Charlton School
Academy sponsor led · 1,218 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.7
Community special school
The Bridge School
- Pupils on roll
- 239
- Free school meals
- 47.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 5
- Ofsted
- School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next, 1 July 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Thomas Parker School (URN 129833); Birchbank Special School (URN 129835).
What the data says
Of the 12 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Bridge School in 2023, 0% stayed on in The Bridge School’s own sixth form (Telford and Wrekin average 29%), 83% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Telford and Wrekin and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | The Bridge School | Telford and Wrekin | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 12 | 2,324 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 29% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| — further education college | 83% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 17% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Other secondary schools in Telford and Wrekin
Ercall Wood Academy
Academy converter · 971 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.5
Haberdashers' Abraham Darby
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,084 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.7
Haberdashers' Adams
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,090 pupils
98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 71.8
Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase
Academy converter · 1,237 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.4
Holy Trinity Academy
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 994 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.