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Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase

Secondary Ages 11-16 1,237 pupils Telford
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Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase is an academy converter in Telford for pupils aged 11 to 16. It has 1,237 pupils on roll. In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 47.0, and 44% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

GCSE results: 2026.

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Waterloo Road
Hadley
Telford
Shropshire
TF1 5NU
Phone 01952951411
Reference Number 144853

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1237
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.11%
Girls: 46.89%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 33%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 31.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 129 111 240
8 126 110 236
9 149 104 253
10 127 124 251
11 126 131 257

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 55.8%
White, Other 10.7%
Pakistani 10.6%
African 6.6%
Indian 3.1%
White & Asian 2.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.3%
Mixed, Other 1.8%
Asian, Other 1.3%
White & Black (African) 1.2%
Chinese 0.7%
Unclassified 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 24 May 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
24 May 2022 School inspection
03 Mar 2018 Academy conversion letter
16 Oct 2013 Full inspection:
Previously as Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase
05 Oct 2010 Full inspection:
08 Oct 2009 Curriculum and development visit
30 Jan 2008 Full inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
47

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 44.4%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 58.8%

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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Year 7 admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 221 10
Third Preference 166 2
From another Local Authority 2 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase had 1,236 pupils for 1,200 places. That is 36 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Year 7 intake in the “North Telford Secondary” planning area

Telford and Wrekin counted 1,098 Year 7 pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 1,182 in 2031–32, up 8%.

2018201920212022202320242025
Places 9019011,2001,2001,2001,2001,200
Pupils 9649311,0261,0911,1751,2491,236
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%14.5%9.1%2.1%0.0%0.0%

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 Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase attended 92.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 19.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.1%4.0%6.4%4.9%4.8%4.3%
Unauthorised absence 1.4%1.2%1.8%2.7%3.4%2.8%
Severely absent pupils 0.8%0.8%1.2%2.2%2.5%3.0%

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, 3.1% of pupils at Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 4.04.38.85.96.511.010.9
Permanent exclusions 0002000

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 Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.09.09.49.39.810.19.610.8
Teachers who left state teaching 4.9%1.4%4.0%4.5%6.2%5.9%9.2%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 52.8%–54.3%84.9%57.0%55.1%59.6%–
Sick days per teacher 2.7–3.29.35.94.36.8–

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, 18.5% of pupils at Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 75 25
Speech, language and communication needs 52 4
Moderate learning difficulty 39 5
Specific learning difficulty 33 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 16 9
Physical disability 10 1
Vision impairment 3 1
Hearing impairment 0 3
Other difficulty or disability 1 1

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 2022–23 Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase received £11,245 and spent £11,200 for each of its 1,175 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £812,000 (£691 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Learning Community Trust, income was £9,787 and spending £9,878 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20192020202120222023
Revenue reserve £170,000£43,000£416,000£701,000£812,000
per pupil £184£44£402£642£691
In-year balance £219,000-£122,000£382,000£495,000£52,000
per pupil £237-£124£370£453£45

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.

Name Distance
Hadley Learning Community - Primary Phase
Waterloo Road, Hadley, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 5NU
0 miles
Meadows Primary School and Nursery
Riddings Close, Ketley, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 5HF
0.72 miles
Millbrook Primary School and Nursery
Grainger Drive, Leegomery, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 6UJ
0.8 miles
Teagues Bridge Primary School
Teagues Cresent, Trench, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 6RE
0.93 miles
Wombridge Primary School
Hartshill, Oakengates, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 6AN
1.05 miles
Oakengates Nursery School
Charlton Street, Telford, TF2 6BT
1.17 miles
Apley Wood Primary Academy
Pool Farm Avenue, Apley, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 6FQ
1.2 miles
Newdale Primary School & Nursery
Marlborough Way, Rock Road, Newdale, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 5HA
1.23 miles
Short Wood Primary School
Limekiln Lane, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 2JA
1.3 miles
St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy.
Church Road, Trench, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 7HG
1.31 miles
Wrockwardine Wood Church of England Junior School
Wrockwardine Wood Junior School Church Road, Trench, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 7HG
1.35 miles
Wrockwardine Wood Infant School and Nursery
Church Road, Wrockwardine Wood, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 7AH
1.48 miles
Lawley Primary School and Nursery
Off Arleston Lane, Lawley, Telford, Shropshire, TF4 2PR
1.6 miles
Lantern Academy
Yates Way, Ketley Bank, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 0AZ
1.64 miles
Lawley Village Academy
Bryce Way, Lawley Village, Telford, Shropshire, TF4 2SG
1.8 miles
Wrekin View Primary School
North Road, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 3ES
1.85 miles
Donnington Wood CofE Voluntary Controlled Junior School
Leonard Close, Winifreds Drive, Donnington, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 8BH
1.87 miles
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
North Road, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 3ER
1.9 miles
St George's Church of England Primary School
London Road, St George's, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 9LJ
1.94 miles
Dothill Primary School
Severn Drive, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 3JB
2.05 miles
Name Distance
The Bridge School
Waterloo Road, Hadley, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 5NQ
0.28 miles
Telford College
Haybridge Road, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 2NP
0.8 miles
Wrekin College
Sutherland Road, Telford, TF1 3BH
1.27 miles
New Road Academy
New Road, Wrockwardine Wood, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 7AB
1.38 miles
Charlton School
Apley Avenue, Telford, TF1 3FA
1.64 miles
Ercall Wood Academy
Golf Links Lane, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 2DT
1.64 miles
Thomas Telford School
Old Park, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 4NW
1.89 miles
The Telford Langley School
Duce Drive, Dawley, Telford, Shropshire, TF4 3JS
2.75 miles
Holy Trinity Academy
Teece Drive, Priorslee, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 9SQ
2.83 miles
Queensway
Hinkshay Road, Dawley, Telford, TF4 3PP
2.95 miles
Southall School
Off Rowan Avenue, Dawley, Telford, Shropshire, TF4 3PX
3.22 miles
The Telford Park School
Grange Avenue, Stirchley, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 1FA
3.63 miles
Amberleigh Therapeutic School
The Oaks, Redhill, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 9NZ
3.67 miles
Overley Hall School
Wellington, Telford, Shropshire, TF6 5HE
3.98 miles
Madeley Academy
Castlefields Way, Madeley, Telford, Shropshire, TF7 5FB
4.12 miles
Aspris Telford School
Dale Road, Coalbrookdale, Telford, TF8 7DT
4.63 miles
Haberdashers' Abraham Darby
Ironbridge Road, Madeley, Telford, Shropshire, TF7 5HX
4.69 miles

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

Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase is part of Learning Community Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase have?

Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase has 1,237 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase cover?

Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 47.0, and 44% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase?

Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase is at Waterloo Road, Hadley, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 5NU.

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