Welcome

I am delighted to have this opportunity to introduce Haberdashers’ Adams to you and thank you for expressing an interest in our school.

 

I firmly believe that any school should be the sum of the parts. This is especially true of Adams. On the pages of this site you will hopefully get a glimpse of what we have to offer and appreciate our values and what we stand for. Our philosophy is simple and hasn’t changed much for many years: we want to develop confident, articulate young men and women who are interesting, balanced and who care for each other.

 

We think we offer an outstanding learning experience but we are so much more than just our examination results. Although we do pride ourselves on our academic success, the outcome of a school should never be measured only in statistical summaries, but rather it is the journey as well as the destination of our pupils that is key to our success. This means we focus on many aspects of the development of our young people – we recognise the importance of developing a strong sense of belonging and believe in educating the whole person and teaching traditional values. By encouraging pupils to take part in the wide variety of activities available, we can nurture their leadership qualities, promote high moral values and encourage excellent communication skills. We want our pupils to be simultaneously competitive, co-operative and caring, as this will ultimately prepare them for life.

 

At Adams we have high standards and we expect the same of our pupils; we want them to be ambitious for their own development, and apply themselves to their studies with intellectual curiosity and academic endeavour. The celebration of success is important to us and we take every opportunity to commend our pupils for their achievements, whether they be at house, school, regional or national level. Our pupils are an inspiration to others around them.

 

Education is a lifelong journey, and we have the privilege of being able to prepare young men and women for the next part of that journey. If you share our values and aims and are interested in learning more about Adams then I invite you to pay us a visit, meet some of our inspirational pupils and spend some time with us in school.

Gary Hickey
headmaster

Gary Hickey

Our Alumni

Our ONs love to stay in touch through the years. Often reuniting at the school.

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Always here to welcome you back.

Our alumni – known as Old Novaportans or ONs – are a vital part of our school community and we are proud of everything they have achieved. We keep in regular contact with many former pupils and they offer us support with their time, skills and experience, as well as helping us financially during our fundraising campaigns to improve our facilities and opportunities for our students.

They offer up-to-date advice on applying to the UK’s leading universities as well as careers advice for a huge range of professions. We are very lucky that many of our ONs return for annual events such as UCAS Preparation Week and the Careers Fair and we are very grateful to them for giving up their time.

 

We also regularly welcome ONs back for reunion events, which is a testament to the enduring friendships that are made here at Adams. ONs are welcome to come and visit the school to chat with former teachers and see how the school has changed since they left either individually or with their year group.

If you are an ON, you can register for our dedicated alumni portal – ONs Connect – to get in contact with old school friends, find mentor ONs, share your news and memories, hear about relevant events and to receive our termly newsletters. Below are some names of people who you may have heard of already who are alumni of Adams:

Our Alumni

Richard Burge 
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Radzi Chinyanganya 
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Jeremy Corbyn 
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Ben Gernon 
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Eliot Higgins 
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Nick Jenkins
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Old Novaportans get in touch!

We regularly welcome ONs back for reunion events, which is a testament to the enduring friendships that are made here at Haberdashers’ Adams. ONs are welcome to come and visit the school to chat with former teachers and see how the school has changed since they left either individually or with their year group. If you are an ON, you can register for our dedicated alumni portal – ONs Connect – to get in contact with old school friends, find mentor ONs, share your news and memories, hear about relevant events and to receive our termly newsletters.

ONs Connect

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Careers

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