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Secondary schools in Telford and Wrekin

Where pupils go after Year 11 and after sixth form, school by school, with GCSE results. Destinations are for the 2023 leavers; results are from 2025.

What the data says

Telford and Wrekin has 12 state-funded secondary schools. Of the 2,324 pupils who finished Year 11 here in 2023, 85% stayed in education (England 86%): 29% in a school sixth form, 14% at a sixth form college, 41% at a further education college.

4% started an apprenticeship, close to the England rate of 3%.

After sixth form, 35% of students in Telford and Wrekin went to university (England 37%), and 22% of level 3 students reached one of the most selective universities (England 19%).

GCSE results in 2025: Attainment 8 of 44.2 against 46.1 for England; 39% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths (England 45%).

After Year 11: Telford and Wrekin against England

Telford and Wrekin
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureTelford and WrekinEngland
Pupils in the cohort2,324607,348
Stayed in education85%86%
— school sixth form29%34%
— sixth form college14%13%
— further education college41%37%
Apprenticeship4%3%
Employment2%3%
No sustained destination6%6%

Where each school’s Year 11 leavers went

One band per school, sorted by the size of its 2023 Year 11 cohort. Band width is pupils; hover a band for the share, click a school for its profile. Counts are worked back from the percentages DfE publishes, so a band can be out by a pupil.

Charlton School → School sixth form: about 38 pupils (16% of 236)Charlton School → Sixth form college: about 59 pupils (25% of 236)Charlton School → Further education college: about 99 pupils (42% of 236)Charlton School → Other education: about 2 pupils (1% of 236)Charlton School → Apprenticeship: about 9 pupils (4% of 236)Charlton School → Employment: about 7 pupils (3% of 236)Charlton School → No sustained destination: about 14 pupils (6% of 236)Madeley Academy → School sixth form: about 96 pupils (47% of 205)Madeley Academy → Sixth form college: about 12 pupils (6% of 205)Madeley Academy → Further education college: about 62 pupils (30% of 205)Madeley Academy → Apprenticeship: about 10 pupils (5% of 205)Madeley Academy → Employment: about 4 pupils (2% of 205)Madeley Academy → No sustained destination: about 14 pupils (7% of 205)Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase → School sixth form: about 23 pupils (12% of 190)Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase → Sixth form college: about 32 pupils (17% of 190)Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase → Further education college: about 112 pupils (59% of 190)Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase → Other education: about 2 pupils (1% of 190)Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase → Apprenticeship: about 6 pupils (3% of 190)Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase → Employment: about 2 pupils (1% of 190)Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase → No sustained destination: about 10 pupils (5% of 190)Ercall Wood Academy → School sixth form: about 26 pupils (14% of 185)Ercall Wood Academy → Sixth form college: about 56 pupils (30% of 185)Ercall Wood Academy → Further education college: about 80 pupils (43% of 185)Ercall Wood Academy → Other education: about 2 pupils (1% of 185)Ercall Wood Academy → Apprenticeship: about 6 pupils (3% of 185)Ercall Wood Academy → Employment: about 4 pupils (2% of 185)Ercall Wood Academy → No sustained destination: about 7 pupils (4% of 185)Haberdashers' Abraham Darby → School sixth form: about 44 pupils (24% of 182)Haberdashers' Abraham Darby → Sixth form college: about 13 pupils (7% of 182)Haberdashers' Abraham Darby → Further education college: about 80 pupils (44% of 182)Haberdashers' Abraham Darby → Other education: about 2 pupils (1% of 182)Haberdashers' Abraham Darby → Apprenticeship: about 13 pupils (7% of 182)Haberdashers' Abraham Darby → Employment: about 4 pupils (2% of 182)Haberdashers' Abraham Darby → No sustained destination: about 18 pupils (10% of 182)The Telford Langley School → School sixth form: about 10 pupils (6% of 174)The Telford Langley School → Sixth form college: about 47 pupils (27% of 174)The Telford Langley School → Further education college: about 78 pupils (45% of 174)The Telford Langley School → Other education: about 2 pupils (1% of 174)The Telford Langley School → Apprenticeship: about 10 pupils (6% of 174)The Telford Langley School → Employment: about 9 pupils (5% of 174)The Telford Langley School → No sustained destination: about 14 pupils (8% of 174)Holy Trinity Academy → School sixth form: about 36 pupils (26% of 140)Holy Trinity Academy → Sixth form college: about 31 pupils (22% of 140)Holy Trinity Academy → Further education college: about 64 pupils (46% of 140)Holy Trinity Academy → Apprenticeship: about 4 pupils (3% of 140)Holy Trinity Academy → Employment: about 1 pupils (1% of 140)Holy Trinity Academy → No sustained destination: about 3 pupils (2% of 140)Haberdashers' Adams → School sixth form: about 99 pupils (82% of 121)Haberdashers' Adams → Sixth form college: about 8 pupils (7% of 121)Haberdashers' Adams → Further education college: about 8 pupils (7% of 121)Haberdashers' Adams → Other education: about 2 pupils (2% of 121)Haberdashers' Adams → Apprenticeship: about 1 pupils (1% of 121)Newport Girls' High School Academy → School sixth form: about 75 pupils (87% of 86)Newport Girls' High School Academy → Sixth form college: about 5 pupils (6% of 86)Newport Girls' High School Academy → Further education college: about 4 pupils (5% of 86)Newport Girls' High School Academy → Employment: about 1 pupils (1% of 86)Charlton School: 236 pupilsCharlton School 236Madeley Academy: 205 pupilsMadeley Academy 205Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase: 190 pupilsHadley Learning Community - Secon… 190Ercall Wood Academy: 185 pupilsErcall Wood Academy 185Haberdashers' Abraham Darby: 182 pupilsHaberdashers' Abraham Darby 182The Telford Langley School: 174 pupilsThe Telford Langley School 174Holy Trinity Academy: 140 pupilsHoly Trinity Academy 140Haberdashers' Adams: 121 pupilsHaberdashers' Adams 121Newport Girls' High School Academy: 86 pupilsNewport Girls' High School Academy 86School sixth form: 447 pupils (29% of Telford and Wrekin’s leavers)School sixth form 447Sixth form college: 263 pupils (17% of Telford and Wrekin’s leavers)Sixth form college 263Further education college: 587 pupils (39% of Telford and Wrekin’s leavers)Further education college 587Other education: 12 pupils (1% of Telford and Wrekin’s leavers)Apprenticeship: 59 pupils (4% of Telford and Wrekin’s leavers)Employment: 32 pupils (2% of Telford and Wrekin’s leavers)No sustained destination: 80 pupils (5% of Telford and Wrekin’s leavers)No sustained destination 80
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination

