Haberdashers' Abraham Darby

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jun 28 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Telford and Wrekin
Unique reference
135582
Address
Ironbridge Road, Madeley, TF7 5HX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1077 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
8.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
37%
Persistent absence
34.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.8%
African 7.1%
Mixed 4.1%
Other White 3.6%
Unclassified 1.4%
Pakistani 1%
Indian 0.6%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.89
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.31
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 4%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 24%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.5
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.87
Local authority average 3.93
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award50
Art & DesignGCSE27
BiologyGCSE29
Business Studies:SingleGCSE86
ChemistryGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE176
English LiteratureGCSE174
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE32
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Haberdashers' Abraham Darby

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
179
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
123
2nd preference
159
3rd preference
77
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
110
2nd preference
60
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes18.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
183
93
90
Year 8
195
104
91
Year 9
188
89
99
Year 10
186
95
91
Year 11
175
91
84
Year 12
60
17
43
Year 13
90
39
51
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
87.1%
85.6%
Further education
40.0%
44.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
36.0%
30.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
5.0%
12.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
59.0%
63.7%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
29.5%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
4.0%
2.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
4.3%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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