Charlton School
Academy sponsor led · 1,218 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.7
Community special school
Southall School
- Pupils on roll
- 210
- Free school meals
- 54.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 49
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 26 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 30 pupils who finished Year 11 at Southall School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 67% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Southall School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 5.0, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Telford and Wrekin and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Southall School | Telford and Wrekin | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 30 | 2,324 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 29% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| — further education college | 67% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 20% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 10% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Southall School | Telford and Wrekin | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 5.0 | 44.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 2% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 44% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.41 | 3.91 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 63% | 29% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 4.4 | 32.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 5.9 | 49.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 14% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 33 | 67% | 88% | 3% | 22% | 9% |
| Combined Science | 32 | 65% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 13% |
| English Language | 32 | 65% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| Photography | 9 | 18% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 0% |
| Art and Design | 6 | 12% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 33% |
| History | 4 | 8% | 41% | — | 26% | — |
| Computer Science | 3 | 6% | 13% | — | 30% | — |
| English Literature | 3 | 6% | 86% | — | 21% | — |
| Geography | 1 | 2% | 41% | — | 25% | — |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 1 | 2% | 8% | — | 21% | — |
| Business Studies | 1 | 2% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 3 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 2 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Telford and Wrekin
Ercall Wood Academy
Academy converter · 971 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.5
Haberdashers' Abraham Darby
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,084 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.7
Haberdashers' Adams
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,090 pupils
98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 71.8
Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase
Academy converter · 1,237 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.4
Holy Trinity Academy
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 994 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.