Haberdashers’ Adams is celebrating a major milestone in opening up access to local families with record numbers of local children gaining entry into Year 7. Since revising its Admissions Policy in 2021, to prioritise pupils from thirty-six primary schools across Telford and Wrekin (including all seven in TF10), the number of local pupils at the school has steadily increased.
There are 150 places available at Haberdashers’ Adams for entry in Year 7, of which 135 are for day pupils. Over the past three years, intake from the seven TF10 schools has almost doubled - rising from 20 pupils in 2022 to 38 in this year’s cohort - over one quarter of the total intake. In total, 77 pupils in the Year 7 intake of 2025 come from one of the thirty-six Telford & Wrekin primary schools named in the Admissions Policy.
Increased engagement with local schools and families has raised awareness of all that Haberdashers’ Adams has to offer. Pupils in local primary schools have been invited to secondary school taster sessions, music and drama performances and sports festivals. Teachers from Haberdashers’ Adams have visited local primary schools to deliver lessons in French, geography, maths and science while a number of Sixth Form pupils volunteer once a week in local primary schools.
Mr Biggins, Headteacher from September 2025, said: “This is wonderful news. More local children means a greater sense of community, with pupils able to enjoy the broad range of extra-curricular activities offered after school at Haberdashers’ Adams. This is something we have been working to achieve since changing our Admissions Policy in 2021.”
To gain entry to Adams, children must pass the 11+ Entrance Test, held annually in September of Year 6. Children who attend one of the 36 Telford & Wrekin primary schools listed in the Admissions Policy - which includes all primary schools in the TF10 postcode - are then prioritised during the admissions process.
