Adcote School for GirlsShrewsbury High School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Shrewsbury.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Adcote School for Girls and Shrewsbury High School.

  • Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 51.7 for Adcote School for Girls and 65.6 for Shrewsbury High School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Adcote School for Girls (56.2 in 2021-22, 51.7 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Shrewsbury High School (67.3 in 2021-22, 65.6 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Adcote School for Girls versus Shrewsbury High School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ShrewsburyAdcote School for GirlsShrewsbury High SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our score Not scored Not scored
Local rankingNot rankedNot ranked
InspectionIndependent SchoolIndependent School
School typeOther independent school Other independent school
Age range4-18 4-20
GenderGirls Mixed
Pupils on roll178 309
Capacity278 725
LocationShrewsbury, SY4 2JY SY1 1TN
GCSE results
Attainment 851.7 65.6 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths38.1% 73.8% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths66.7% 95.2% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc4.8% 38.1% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score3.41 5.70 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort21 42
A-level results
A-level entries15 34
A-level average points42.4 Stronger figure34.5 35.0
A-level average gradeB+ C+
Best 3 A-levels points45.2 Stronger figure35.0 35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects42.9% Stronger figure12.1% 17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census197 338
Free school meals (ever 6)0.0% 0.0%
SEN support19.8% 12.4%
SEN with an EHC plan0.5% 1.5%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

A-level average points

Pupils on roll

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