Editing Haberdashers' Adams

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 | address                 = [[High Street]]
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 | publication             = ''The Novaportan'';<br />
''The Eighth-hour''
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'''Haberdashers' Adams Grammar School''' is a selective state [[grammar school]] for high-achieving boys and girls aged 11–18 with boarding for boys, located in [[Newport, Shropshire]], offering day and boarding education.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.adamsgs.org.uk/hrh-prince-edward-opens-new-facilities/ |title=adamsgs.org.uk |access-date=17 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829033658/http://www.adamsgs.org.uk/hrh-prince-edward-opens-new-facilities/ |archive-date=29 August 2017 |url-status = dead }}</ref> As of 2024, boarding fees are £14,553 per year for years 7-11 and £15,954 per year for Sixth Form.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-24 |title=Fees {{!}} Haberdashers' Adams |url=https://www.adamsgs.uk/fees/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |language=en-US}}</ref> Haberdashers' Adams was founded in 1656 by [[William Adams (Haberdasher)|William Adams]], a wealthy member of the [[Worshipful Company of Haberdashers]] (one of the [[Great Twelve City Livery Companies|Great Twelve Livery Companies]] of the [[City of London]]). In January 2018, the school changed its name from Adams' Grammar School to Haberdashers' Adams.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Growcott |first=Matthew |date=2017-12-01 |title=Adams' Grammar school in Newport to change name to Haberdashers' Adams |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/education/2017/12/01/adams-grammar-school-in-newport-to-change-name-to-haberdashers-adams/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=www.shropshirestar.com |language=en}}</ref> In July 2022, the school announced that it would become fully co-educational, starting from September 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Panter |first=Matthew |date=2022-07-08 |title=Historic Newport school set to offer education to girls from 11 |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/education/2022/07/08/historic-newport-school-set-to-offer-education-to-girls-from-11/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=www.shropshirestar.com |language=en}}</ref>

==History{{anchor|Haberdashers' Adams Grammar School, Newport Act 1660}}==
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[[File:Oliver Cromwell by Robert Walker.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, granted permission to Alderman Adams for the school's foundation]]

Haberdashers' Adams was founded in 1656 by [[Court of Aldermen|Alderman]] [[William Adams (Haberdasher)|William Adams]],<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-1912/pp99-106 www.british-history.ac.uk]</ref> a wealthy [[City of London]] merchant and [[haberdasher]]''',''' who was born in Newport. Adams had no children and never married, so therefore decided to leave a bequest for the foundation of the school, which was first opened on 25 March 1656, during the politically unstable and volatile period of the [[English Interregnum]]. Having received permission from [[Oliver Cromwell]] to found the school, Adams sought to further ensure the school's continued existence by appointing the [[Livery company#Governance|Master and Wardens]] of the [[Worshipful Company of Haberdashers|Haberdashers' Company]] as [[school governor|governors]] in perpetuity.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.haberdashers.co.uk/content.php?p=church-and-almshouses |title=haberdashers.co.uk |access-date=17 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711211406/http://www.haberdashers.co.uk/content.php?p=church-and-almshouses |archive-date=11 July 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As one of the few schools founded during the Interregnum period, the school's articles of foundation were reconfirmed by [[Act of Parliament]] in 1660 ([[12 Cha. 2]]. c. ''12''), upon the [[Restoration (England)|Restoration of the Monarchy]]; a copy of which is held in the [[Archives|school archives]].

Adams endowed the school with a large agricultural {{convert|900|acre|km2|adj=on}} estate at [[Knighton, Stafford, Staffordshire|Knighton]] in [[Staffordshire]],<ref>[http://www.haberdashersarms.com/ www.haberdashersarms.com]</ref> providing income for future generations; as a result of this, Knighton was exempt from all land taxes until 1990.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Taylor |first=David & Ruth |title=Mr Adams' Free Grammar School |publisher=Phillimore & co Ltd |year=2002 |isbn=1860772218 |pages=15}}</ref> The school was endowed with 1,400 books soon after its foundation, which at the time represented one of the largest school [[Library|libraries]] in England. Only seven of these books are still in the school's ownership, with the rest having been sold at various times when the school has suffered financial hardship.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

