The Thomas Adams School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 14 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Shropshire
Unique reference
147508
Address
Lowe Hill, Wem, SY4 5UB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1226 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
48.0%
Girls
52.0%
First language not English
5.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.4%
Persistent absence
22.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.6%
Other White 4.2%
Mixed 3.4%
African 1%
Unclassified 0.9%
Chinese 0.8%
Other Black 0.7%
Other 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Asian 0.1%
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
-0.38
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.3
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 50%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43
Local authority average 44
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.63
Local authority average 3.79
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award1
Sports StudiesTechnical Award68
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE23
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE35
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE10
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE16
BiologyGCSE23
Business Studies:SingleGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE21
ChineseGCSE2
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Thomas Adams School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
205
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
216
2nd preference
144
3rd preference
54
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
202
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes19.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
206
88
118
Year 8
201
103
98
Year 9
214
99
115
Year 10
216
113
103
Year 11
215
105
110
Year 12
72
27
45
Year 13
102
53
49
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
81.7%
86.5%
Further education
13.0%
19.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
36.0%
17.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
33.0%
43.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
6.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.8%
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
54.0%
60.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
14.0%
17.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
17.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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