The Bridge School
Waterloo Road, Hadley, Telford, TF1 5NQ
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emily Tracey
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- The Wrekin
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 239
- URN
- 123635
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01952387108
About this school
The Bridge School is a community special school in Telford. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 239 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 16 | 18 | 18 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -5.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Bridge School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Telford and Wrekin average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 59.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 60.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 62.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 213 |
| 2023/24 | 213 |
| 2024/25 | 228 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.74%
- English as an additional language
- 11%
- Overall absence
- 9.72%
- Persistent absence
- 27.45%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wrekin College1.0 miles
Independent schools · Telford
-
The Linden Centre1.3 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Telford
-
Thomas Telford School2.0 miles
Independent schools · Telford
-
Kickstart Academy2.5 miles
Academies · Telford
-
The Seeds School2.8 miles
Special schools · Shropshire
Other schools in Telford
- Amberleigh Therapeutic School Special schools
- Aspris Telford School Special schools
- Haughton School Special schools
- Kickstart Academy Academies
- Overley Hall School Special schools
- Queensway Academies
- Southall School Special schools
- The Linden Centre Local authority maintained schools
- Madeley Nursery School Nursery
- Oakengates Nursery School Nursery
- Allscott Meads Primary Academy Primary
- Apley Wood Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Bridge School teach?
- The Bridge School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Telford.
- Who is the headteacher of The Bridge School?
- The headteacher of The Bridge School is Mrs Emily Tracey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Bridge School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Bridge School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Bridge School?
- The Bridge School has 239 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is The Bridge School a faith school?
- No. The Bridge School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does The Bridge School have?
- The schools register lists The Bridge School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Bridge School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is The Bridge School's absence rate?
- The Bridge School's overall absence rate is 9.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Bridge School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Bridge School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.