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
1067 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
91.5%
Girls
8.5%
First language not English
11.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
3.9%
Persistent absence
9.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 45.4%
Indian 20.3%
Mixed 9.4%
African 4.3%
Other White 3.9%
Pakistani 3.9%
Other Asian 3.5%
Chinese 3.5%
Other 2%
Unclassified 1.8%
Other Black 1%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Irish 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.4
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.31
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 69%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 98%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 73.7
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.88
Local authority average 3.93
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE14
AstronomyGCSE3
BiologyGCSE115
Business Studies:SingleGCSE53
ChemistryGCSE115
ChineseGCSE9
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE121
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Haberdashers' Adams

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
133
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
207
2nd preference
133
3rd preference
34
From another Local Authority
278
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
116
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
73
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
138
138
0
Year 8
146
146
0
Year 9
146
146
0
Year 10
150
150
0
Year 11
143
143
0
Year 12
172
120
52
Year 13
172
133
39
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
100.0%
86.6%
86.5%
Further education
5.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
85.0%
32.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
7.0%
14.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
89.0%
61.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
60.0%
20.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
56.0%
19.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
5.0%
1.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
2.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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