Haberdashers' Adams

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 10 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Telford and Wrekin
Unique reference
137446
Address
High Street, TF10 7BD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1072 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
90.9%
Girls
9.1%
First language not English
13.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
3.7%
Persistent absence
4.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 43.3%
Indian 20.2%
Mixed 10.9%
African 5.6%
Pakistani 4.4%
Other Asian 3.5%
Chinese 3.5%
Other White 3.1%
Other 2.1%
Unclassified 1.9%
Other Black 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 70%
Local authority average 44%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 95%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 71.4
Local authority average 44.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 6.68
Local authority average 3.9
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE21
AstronomyGCSE10
BiologyGCSE141
Business Studies:SingleGCSE50
ChemistryGCSE141
ChineseGCSE5
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE38
Design & TechnologyGCSE39
English LanguageGCSE148
English LiteratureGCSE148
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Haberdashers' Adams

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
132
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
228
2nd preference
119
3rd preference
55
From another Local Authority
298
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
130
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
64
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
142
123
19
Year 8
143
143
0
Year 9
149
149
0
Year 10
148
148
0
Year 11
148
148
0
Year 12
177
146
31
Year 13
165
117
48
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
85.0%
85.5%
Further education
7.0%
40.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
82.0%
30.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
7.0%
14.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.3%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
4.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
6.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
88.0%
58.6%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
56.0%
22.2%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
3.6%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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