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

Pupil Welfare

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Pupils are at the heart.

Years after leaving Haberdashers’ Adams a chance meeting occurs between two individuals who become aware that they were both previously pupils at the school. Upon discovering this information, the next question is guaranteed: “What House are you in?”  Note that the tense of the question refers to the present, rather than the past, despite the participants of the conversation having left the school many years ago.

This question, and its’ tense in particular, encapsulates pupil welfare at Haberdashers’ Adams. While it is our goal to ensure that when young people leave the school they do so ready to take the next steps in their life, it is also our goal that they feel they never truly leave the school behind. Indeed, many new pupils often report that they feel more of an affinity to our school within months of joining than they did to a previous one they had been a part of for years.

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Outreach

Haberdashers’ Adams has a role to play not just as a school but as a key part of our community. That is not just our geographical community of Newport and the surrounding area, but also as part of the Haberdashers community including our trust partner Haberdashers’ Abraham Darby Academy.

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SEN

Haberdashers’ Adams believes that all teachers are teachers of pupils with Special Educational Needs and have a responsibility to meet those needs with the advice and support of the SENCo and Heads of House. Pupils with Special Educational Needs are fully integrated into the life of the school, enabling them to maximise their potential as learners and experience and contribute to the social and cultural activities of the school.

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Pupil Premium

Haberdashers’ Adams prides itself on supporting all pupils and one of its key aims is to boost social mobility in the local area. One of the ways we do this is through our strategy for children in receipt of Pupil and Service Premium.

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Parents

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Policies & Key Documents

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