Madeley Academy

Madeley Academy is performing well overall, with a good rating in key areas such as the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, leadership, and sixth-form provision. The school successfully serves its community and sets high expectations for its pupils. Notably, pupils demonstrate excellent behaviour, display pride in their school, and are eager to engage in their learning. The rich personal development program also contributes positively to student growth, showcasing an array of extracurricular activities that foster diverse talents and interests among the students.

Strengths

• Strong understanding of the community and high expectations for all pupils.
• Exceptional personal development program with extensive extracurricular activities.
• High levels of support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Effective careers guidance and high rates of progression to university and apprenticeships.
• Ambitious and well-planned curriculum across key stages.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checking of pupil understanding across all subjects.
• Some leaders do not fully evaluate the impact of their work.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Madeley Academy attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 18.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 3.0% of pupils at Madeley Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Madeley Academy had 14.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.1% of pupils at Madeley Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Madeley Academy received £8,088 and spent £7,577 for each of its 1,273 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £8,303,000 (£6,522 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Thomas Telford Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,869 and spending £7,488 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Telford · Telford and Wrekin local authority: places and applications

Madeley Academy is part of Thomas Telford Multi Academy Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Thomas Telford Primary Free School Telford
• Redhill Primary Academy Telford
• Thomas Telford University Technical College Wolverhampton
• Walsall Academy Walsall
• Sandwell Academy West Bromwich

What is Madeley Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Madeley Academy is Good, from an inspection in October 2022.

When was Madeley Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Madeley Academy was last inspected in October 2022.

How many pupils does Madeley Academy have?

Madeley Academy has 1,220 pupils on roll.

What age range does Madeley Academy cover?

Madeley Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Madeley Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 44.8, and 40% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Madeley Academy?

Madeley Academy is at Castlefields Way, Madeley, Telford, Shropshire, TF7 5FB.