Lantern Academy

State-Funded School

lantern-academy-telford-and-wrekin-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

Telford and WrekinLocal Authority

TelfordConstituency

TF2 0AZPostcode

1.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Lantern Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Telford and Wrekin, West Midlands.

It currently serves 113 pupils. Lantern Academy is part of LEARNING COMMUNITY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 30%
Higher standard: 4%
Reading score: 99
Maths score: 99

Ethnicity

White

85%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

113

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

44%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 113
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: LEARNING COMMUNITY TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
11 Mar 2025	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good	Not judged
2 Feb 2020	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.