We are due to complete a pre-opening Ofsted inspection in summer 2025.

There is currently no further information to publish, however official reports linked to our school will be published here over the coming years.

School Performance

There are no results to publish for our school at this point in time. In due course, relevant information linked to test data will be published here.

SEND Offer

SEND Offer (Special Educational Needs and Disability)

At Thomas Telford Primary Free School, we believe every child has unique needs and that our entire school is enriched because of this. Thomas Telford Primary Free School is an inclusive school which aims to enable all children to achieve their potential and we plan very carefully to support and challenge them to do so.

We realise that not all pupils with disabilities have special educational needs and not all pupils with Special Educational Needs meet the definition of disability, but this offer covers all of these pupils.

Miss Eloise Harrow is our SENDCo (starting in post 1st September 2025). She can be contacted via email at ttps@ttprimaryschool.co.uk or by phoning the school directly on 01952 327170.

Our staff are all highly skilled and trained to deliver pastoral and nurture support alongside a range of specialist interventions for communication and language, literacy and numeracy support. Interventions are planned, delivered and reviewed to ensure the impact is carefully measured.

Please refer to the documents below for further details about our SEND provision.

Our SEND Policy can be found within the ‘Policies’ section of this website.

SEND Information Report 2025-2026 (TTPFS will produce this document towards the end of the 2025-2026 academic year. It will be located here once published.)

Accessibility

Our Accessibility Plan 2025-2026 can be found within the ‘Policies’ section of this website.

Safeguarding

At Thomas Telford Primary Free School, the protection of children is the responsibility of everyone. We aim to make everyone within the school feel safe and we have clear roles and responsibilities in place for that to happen. We ensure that safeguarding is at the forefront of all staff’ minds; all staff undertake regular training in child protection and safeguarding, above and beyond the statutory requirements.

If you have a concern about the welfare of a child you will need to contact Family Connect on 01952 385385 to speak to a Family Connect Safeguarding Advisor. Family Connect Advisors are available between 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).

If you need to report concerns about the welfare of a child outside of office hours please contact the Emergency Duty Team on 01952 676500. If you believe a criminal offence has been committed you can contact West Mercia Police on 0300 333 3000 or 101. In an emergency always dial 999.

Thomas Telford Primary Free School Safeguarding Poster (Document to be added for September 1st 2025)

Telford and Wrekin Council’s Safeguarding Board – Statutory Function

The Children Act 2004 sets out the statutory objectives and functions of a local safeguarding children’s board. Section 13 of the Children Act 2004 “requires each local authority to establish a Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) for their area and specifies the organisations and individuals (other than the local authority) that should be represented on LSCBs”. Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 further details the representation on the Board.

The Board is a key statutory mechanism for agreeing how the relevant organisations in Telford and Wrekin will cooperate to safeguarding and promote the welfare of children in the area and for monitoring the effectiveness of local services and legislative requirements; put simply “safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility”.

The vision of the Telford & Wrekin Safeguarding Children Board (TWSCB) is:

To put the voice of the child and young person first by listening, protecting, being supportive and building lives for the future; and
Leading and driving forward excellence in safeguarding to support all services and improve the lives of children and young people.

Governance

Governing Bodies are responsible for standards in their organisations and are held to account for this by the School Stakeholders, Ofsted and the Department for Education (DfE).

Meet the Governors

Dara Carroll – Chair of Governors

Philip Nicholls – TTMAT Representative Governor

Danielle Dobson – School Governor

Shannon Rogers – School Governor

Duncan Marshall – School Governor

Gemma Himsworth – School Governor

Governors Code of Conduct

Governing Bodies are responsible for standards in their organisations and are held to account for this by the School Stakeholders, Ofsted and the Department for Education (DfE). This code sets out the expectations on and commitment required from School Governors and provides a framework within which they will be able to carry out their duties effectively.

Code of Conduct 2025-2026

Key Governance Documentation

LGB Structure

Register of Business Interests

Equality and the Governing board

The governing board understand their responsibility under the Equality Act, as well as the role the board plays in ensuring that the school has an inclusive culture and learning environment.

We ensure:

the school takes all reasonable steps so that its employees do not carry out unlawful discriminatory actions or behaviour.
the school complies with the Equality Duty and meets the two “specific duties” for schools.
we review the policy when appropriate
that the Equality Act and the protected characteristics are at the forefront through all Governor activities and monitoring.
that we publish information to show how the school is complying with the Equality Duty.
prepare and publish one or more specific and measurable equality objectives at least every four years.
that the Act is reflected in admissions process
equal access to facilities/building/curriculum/resources/experiences
that the Headteacher monitors behaviour for patterns and trends
that there if a focus on narrowing gaps in attainment between groups of pupils, if required
improving school attendance of pupils from particular groups.
increasing the participation of particular groups in school activities.
reducing prejudice-related bullying and the use of derogatory language.
improving knowledge, skills and attitudes to enable pupils to appreciate and value difference and diversity
the school works to increase the participation and engagement of different groups of parents and communities
the school’s recruitment offers quality of opportunity
that the curriculum provision actively promotes the protective characteristics.

Our equality objectives for this academic year are:

Track the progress of all pupils and vulnerable groups to ensure appropriate progress is maintained.
To maintain and accelerate the progress of pupils receiving Pupil Premium funding and ensure that Pupil Premium expenditure continues to have a positive impact on outcomes for those pupils targeted.

Funding Reports

Pupil Premium Funding

The Government allocates funding to schools to support raising attainment for specific groups of children. These groups include children eligible for Free School Meals now or at any point in the previous 6 years, children who have a parent in the armed forces or at any point in the last 4 years and children who are in care or were previously looked after.

Mrs Davies, senior leader, and Duncan Marshall, our named Governor, monitor the provision for the pupil premium children. Our curriculum promotes good outcomes for all pupils across the school, but also offers a range of opportunities to help any child who needs additional support. Termly meetings are held with staff to discuss children’s progress and carefully planned interventions take place for those children who are not making expected progress. Through monitoring, the impact of these interventions are evaluated on a termly basis.

The plans below show how we are spending the funding to ensure that all our pupils make progress and gaps in attainment close.

Pupil Premium Strategy 2025-2026

Service Pupil Premium Information 2025-2026

Sport Premium Funding

The government is providing additional funding of £150 million per annum to improve provision of physical education (PE) and sport in primary schools. This funding, provided jointly by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, will be allocated to each primary school. This funding is ring-fenced and therefore can only be spent on provision of PE and sport in schools.

Schools must spend the additional funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but they will have the freedom to choose how they do this. Possible uses for the funding might include:

hiring specialist PE teachers or qualified sports coaches to work with primary teachers when teaching PE
supporting and engaging the least active children through new or additional Change4Life clubs
paying for professional development opportunities for teachers in PE and sport
providing cover to release primary teachers for professional development in PE and sport
running sport competitions, or increasing pupils’ participation in the School Games
buying quality assured professional development modules or materials for PE and sport
providing places for pupils on after school sports clubs and holiday clubs
pooling the additional funding with that of other local schools.

Sports Premium Strategy 2025-2026 (TTPFS will produce this document towards the end of the 2025-2026 academic year. It will be located here once published.)

Supplemental Funding Agreement

Thomas Telford Primary Free School Supplemental Funding Agreement

This document can also be located via TTMAT Supplemental Funding Agreements: Supplemental Funding Agreements – Thomas Telford Multi Academy Trust