Madeley Academy (formerly Madeley Court School) is a

coeducational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...

secondary school and

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located in Madeley in the

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. Previously a community school administered by Telford and Wrekin Council. Madeley Court School converted to academy status in April 2007 and was renamed Madeley Academy. The school relocated from its previous site on Court Street to a new campus on Castlefields Way in 2009. Madeley Academy offers

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and

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as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of

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s and further BTECs. The school also has a specialism in sports.

References

External links

Madeley Academy official website
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