Secondary
The Thomas Adams School
Lowe Hill, Wem, Shrewsbury, SY4 5UB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1214 of 1336 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.0
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- Yes
- Trust
- THE 3-18 EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 86.4
- Pupils per adult
- 14.2
- Pupils
- 1,226
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected September 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
36%
2 points below the Shrewsbury average (38% across 7 schools)
43.4
0.1 below the Shrewsbury average (43.5 across 7 schools)
5th of 7 by our score, among the secondary schools in Shrewsbury we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.74 |
| Entered the EBacc | 52% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% |
| A level average points per entry | 32.17 |
| A level students | 69 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 45% |
| 22/23 | 32% |
| 23/24 | 27% |
| 24/25 | 36% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.0 |
| 22/23 | 28.1 |
| 23/24 | 29.7 |
| 24/25 | 32.2 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.16 |
| 22/23 | -0.38 |
| 23/24 | -0.50 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 50.6 |
| 22/23 | 43.0 |
| 23/24 | 42.3 |
| 24/25 | 43.4 |
Lowe Hill, Wem, Shrewsbury, SY4 5UB
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Shropshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mark Cooper
- Address
- Lowe Hill, Wem, Shrewsbury, SY4 5UB
- Telephone
- 01939237000