Address — Haberdashers’ Adams’ Grammar School, High Street, Newport, TF10 7BD
County — Shropshire
Type of school — Boys’ Grammar School (optional boarding).
Headteacher — Mr Gary Hickey
Cost — Education is free at Adams Grammar School. However, boarding costs are paid for.
Pupils in school — 799
Places available in year 7 — 135
Boarding places available — 15
Average applicants per place — 5
Catchment area — (Haberdashers’) Adams Grammar School does not have a catchment area but has a list of feeder primary schools. They are:
Apley Wood Primary
Aqueduct Primary
Captain Webb Primary
Dawley CE Primary
Donnington Wood CE Juniors
Dothill Primary
Hollinswood Primary
Holmer Lake Primary
Tibberton CE Primary
Ladygrove Primary
Lawley Primary
Lawley Village Academy
Lightmore Village Primary
Lilleshall Primary
Meadows Primary
Millbrook Primary
Moorfield Primary
Muxton Primary
Newdale Primary
Newport CE Juniors School
Old Park Primary
Queenswood Primary
Randlay Primary
St. Luke’s Catholic Primary
St. Patrick’s Catholic Primary
St. Peters, Bratton
St. Peter’s CofE Primary School
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary
Short Wood Primary
Teagues Bridge Primary
Windmill Primary
Wombridge Primary
Wrekin View Primary
Wrockwardine Wood CE Junior
Oversubscription policy - Candidates will only be considered eligible for admission if they pass the 11+ exams.
Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:
Looked After Children/Previously Looked After Children who achieve the qualifying score by rank order of standardised score;
Boys in receipt of Pupil Premium, including children of service families, on the date of their Entrance Exam. The required academic standard will be 5% lower for Pupil Premium boys.
Boys who are on roll on the date of the Entrance Exam at one of the primary schools on the designated list.
Rank order according to the result of the entrance test (assuming the applicant hasreached the required academic standard). In the event of a tie-break, to decide which of two equally scoring children are admitted the school will use distance from the school