The Knighton estate was eventually sold off in several portions over the course of the twentieth century, and the proceeds of the final sale were used by the Haberdashers' Company to purchase [[Longford Hall, Shropshire|Longford Hall]] as a boarding house for the school.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Haberdashers' Adams developed slowly, and did not expand beyond its original building, now known as ''Big School'', until the turn of the last century, when ''Main School'' (also known as the ''S-Block'') was built in the 1920s. Over the course of the next 90 years Adams' expanded rapidly, acquiring a number of buildings on Lower Bar in Newport for use as boarding houses; this in turn greatly expanded the school's town centre site. In the 1960s a new science block, connected to Main School was built, whilst a senior boarding master's house was created on land adjacent to Big School. During this period the school also built a new [[gym]]nasium, which was subsequently converted into a [[theatre]] in the mid-2000s. It has since been converted into a Sixth Form Common area following the construction of the New music block. 

During the [[World War I|First World War]], 362 Old Novaportans (former pupils) served in the [[British Armed Forces|Armed Forces]], of whom 45 died and 77 survived wounded. After the War a memorial fund was set up to assist the sons of the deceased, and an appeal raised £1,000. A tablet listing those who died was unveiled in the Main School building in 1921. In 1948, the Old Boys' Club erected another tablet alongside this to those who died in the [[World War II|Second World War]].  Both memorials are now displayed in the School Library.<ref>{{cite book|last=Francis|first=Peter|title=Shropshire War Memorials, Sites of Remembrance|year=2013|publisher=YouCaxton Publications|page=67|isbn=978-1-909644-11-3}}</ref>

In the modern era, the school's status has been expressed in a number of statutory arrangements. In 1950 the school became a [[voluntary aided school]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haberdashers.co.uk/content.php?p=adams-federation |title=Haberdashers Company |publisher=Haberdashers.co.uk |date=2011-09-01 |access-date=2016-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925090516/http://www.haberdashers.co.uk/content.php?p=adams-federation |archive-date=25 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> then after a brief spell as a [[grant-maintained school]] in the 1980s, Adams again faced threat of closure or conversion to co-educational comprehensive status in the early 1990s; this was avoided by a successful campaign, organised by parents and governors, against the wishes of [[Shropshire County Council]]. In the late 1990s and 2000s Haberdashers' Adams again enjoyed [[Voluntary aided school|voluntary-aided status]]; throughout its history the [[Worshipful Company of Haberdashers|Haberdashers' Company]] has been key in supporting the school's vision and offering financial support for some of the more ambitious construction projects.

In 1993, girls were admitted to the [[sixth form]] for the first time, bringing to an end Haberdashers' Adams' long tradition of educating boys only. The 1990s also saw the construction of the Wood and Taylor Centres for the study of [[design technology]] and [[maths]]. The Maths block has since been changed to an English block following the construction of the new Paddock block, reflecting the school's status in the later 1990s as a [[technology college]]. In the early 2000s, the school began to raise funds for the construction of a new state-of-the-art [[Sports complex|sports hall]] and [[Health club|fitness suite]] to replace dilapidated facilities. The Paddock Block was constructed in 2019 to contain Maths, Art and a new hall was built to accommodate the expansion of the school to include the new Sa'adu house. 

In 2002, a [[history]] of the school by former [[headmaster]] David Taylor and his wife, Ruth, was published.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Rob |date=2020-05-14 |title=Newport grammar school stalwart dies |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/telford/newport/2020/05/14/newport-grammar-school-stalwart-dies/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=www.shropshirestar.com |language=en}}</ref> [[File:Longford Hall, Shropshire.jpg|thumb|left|
Longford Hall
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[[File:Earliest representation of Adams Grammar.jpg|right|thumb|The oldest known sketch of ''Big School'' by Francis Perry (d.1765)]]
The late 2000s saw the school celebrate its 350th anniversary (in 2006), completion of a new science block and conversion of the former gymnasium into a performing arts centre (this, in turn, was converted into a Sixth Form Centre, which opened in 2013). The dilapidated music department was condemned for health and safety reasons in 2006; The Coach House, on Salters Lane, which backs onto the school grounds, was acquired by the Haberdashers' Company and converted into a new music department, which opened in 2013 alongside the new Sixth Form Centre.

