The Thomas Adams School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
8.619 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Thomas Adams School is a secondary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 September 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Thomas Adams School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 8.619 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place for 2026 lived 8.619 miles away, the 6th shortest of 19 Shropshire secondary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2023.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 237 first-choice applications for 207 offers; 203 offers went to first-choice families, and 34 first-choice families (14%) were not offered a place.
- GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above: 36% in 2024/25 (England 45%), the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Shropshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Shropshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Lowe Hill, Wem, Shrewsbury, SY4 5UB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,214 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 September 2023
Strengths
- “Thomas Adams is a warm, friendly and vibrant school.”
- “This is evident in the positive relationships that exist between staff and pupils.”
- “The school sets high expectations for what it wants pupils to achieve and works hard to help nurture individual talents and interests.”
To improve
- “However, on some occasions, teachers do not use questioning consistently well to check pupils’ understanding before moving on.”
- “This can allow gaps in knowledge or misconceptions to go undetected.”
- “However, in some instances, teachers do not adapt tasks effectively to take account of pupils with SEND or those who speak English as an additional language.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.4 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 237 first-preference applications, 207 offers in total, 203 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Shropshire.
- The Corbet School 6.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sir John Talbot's School 7.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Lakelands Academy 7.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shrewsbury Academy 8.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Belvidere School 10.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Grove School 11.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Priory School 11.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Meole Brace School 11.6 mi Good Last distance published