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The Bridge at HLC

URN: 123635

Address: Waterloo Road, Hadley, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 5NQ

Rating and reports

Inspection outcome

Ofsted made the following key judgements following school inspection on 1 July 2025:

Quality of education:

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes:

Outstanding

Personal development:

Outstanding

Leadership and management:

Outstanding

Early years provision:

Outstanding

Sixth form provision:

Insufficient evidence

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

All reports

  1. School inspection School inspection, PDF - 08 September 2025
    PDF – Published

  2. School inspection School inspection, PDF - 19 January 2024
    PDF – Published

  3. Short inspection Short inspection, PDF - 07 February 2018
    PDF – Published

  4. Full inspection: OutstandingFull inspection, PDF - 06 June 2013
    PDF – Published

  5. Full inspection: OutstandingFull inspection, PDF - 12 March 2010
    PDF – Published

  6. Full inspection: GoodFull inspection, PDF - 05 December 2006
    PDF – Published

  7. Full inspection Full inspection, PDF - 20 February 2003
    PDF – Published
  8. Opened

Next inspection

From September 2024, graded inspections will not include an overall effectiveness grade. Schools inspected from then will not have the same way of working out when to expect their next inspection. We will set out the expected dates for when we will next inspect them from September 2025. These schools should not expect to receive an ungraded or graded inspection before then. Some could receive an urgent or monitoring inspection, which can be deemed a graded inspection. 

About The Bridge at HLC

  • Type: Special School
  • Boarding: No
  • Religious character: Does Not Apply
  • Local authority: Telford and Wrekin

Pupils

  • Age Range: 3 - 19
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Number of pupils: 228

Location

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  • Address: Waterloo Road, Hadley, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 5NQ
  • Region: West Midlands

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