In 2007, Haberdashers' Adams' Federation Trust (HAFT) was created in order to join Adams' Grammar School with the re-built Abraham Darby School (which later became Haberdashers' Abraham Darby Academy) in a loose federation. Under this trust, both schools would share the same board of governors. In September 2011, Adams' Grammar School was converted into an academy under the 2010 Academies Act and the federation was amended so that both schools would be combined under the ownership of HAFT.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://haft.org.uk/history.html |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=haft.org.uk}}</ref> HAFT was later renamed as Haberdashers' West Midlands Academies Trust.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Governance |url=http://haft.org.uk/governance.html |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=haft.org.uk}}</ref> In September 2023, the Haberdashers' West Midlands Academies Trust was joined by [[Castle House School]], an independent preparatory day school in Newport, which subsequently became known as Haberdashers' Castle House.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Dominic |date=2023-09-25 |title=Headteacher speaks of opportunities ahead as Newport school joins Haberdashers' family |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/education/2023/09/25/headteacher-speaks-of-opportunities-ahead-after-school-joins-haberdashers-family/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.shropshirestar.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 2014, the school was publicly criticised by a former pupil who claimed that there was a culture of racism, sexism, and homophobia among students and staff and that "the fundamental doctrine that Adams' taught was that we should define ourselves by our perceived superiority to others". This was disputed strongly by the school's headmaster along with a number of former students.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-10-14 |title=Racism, sexism and homophobia claim over top Shropshire grammar school |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/education/2014/10/14/racism-sexism-and-homophobia-claim-over-top-shropshire-grammar-school/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=www.shropshirestar.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-10-15 |title=Pupils hit back at old boy's claims over Shropshire grammar school |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/education/2014/10/15/pupils-hit-back-at-old-boys-claims-over-shropshire-grammar-school/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=www.shropshirestar.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 2018, headmaster Gary Hickey changed the school's name from Adams' Grammar School to Haberdashers' Adams. This was reportedly done in order to reflect the school's "historic links" with the [[Worshipful Company of Haberdashers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/HabsAdamsGS/photos/a.485980004851232.1073741828.398205813628652/1488883704560852/?type=3&theater |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/398205813628652/1488883704560852 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Haberdashers' Adams|via=Facebook|access-date=2018-01-17}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2023, a decision was announced that girls would be admitted into year 7 for the first time, and in September 2024, the first intake of year 7 girls started studying at the school. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/telford/newport/2023/01/23/here-come-the-girls-400-year-old-grammar-school-in-shropshire-decides-to-go-fully-co-educational/ |title=Here come the girls: 400 year old grammar school in Shropshire decides to go fully co-educational |date=23 January 2023 }}</ref>

== Admissions and performance==
Haberdashers' Adams is a [[selective school]] which admits both [[boarding school|boarding]] and [[day pupil]]s.

===Academic performance===
In 2022, Haberdashers' Adams was downgraded to Good by Ofsted. Ofsted noted that the "effectiveness of leadership and management requires improvement" and that staff "are not receiving effective regular supervision". The school was not compliant with regard to a number of safeguarding principles, including failure to fulfil the basic safer recruitment of staff and volunteers. In relation to the boarding provision, Ofsted noted that the school "does not meet the national minimum standards for boarding schools relating to staffing and supervision and complaints.<ref>https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50187410 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> The school has been scored as average with a Progress 8 score of −0.02 by the [[Department for Education]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/137446|title=Adams' Grammar School – GOV.UK|website=compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk|access-date=2016-12-22}}</ref> 

== School life ==
[[File:Adams' - Big School.png|right|thumb|''Big School'' and its front lawn as seen from the High Street, Newport]]
As of November 2016 the headmaster is Gary Hickey, who was previously deputy headmaster of the school.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.adamsgs.org.uk/new-headmaster-appointed/ |title=adamsgs.org.uk |access-date=17 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117153740/http://www.adamsgs.org.uk/new-headmaster-appointed/ |archive-date=17 November 2016 |url-status = dead }}</ref> He is set to be replaced as headmaster by the current Deputy Head for student welfare, Daniel Biggins, in September 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powell |first=Luke |date=2024-11-17 |title=Newport school appoints new headteacher who wants pupils to 'excel in the classroom' |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2024/11/17/school-appoints-new-headteacher-who-wants-pupils-to-excel-in-the-classroom/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.expressandstar.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== House system ===
Haberdashers' Adams operates an extra-curricular [[house system]] and is the basis of inter-house sports competitions, traditionally a source of pride for pupils of their respective houses (all named after Shropshire-born notables):

