The Gables Learning Centre
The Gables Learning Centre is an independent special school in Shropshire for boys and girls aged 7 to 19. It has 16 pupils and room for 18.
The Gables Learning Centre, Beamish Lane, Albrighton, Shropshire, WV7 3AG01902 916950Headteacher Louise Osborne headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
1 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Shropshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 16 | 17 | 15 | 0 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 6% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 94% | 100% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birchfield School | Independent | 480 m | 186 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | Church of England | 900 m | 195 | Good 2024 | 73 | Compare |
| Albrighton Primary School & Nursery | Academy | 1.0 miles | 344 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Nicholas Church of England First School | Academy | 2.5 miles | 339 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Codsall Middle School | Academy | 2.8 miles | 516 | Good 2019 | 74 | Compare |
| Codsall Community High School | Council | 3.0 miles | 1,046 | Good 2023 | 65 | Compare |
| St Chad's CofE (VC) First School | Church of England | 3.0 miles | 101 | Report card 2026 | 60 | Compare |
| St Christopher's Catholic Primary Academy | Academy | 3.0 miles | 192 | Not inspected | 72 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Gables Learning Centre a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The Gables Learning Centre yet.
How many pupils does The Gables Learning Centre have?
16 pupils aged 7 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 18 places, so it is 89% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- The Gables Learning Centre, Beamish Lane, Albrighton, Shropshire, WV7 3AG
- Telephone
- 01902 916950
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Louise Osborne
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 7-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Ward
- Shifnal Rural
- Constituency
- The Wrekin
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 19 January 2023 (new provision)
- URN
- 149196 · LAESTAB 8936046 · UKPRN 10096491
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.