Adcote School for Girls
Other independent school · Girls · Shropshire
Little Ness, Shrewsbury, SY4 2JY
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
178
Capacity used
Has space64%
278 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 4–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Nicola Tribe
- Address
- Little Ness, Shrewsbury, SY4 2JY
- Phone
- 01939260202
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Ward / constituency
- Loton · Shrewsbury
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 123602
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
178 pupils · 278 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 50.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 70% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 85% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.26 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 36.12 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 38.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 66.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 4.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.41 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 21 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 42.39 | 35 |
| Average grade | B+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 42.9% | 17% |
| A-level students | 15 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 21 | 19% | 43% | 71% | |
| English Language | 21 | 43% | 81% | 86% | |
| English Literature | 21 | 24% | 67% | 90% | |
| Biology | 20 | 15% | 55% | 80% | |
| Physics | 15 | 20% | 53% | 80% | |
| Chemistry | 12 | 17% | 50% | 100% | |
| Drama | 10 | 30% | 80% | 90% | |
| Art and Design | 10 | 10% | 80% | 100% | |
| Geography | 9 | 33% | 89% | 100% | |
| History | 8 | 38% | 75% | 88% | |
| Business | 6 | 0% | 83% | 83% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 6 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 13 | 8% | 46% | 46% | |
| Chinese | 8 | 88% | 100% | 100% | |
| Biology | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Economics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Psychology | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Art and Design | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Polish | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Spanish | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 12580: Adcote School for Girls
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.