Haberdashers' Abraham Darby
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Telford · TF7 5HX · Telford and Wrekin
Ages 11–18
- Att839.7
- P8-0.7
- EM5+35%
- Absence12.1%
0.8 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 135149
Madeley Academy
Academy sponsor led · Telford · TF7 5FB
Ages 11–18 · 1,220 pupils · Telford and Wrekin
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
47.1
Overall absence
7.8%
Admissions demand
2.11 · Highly competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-09-21
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.29
−20+2
Attainment 847.1
English & maths grade 5+46%
English & maths grade 4+69%
EBacc entry41%
EBacc APS: 4.3
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)24.1%
Unauthorised2.8%
- Authorised absence
- 5.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,000
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
2.11 · Highly competitive
1st preferences
360
Places offered
172
1st-preference offers
168
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 741
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 172
- Applications from outside LA
- 13
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill111%
1,220 pupils · 1,100 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,220
- Boys / girls
- 597 / 623
- School capacity
- 1,100
- Capacity fill
- 1,220 / 1,100 (111%)
- Free school meals
- 40.2%
- FSM pupils
- 385
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THOMAS TELFORD MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- THOMAS TELFORD MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Thomas Telford School
- Headteacher
- Lady Maria Satchwell
Location
- Address
- Castlefields Way, Madeley
- Postcode
- TF7 5FB
- Town
- Telford
- County
- Shropshire
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- District
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- Telford
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Telford, Telford and Wrekin, 1,220 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 40.2%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
The Telford Park School
Ofsted: InadequateAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Telford · TF3 1FA · Telford and Wrekin
Ages 11–18
- Absence13.2%
- FSM50.7%
- Demand0.89
1.3 miles away
The Telford Langley School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Telford · TF4 3JS · Telford and Wrekin
Ages 11–16
- Att833.7
- P8-1.0
- EM5+19%
- Absence10.3%
1.4 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Lady Maria Satchwell
- Telephone
- 01952527700