The Corbet School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Shrewsbury, SY4 2AX
- Distance
- 10.9km away
The Thomas Adams School
Lowe Hill, Wem, Shrewsbury, SY4 5UB
Local ranking10th of 20 secondary schools in Shropshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1336
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 13 September 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 61.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 207
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Higher education
- 48.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 24.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
32.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
69
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 13.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 173
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1207
- Boys
- 569 (47%)
- Girls
- 645 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1336 (91% full)
- SEND
- 13.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.8%
- EAL
- 5.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.7%
- SEN Support
- 11.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,684/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- Boarding school
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.2%
- White Other: 3.8%
- Black African: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Black Other: 0.6%
- Other: 0.6%
89.2%
White British
3.8%
White Other
1.4%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Lowe Hill
Shrewsbury, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 147508
- UKPRN
- 10085594
- Establishment No.
- 4503
- Trust
- THE 3-18 EDUCATION TRUST
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