Hadley Learning Community - Primary Phase
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Telford, Telford and Wrekin
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.67 miles
Published by Telford & Wrekin Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hadley Learning Community - Primary Phase is a primary school in Telford, Telford and Wrekin for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 June 2022. Telford and Wrekin has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Hadley Learning Community - Primary Phase catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.67 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.67 miles away, about the same as in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- In 2026 there were 77 first-choice applications for 85 Reception offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Telford and Wrekin schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Waterloo Road, Hadley, Telford, TF1 5NU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Telford and Wrekin
- Pupils on roll
- 664 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 June 2022
Strengths
- “Hadley Learning Community (HLC) - Primary Phase is a warm and friendly place where pupils enjoy coming to school and love to learn.”
- “Leaders have skilfully created a family feel to the school where everyone is important.”
- “Parents appreciate this and value the wide range of support that they can access.”
To improve
- “However, the curriculum is yet to be securely and consistently embedded in a very small number of subjects.”
- “Some staff are not fully clear about the best ways to deliver the planned curriculum.”
- “When this is the case, pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 77% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 77 first-preference applications, 85 offers in total, 77 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Telford and Wrekin.
- Meadows Primary School and Nursery 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Millbrook Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Teagues Bridge Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wombridge Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Apley Wood Primary Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newdale Primary School & Nursery 1.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Short Wood Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published