Charlton School
Academy sponsor led · 1,218 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.7
Academy converter
Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase
- Pupils on roll
- 1,237of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 33.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 239
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, 25 May 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase (URN 133708, until 1 July 2017).
What the data says
Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase has no sixth form. Of the 190 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 17% moved to a sixth form college, 59% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 36% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.4 against 46.1 across England and 44.2 in Telford and Wrekin, with 28% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | This school | Telford and Wrekin | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 190 | 2,324 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 12% | 29% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 17% | 14% | 13% |
| — further education college | 59% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Telford and Wrekin | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.4 | 44.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 32% | 44% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.78 | 3.91 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 30% | 29% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 39.1 | 32.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.6 | 49.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 32% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 238 | 100% | 86% | 10% | 21% | 64% |
| English Language | 238 | 100% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 66% |
| Mathematics | 237 | 99% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 64% |
| Combined Science | 185 | 77% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 48% |
| History | 139 | 58% | 41% | 12% | 26% | 40% |
| Geography | 93 | 39% | 41% | 12% | 25% | 52% |
| Photography | 87 | 36% | 6% | 7% | 19% | 92% |
| Physics | 53 | 22% | 23% | 30% | 46% | 94% |
| Biology | 53 | 22% | 23% | 26% | 45% | 94% |
| Chemistry | 53 | 22% | 23% | 34% | 47% | 100% |
| Graphic Communication | 44 | 18% | 1% | 14% | 23% | 89% |
| Spanish | 41 | 17% | 19% | 22% | 27% | 85% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 40 | 17% | 8% | 5% | 21% | 48% |
| Statistics | 34 | 14% | 5% | 18% | 20% | 76% |
| Textiles | 33 | 14% | 2% | 9% | 27% | 67% |
| French | 21 | 9% | 18% | 19% | 29% | 71% |
| Polish | 18 | 8% | 1% | 78% | 84% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 17 | 7% | 31% | 12% | 32% | 71% |
| Computer Science | 17 | 7% | 13% | 18% | 30% | 71% |
| Art and Design | 13 | 5% | 7% | 31% | 24% | 100% |
| Russian | 3 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| German | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 75 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 68 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 64 | — | — |
| Retailing | 46 | — | — |
| Tourism | 38 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 28 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 25 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 25 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 18 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Telford and Wrekin
Ercall Wood Academy
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87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.5
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75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.7
Haberdashers' Adams
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98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 71.8
Holy Trinity Academy
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94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.9
Madeley Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,220 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.2
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.