Haberdashers' Adams
About the school
Haberdashers' Adams is a state-funded grammar school in West Midlands.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 10 May 2022
- Published
- 27 June 2022
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 71.8
- Telford and Wrekin
- 44.2
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Telford and Wrekin
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 94.60%
- Telford and Wrekin
- 39.20%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 98.70%
- Telford and Wrekin
- 58.50%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 69.80%
- Telford and Wrekin
- 44.10%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 6.7
- Telford and Wrekin
- 3.91
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- B
Average A-level points
- School
- 41.26
AAB or better
- School
- 32.30%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1072
Girls
9.14%
Boys
90.86%
SEN support
8.58%
Education, health and care plan
0.28%
English as an additional language
13.20%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
5.75%
Overall absence
4.92
Persistent absence
15.61
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
121
Sustained education or employment
99%
Education
98%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
0%
Not sustained
0%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
178
Sustained education or employment
86%
Higher education
61%
Further education
0%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
16%
Admissions
Haberdashers' Adams is a selective school which admits both boarding and day pupils. In 2022, Haberdashers' Adams was downgraded to Good by Ofsted. Ofsted noted that the "effectiveness of leadership and management requires improvement" and that staff "are not receiving effective regular supervision". The school was not compliant with regard to a number of safeguarding principles, including failure to fulfil the basic safer recruitment of staff and volunteers. In relation to the boarding provision, Ofsted recognised in February 2026 that the school meets all the national minimum standards for boarding schools and meets the requirements for the grading: good. “Boarders told inspectors that they enjoy boarding and feel happy and safe”. The school has been scored as average with a Progress 8 score of −0.02 by the Department for Education.