Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Telford, TF1 5NU
- Distance
- 2.2km away
New Road Academy
New Road, Wrockwardine Wood, Telford, TF2 7AB
Local ranking11th of 12 secondary schools in Telford and Wrekin
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 29 March 2022. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from The Telford Priory School (URN 142285) since 29 February 2024. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 35.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 19.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 33.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 211
Destinations
After GCSE 2023-24
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1091
- Boys
- 544 (51%)
- Girls
- 529 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (89% full)
- SEND
- 23.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 46.6%
- EAL
- 20.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 20.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,903/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 14.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 38.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 65.0%
- White Other: 8.4%
- Black African: 8.4%
- Asian Indian: 5.6%
- Other: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.5%
65.0%
White British
8.4%
White Other
8.4%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 150811
- UKPRN
- 10094916
- Establishment No.
- 4005
- Trust
- LEARNING COMMUNITY TRUST
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