* ''Owen House'', named after [[Wilfred Owen]], one of the leading poets of the [[First World War]] (born near [[Oswestry]]) sports [[scarlet (color)|scarlet]] as its colours. This house was called Clive House after [[Clive of India|Robert Clive of India]] until 2021 when it was renamed after [[Robert Clive#Criticism|criticism arose of Robert Clive]] in light of the [[George Floyd protests]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Newport Haberdashers' Adams School to drop Clive House name |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-53335571 |access-date=18 July 2020 |publisher=BBC News|date=8 July 2020}}</ref>
* ''Darwin House'', traditionally sports [[royal blue]] and is named after [[Shrewsbury]]-born [[Charles Darwin]], the celebrated 19th-century naturalist.
* ''Talbot House'', the last of the three original "Salopian" houses, traditionally displays black and white (arranged in hoops, ''e.g.'' on rugby jerseys) as its sporting colours; it is named after [[Whitchurch, Shropshire|Whitchurch]]-born [[John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury|"Old Talbot" (Sir John Talbot, ''later'' Earl of Shrewsbury)]] of the famous local [[Earl of Shrewsbury#Second creation, 1442|Talbot family]] and one of the foremost English [[military commander]]s of the [[Hundred Years War|French medieval wars]].
* ''Webb House'', was founded in 1994 by Robert Mulhern and assumed [[emerald green]] as its distinguishing colours; it is named after [[Dawley]]-born merchant naval officer and accomplished swimmer, [[Captain Matthew Webb]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2013/12/landmarks-and-memorials-of-open-water.html |date=25 December 2013 |title=Landmarks, Monuments, Memorials of Open Water Swimmers |author=Daily News of Open Water Swimming}}</ref> 
* ''Sa'adu House'', the newest house being announced in 2020 and being formed in the school year starting 2021, named after NHS worker and Old Novaportan who died during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Alfa Sa'adu, assuming [[purple]] as its house colour.

Throughout the academic year there are many house events at Haberdashers' Adams, revolving around the arts, sports or academic subjects. These include the House Music Competition; Dixon Cup, which covers drama and public speaking; Smedley Cup and House 7s, which are both rugby competitions; and other sports competitions such as House Cross Country and House Swimming. Intra-house geography, history, poetry and languages competitions also take place.

=== Boarding houses and student leadership ===
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[[File:Longford Hall and Grounds.JPG|left|thumb|Adams' ''Longford Hall'' site viewed from the 1st XV rugby pitch]]
The school owns a number of dedicated boarding houses. The present junior hall (Longford Hall) is located by the school's playing fields about a mile away. In 2017 the Haberdashers' enabled the school to purchase and re-furbish Beaumaris Court, a former care home, to become the school's new senior boarding house, Beaumaris Hall. This new facility replaced the three senior boys' boarding houses which were situated in large Georgian townhouses facing the High Street.

[[Longford Hall, Shropshire|Longford Hall]] was built in 1785 for Colonel Ralph Leeke, political agent to the [[British East India Company]]; the [[building]] was designed by [[Joseph Bonomi the Elder|Joseph Bonomi]], who was an associate of [[Robert Adam|Robert]] and [[James Adam (architect)|James Adam]].

[[File:Adams Grammar Sr Board.jpg|right|thumb|Adams' Georgian-era senior boarding houses near ''Big School'' on Lower Bar (in use until September 2017)]]
The [[mansion|hall]] is located on top of a low rise and overlooks farmland towards the [[Lilleshall|Lilleshall Monument]]. As with many such buildings, the first 100 feet in front of the hall comprises manicured grass, bordered by a [[Ha-ha (garden)|ha-ha]] to prevent animals from entering; today the ha-ha is best known amongst pupils for forming a part of the school's annual house cross-country course. There are a small series of formal gardens, including a "Quad". Behind the hall is a selection of buildings around a central square including a [[dovecote]], once part of the [[Estate (land)|estate's home farm]].

Upon entry into the school in year 7, boarders are assigned to dormitories; upon moving to Beaumaris Court boys are assigned to double or, in some cases, single rooms, when these are available.

