Graded inspection · May 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Telford and WrekinSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry558 applications · 135 places offered · 285 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 4.1; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.5
- 2025 3.3; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.2
- 2024 3.1; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.5
- 2023 1.9; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.4
- 2022 1.7; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.1
- 2021 1.9; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.7
- 2020 2.2; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.9
- 2019 2.7; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.4
- 2018 2.5; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.7
- 2017 2.2; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.5
- 2016 2.1; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.7
- 2015 2.1; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.9
- 2014 2.5; Telford and Wrekin median median 2.9
- This school
- Telford and Wrekin median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 135 | 558 | 4.1 | 285 | 2.11 |
| Sep 2025 | 132 | 429 | 3.3 | 228 | 1.73 |
| Sep 2024 | 133 | 408 | 3.1 | 207 | 1.56 |
| Sep 2023 | 132 | 244 | 1.9 | 175 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2022 | 134 | 225 | 1.7 | 171 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2021 | 128 | 237 | 1.9 | 167 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2020 | 104 | 231 | 2.2 | 179 | 1.72 |
| Sep 2019 | 101 | 269 | 2.7 | 208 | 2.06 |
| Sep 2018 | 99 | 248 | 2.5 | 171 | 1.73 |
| Sep 2017 | 103 | 223 | 2.2 | 159 | 1.54 |
| Sep 2016 | 101 | 209 | 2.1 | 153 | 1.51 |
| Sep 2015 | 109 | 227 | 2.1 | 164 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2014 | 98 | 242 | 2.5 | 183 | 1.87 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 147 | 73.9 | 97% | 99% | – |
| 2024/25 | 149 | 71.8 | 95% | 99% | – |
| 2023/24 | 143 | 71.2 | 95% | 99% | +0.46 |
| 2022/23 | 121 | 73.7 | 98% | 100% | +0.40 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Haberdashers' AdamsThis schoolThis schoolGood20224.1applications per place 73.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.7 km · Telford and WrekinOutstanding20223.7applications per place 74.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.9 km · Telford and WrekinRequires improvement20211.6applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · Telford and WrekinRequires improvement20221.4applications per place 35.0Attainment 8
- 9.7 km · Telford and WrekinRemains Good20233.5applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 10.1 km · Telford and WrekinRemains Good · improving20223.2applications per place 47.0Attainment 8
- 10.9 km · ShropshireGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 11.3 km · Telford and Wrekin20262.6applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 12.5 km · Telford and WrekinGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137446 · 894/5400
- Trust
- Haberdashers' West Midlands Academies Trust
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,126 pupils · 1,090 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Adams' Grammar School (URN 123593)
- Address
- High Street, Newport, TF10 7BD
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources