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Welcome to the Secondary Phase Paul Roberts, Headteacher (Secondary Phase) |
Since its opening in 2006, Hadley Learning Community Secondary phase has blossomed into a successful school and a social hub for its community. The Secondary Phase sees students through years 7 - 11 and at maximum capacity can accommodate 1200 students. Children transfer from our own Primary and also from many other Primary Schools in the area. Therefore, there is a wonderful opportunity to see young people develop and learn from pre-school through to 16 years old.
The last 4 years have been exciting as the school’s standards have moved forward ever more confidently to provide an environment conducive to children’s learning. In the October 2010 Ofsted, the team commented on how outstanding our care, guidance and support was to all of our students. As a school we pride ourselves on developing and supporting all of our learners because we believe that a happy, safe child will be a successful one.
Our students take great pride in our superb facilities and work harmoniously together to produce a ‘can do’ culture of high expectations. Our children feel valued, encouraged, nurtured and therefore empowered to succeed in school and life beyond the classroom.
To support our drive for student success our teaching and learning is of the highest quality, with Ofsted grading over 80% of our lessons as good or outstanding. The high quality of teaching is complimented by a rich curriculum which caters for individual children’s needs. The school holds great value in a traditional curriculum of English, Maths, Science, ICT and Engineering, as part of our specialism, but has also developed its offer to learners in a wide range of courses. Modern courses that inspire today’s learners such as i-media, Business Enterprise and Public Services support existing courses like Languages, Sport and the Performing Arts. Student support through a fluid curriculum is further enhanced by our Teaching Assistants, who specialise in the support of both our SEN students and our Gifted and Talented Learners.
Our facilities have been developed to support such amazing opportunities for our learners. The accommodation for the secondary phase has been designed to establish curriculum areas for all subjects.
- Engineering Department - with an Engineering Gallery and 11 Technology rooms to deliver all aspects of the Technology Curriculum including Computer-Aided Design, Resistant Materials, Design & Realisation, Electronics, Food Technology and Textiles.
- Art Department - with 3 Art rooms each specialising in a particular area of- Art
- Faculty of Communications - with a suite of 6 English rooms and 6 Modern Foreign Language rooms.
- Business and Information Technology Department – Specialist ICT rooms with state of the art software
- Science Department - with 9 Science Laboratories and 2 Preparation rooms
- Mathematics, English and Modern Foreign Language Departments – Each department has 6 purpose built rooms that can be used in a number of different ways due to the innovative flexible wall system
- Performing Arts Department - with 3 Music rooms, recording studio and practice rooms, 150 seat theatre and a cutting edge dance studio
- Physical Education Department boasts a purpose built sports hall, gymnasium, tennis courts, outdoor basketball, as well as a fitness suite. Using our grounds the department has access to a number of football, Rugby and Cricket facilities
- Humanities - with specialist rooms for History, Geography, Morals & Ethics and Personal Social and Health Education.
The Secondary Phase boasts over 900 computers with all teaching spaces equipped with modern technology and interactive whiteboards. The school has full wireless coverage that supports a large number of laptops that are available for pupils to use in their lessons and for independent learning. The entire campus is leading edge in ICT with an online curriculum and all teaching resources are available to students.
The secondary phase of HLC is a specialist Engineering College and has been designed with stunning facilities to deliver this exciting dimension of the curriculum to the pupils and provide opportunities for the community linking with the local industry.
The staff and students are incredibly proud of our school. If you would like the opportunity to come and tour the school please contact Mrs Judy Croft on 01952 387000 or judy.croft@taw.org.uk
Energycare, 1A Hallchurch Road, Dudley, West Midlands, DY2 0TG Tel: 01384 482123 - Fax: 01384 75448
Hadley Learning Community, Crescent Road, Hadley, Telford
Tel: 01952 387000 - Fax: 01952 387007