Haberdashers' Adams

Haberdashers’ Adams has shown a strong overall performance, being graded as 'Good' across multiple domains since its last inspection took place nine years ago, when it was deemed 'Outstanding'. The school excels in creating a supportive environment where students thrive academically and emotionally, encouraged by a robust house system that fosters a sense of belonging. The commitment of staff to both academic success and pastoral care is evident, with students exhibiting outstanding behavior and a desire to learn. Significant parental support adds to the positive school atmosphere.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate outstanding behavior and a strong desire to learn.
• The school provides high levels of academic and pastoral care.
• The curriculum is well planned and sequenced in many subjects.
• Teachers are highly knowledgeable and use effective teaching methods.
• Pupils with SEND are well supported, with individual needs recognized.
• There are numerous extracurricular activities available for students.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects at key stage 3, the curriculum is not coherently planned.
• The relationships and sex education (RSE) curriculum is not well sequenced or delivered.
• Trustees and governors have not sufficiently held leaders accountable for aspects of personal development.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Haberdashers' Adams attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 15.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.0% of pupils at Haberdashers' Adams were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Haberdashers' Adams had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 10.4% of pupils at Haberdashers' Adams were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Haberdashers' Adams received £8,984 and spent £8,977 for each of its 1,072 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £626,000 (£584 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of Haberdashers' West Midlands Academies Trust, income was £8,982 and spending £9,205 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Haberdashers' Adams is part of Haberdashers' West Midlands Academies Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• Haberdashers' Abraham Darby Telford

What is Haberdashers' Adams's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Haberdashers' Adams is Good, from an inspection in June 2022.

When was Haberdashers' Adams last inspected by Ofsted?

Haberdashers' Adams was last inspected in June 2022.

How many pupils does Haberdashers' Adams have?

Haberdashers' Adams has 1,090 pupils on roll.

What age range does Haberdashers' Adams cover?

Haberdashers' Adams for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Haberdashers' Adams's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 73.9, and 97% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Haberdashers' Adams?

Haberdashers' Adams is at High Street, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 7BD.