Map of secondary schools in Telford and Wrekin

Darker blue means a larger share of Year 11 leavers stayed in education. Click a school for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors.

State-funded secondary schools (12)

Sorted by name. Click a school for its full picture. “Stayed in education” counts school sixth forms, sixth form colleges and FE colleges together.

SchoolPupilsStayed in educationSchool sixth formFE collegeApprenticeshipTo universityAttainment 85+ Eng & maths
Charlton SchoolAcademy sponsor led1,21884%16%42%4%—42.735%
Ercall Wood AcademyAcademy converter97187%14%43%3%—42.535%
Haberdashers' Abraham DarbyAcademy sponsor led · sixth form1,08475%24%44%7%41%37.732%
Haberdashers' AdamsAcademy converter · sixth form · selective1,09098%82%7%1%61%71.895%
Hadley Learning Community - Secondary PhaseAcademy converter1,23789%12%59%3%—44.428%
Holy Trinity AcademyVoluntary aided school · sixth form99494%26%46%3%—45.948%
Madeley AcademyAcademy sponsor led · sixth form1,22084%47%30%5%60%47.237%
Newport Girls' High School AcademyAcademy converter · sixth form · selective88498%87%5%0%77%75.397%
New Road AcademyAcademy sponsor led1,073—————38.624%
The Burton Borough SchoolAcademy sponsor led1,077—————39.730%
The Telford Langley SchoolAcademy sponsor led1,14079%6%45%6%—35.022%
The Telford Park SchoolAcademy sponsor led · sixth form698—————28.416%

Independent schools, colleges and special schools with published data (6)

SchoolPupilsStayed in educationSchool sixth formFE collegeApprenticeshipTo universityAttainment 85+ Eng & maths
Telford Collegecollege · Further education—————13%——
Thomas Telford Schoolindependent · City technology college · sixth form1,65789%77%10%7%61%59.171%
Wrekin Collegeindependent · Other independent school · sixth form · selective671—————15.60%
Southall Schoolspecial · Community special school21087%0%67%0%—5.00%
The Bridge Schoolspecial · Community special school · sixth form239100%0%83%0%———
Queenswaystate · Academy special sponsor led15758%0%50%0%—13.60%

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