The Seeds School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Shropshire, TF4 3EE
- Distance
- 4.5km away
The Bridge School
Waterloo Road, Hadley, Telford, TF1 5NQ
Ofsted: Outstanding
Independent
Phase
—
Capacity
3-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 July 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 5
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 100.0%
- Continued in education
- 100.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 228
- Boys
- 177 (74%)
- Girls
- 62 (26%)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 45.7%
- EAL
- 11.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 99.6%
- SEN Support
- 0.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 6.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £41,153/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 70.6%
- Black African: 6.6%
- Asian Indian: 4.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.4%
- White Other: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Black Other: 1.8%
70.6%
White British
6.6%
Black African
4.8%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 123635
- UKPRN
- 10016969
- Establishment No.
- 7017
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