=== Combined Cadet Force ===
The Haberdashers' Adams [[Combined Cadet Force|CCF]] is available to year 8 students and above, as a result of which the school sends many officer candidate students to [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Sandhurst]] and [[Royal Air Force College Cranwell]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} The CCF also plays a role in Newport civic life, parading every year on [[Remembrance Sunday]]. The CCF recruits each new school year in September or October from year 8 and, demand permitting, the Lower Sixth. Cadets generally [[passing out|pass out]] in May or June of the same year.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

The CCF has its own building where its stores are housed and [[Non-commissioned officer|NCO]] meetings take place. The CCF occasionally holds Overnight Exercises where battle drills and fieldcraft are practised; these are held either at [[Longford Hall, Shropshire|Longford Hall]], [[Nesscliffe Training Area]], [[ROF Swynnerton]] or Leak Military Base. In previous years CCF prepared for the Annual House CCF Competition, known as ''The Thompstone Trophy'', named after the eccentric former leader of the CCF Lt-Col Brian Thompstone; this entailed a Drill Competition, Shooting, Command Tasks, Memory Games, Forces-related Quizzes, Section Attacks, CQB and an [[Outward Bound|OBS]] course. This has not ran in recent years though. The CCF is inspected every two years (the Biennial Inspection) by a senior [[British Army|Army]] or [[RAF]] officer.

Both the Army and RAF sections of the CCF hold Summer Camps every year, visiting working military bases such as [[RAF Cranwell]] and [[Barry Buddon Training Area]]. Cadets can also attend Adventure Training Camps held annually at [[Llanbedr]] and [[Windermere]], Easter Camps at [[RAF Akrotiri]], Summer Camps at [[Ramstein Air Base]] and Leadership Courses at [[RAF Cranwell]], [[Nesscliffe Training Area]] or at [[Cadet Training Centre, Frimley Park|Frimley Park]]. Additionally, cadets also have the opportunity of attending special events such as the 65th D-Day Landing Commemorations and the Cadet 150 Celebrations.<ref>[http://www.adamsgs.org.uk/documents/pageDocuments/news/AGSNewsletterWeek13.pdf AGSNewsletter] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221045024/http://www.adamsgs.org.uk/documents/pageDocuments/news/AGSNewsletterWeek13.pdf |date=21 February 2011 }}</ref>

The CCF has recently undergone many changes and improvements such as the incorporation of a new front team position of responsibility within the school of the Senior Cadet in 2023.

===Sport===

Haberdashers' Adams has traditionally been a rugby school, and as such requires all boys play [[Rugby football|rugby]] through years seven and eight during the autumn and spring terms. Upon entry into year nine, pupils are presented with the option of continuing to play rugby, or switching to [[field hockey]]. [[Cricket]] and [[Sport of athletics|athletics]] are the main sports disciplines undertaken during the shorter summer term. In year 11 and the sixth form, boys are presented with a wider range of sporting options. With a few exceptions, all sporting events and training takes place at the school's Longford Hall playing fields. Haberdashers' Adams operates a system of games afternoons, by which each individual year group is assigned a specific day of the week to attend afternoon physical activity sessions at Longford.

== Old Novaportans ==
{{see also|Category:People educated at Adams' Grammar School}}
[[File:Old Novaportans Club shield.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Coat of arms]] long-used by AGS and latterly adopted by the Old Novaportan Club (''date unknown'')]]
The School supports the ''Old Novaportans' Club'' which organises reunions, dinners and sporting events throughout the year to which its members are invited.

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Former pupils are known as "'''Old Novaportans'''" (initialised as "'''ON'''").

=== Academia ===
*  [[Piers Corbyn]] (born 1947) – weather forecaster, businessman, activist, anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist
* [[Donald Court]] (1912–1994) – [[James Spence (surgeon)|James Spence]] Professor of Child Health at [[Newcastle University]] (1955–72) and former President of the [[Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health|British Paediatric Association]]<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-donald-court-1441336.html www.independent.co.uk]</ref>
* [[William Cureton]] (1808–1864) – orientalist
* [[Dave Goulson]] (born 1965) – professor of biology (evolution, behaviour and environment) at the [[University of Sussex]], expert on bumblebees and founder of the [[Bumblebee Conservation Trust]]
* [[Thomas Hollis (1720–1774)|Thomas Hollis]] (1720–1774) – benefactor of [[Harvard University]], political propagandist, patron of [[Canaletto]] among other artists
* [[Helmut Koenigsberger]] (1918–2014) – professor of history, [[King's College, London]], 1973–84, later emeritus.
* Sir [[Oliver Lodge]] (1851–1940)– inventor & first principal of [[Birmingham University]]
* [[James E. Quibell]] (1867–1935) – archaeologist and leading British Egyptologist
* [[Maurice Stacey]] (1907–94) – worked alongside Sir [[Norman Haworth]] to artificially synthesize vitamin C

