Haberdashers' Abraham Darby

Haberdashers' Abraham Darby at a glance

Located in Telford and Wrekin, Haberdashers' Abraham Darby is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 1,058 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' when it was last inspected in February 2026. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 37.7, below the national average of 46. That is down 2.0 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

32% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 52% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 94% of the families who made Haberdashers' Abraham Darby their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 84% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 12.1%. There are about 13.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 45% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Haberdashers' Abraham Darby, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.