Secondary
Haberdashers' Abraham Darby
Ironbridge Road, Madeley, Telford, TF7 5HX
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1084 of 1100 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- HABERDASHERS' WEST MIDLANDS ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 109.6
- Pupils per adult
- 9.8
- Pupils
- 1,077
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
June 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
October 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
32%
1 points above the Telford average (31% across 9 schools)
37.7
2.6 below the Telford average (40.3 across 9 schools)
7th of 9 by our score, among the secondary schools in Telford we can score - 13 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 37.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.19 |
| Entered the EBacc | 13% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% |
| A level average points per entry | 31.48 |
| A level students | 40 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37% |
| 22/23 | 24% |
| 23/24 | 35% |
| 24/25 | 32% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 32.4 |
| 22/23 | 25.1 |
| 23/24 | 27.6 |
| 24/25 | 31.5 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.52 |
| 22/23 | -0.89 |
| 23/24 | -0.74 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43.2 |
| 22/23 | 34.5 |
| 23/24 | 39.7 |
| 24/25 | 37.7 |
Ironbridge Road, Madeley, Telford, TF7 5HX
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Telford and Wrekin admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Joe Edgar
- Address
- Ironbridge Road, Madeley, Telford, TF7 5HX
- Telephone
- 01952386000