Haberdashers' Adams vs Newport Girls' High School Academy
Both are grammar schools in Telford and Wrekin, 0.4 miles apart. Side-by-side on official DfE, Ofsted and council admissions data.
Side by side
| Haberdashers' Adams | Newport Girls' High School Academy | |
|---|---|---|
| Phase | Secondary | Secondary |
| Gender | Mixed | Girls |
| Pupils on roll | 1,072 | 836 |
| Free school meals | 3.4% | 6.4% |
| Ofsted rating | Good | Outstanding |
| Attainment 8 — 2024/25 | 71.8 | 75.3 |
| A-level average points — 2024/25 | 41.26 | 41.84 |
| 11+ test board | GL Assessment | GL Assessment |
| Admission system | pass/fail then criteria order | pass/fail then criteria order |
| Places offered — 202627 | 135 | 119 |
| First preferences per place — higher means more competition for a first-preference place | 2.11 | 1.91 |
Qualifying scores
Haberdashers' Adams
No fixed published pass mark for this school. It uses the shared West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test, but sets its own qualifying and priority thresholds annually from the shared result (the published 205 qualifying / 224 priority figures apply to the Birmingham King Edward VI Foundation schools, not automatically here).
Newport Girls' High School Academy
No fixed published pass mark for this school. It uses the shared West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test, but sets its own qualifying and priority thresholds annually from the shared result (the published 205 qualifying / 224 priority figures apply to the Birmingham King Edward VI Foundation schools, not automatically here).
Who gets priority
Where a school is oversubscribed, these are the first criteria applied, in order. This is usually what decides an application.
Haberdashers' Adams
- Looked After/Previously Looked After Children
- Pupil Premium/Service Premium children, qualifying score no more than 5% below the general qualifying score
- Children on roll at one of 35 named designated primary schools (Newport/TF10 area and wider Telford & Wrekin), by rank o
- Remaining places by rank order of entrance-test score
Source: school admissions policy.
Newport Girls' High School Academy
- Stage 1: Looked After/Previously Looked After Children scoring ≥95% of the qualifying score
- Stage 2: Up to 15 places for Pupil Premium girls at a listed Telford & Wrekin primary school, scoring ≥95% of the qualif
- Stage 3: Girls within the publicised Newport boundary area achieving the qualifying score, ranked by score
- Stage 4: All other girls (UK-wide or abroad) achieving the qualifying score, ranked by score
Source: school admissions policy.
Choosing between them
Haberdashers' Adams is a mixed school and Newport Girls' High School Academy is a girls school, so for many families the starting point is which one can admit their child. The figures on this page are the published ones — they describe intakes and results, not what either school would be like for your child. The right choice depends on your family's own priorities and circumstances.
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