=== Clergy ===
* [[Robert Charnock]] (1663–1696) –  Dean of [[Magdalen College, Oxford]], conspirator who planned to kill [[William III of England|King William III]]
* [[Charles Silvester Horne|Silvester Horne]] (1865–1914) – MP for [[Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)|Ipswich]], Congregationalist Minister, and father of [[Kenneth Horne]]
* [[Gerald Lander]] (1861–1934) – [[Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong]]
* [[Thomas Percy (bishop of Dromore)|Thomas Percy]] (1729–1811) – became [[Bishop of Dromore]], wrote ''[[Reliques of Ancient English Poetry]]'' in 1765

=== Media and arts ===
* [[M. J. Bassett]] – film director and scriptwriter
* [[Simon Bates]] (born 1946) – radio disc jockey
* [[Barrington J. Bayley]] (1937–2008) – science fiction writer
* [[Tom Brown (satirist)|Tom Brown]] (1662–1704) – satirist
* [[Radzi Chinyanganya]] (born 1987) – presenter of [[Blue Peter]] from 2013 to 2019<ref>{{cite news|title=Blue Peter's Radzi goes back to school in Newport|url=http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2013/12/05/blue-peters-radzi-goes-back-to-school-in-newport/|access-date=15 July 2014|work=Shropshire Star|date=5 December 2013}}</ref>
* [[Jerskin Fendrix]] (born 1995) – musician and [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominee for best original score for the film [[Poor Things (soundtrack)|Poor Things]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tooley |first=David |date=2024-01-25 |title=How drumming with spoons put a Market Drayton lad on the road to Oscar nomination |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/north-shropshire/market-drayton/2024/01/25/how-some-humble-spoons-helped-put-a-market-drayton-lad-on-the-road-to-an-oscar-nomination/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=shropshirestar.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Megan |date=2024-01-09 |title=From Newport grammar school to Golden Globes: Former Shropshire schoolboy nominated for blockbuster score |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/telford/newport/2024/01/09/from-newport-grammar-school-to-golden-globes-former-shropshire-schoolboy-nominated-for-blockbuster-score/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=shropshirestar.com}}</ref>
* [[Ewen Henderson (artist)|Ewen Henderson]] (1934–2000) – sculptor
* [[Eliot Higgins]] (born 1979) – investigative journalist, founder of [[Bellingcat]]
*[[Norman Jones (actor)|Norman Jones]] (1932–2013)
*[[Shini Muthukrishnan]] (born 2002) – 43rd presenter of Blue Peter since 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Megan |date=2024-01-17 |title=Former Shropshire student and TikTok star revealed as newest Blue Peter presenter |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/telford/newport/2024/01/17/former-shropshire-student-and-tiktok-star-revealed-as-newest-blue-peter-presenter/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=www.shropshirestar.com |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Official portrait of Jeremy Corbyn crop 2, 2020.jpg|thumb|Official portrait of Jeremy Corbyn MP]]

=== Politics & business ===
* [[Peter Butler (politician)|Peter Butler]] (born 1951) – former Conservative [[Member of parliament|MP]] for [[North East Milton Keynes (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Milton Keynes]] from 1992 to 1997, and current chief executive of Flying Scotsman plc
* [[Jeremy Corbyn]] (born 1949) – Independent [[Member of parliament|MP]] for [[Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Islington North]] since 1983, [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]] and [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|Leader of the Labour Party]] from 2015 to 2020<ref>{{Cite web|date = 12 September 2015|url=https://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2015-09-12/jeremy-corbyn-congratulated-by-former-shropshire-school |title=Jeremy Corbyn congratulated by former Shropshire school |work= Central – ITV News|access-date = 27 January 2021}}</ref>
* [[Nick Jenkins]] (born 1967) – chief executive of [[moonpig|moonpig.com]], former [[Glencore]] commodities trader.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/b82185de-23cb-11e5-bd83-71cb60e8f08c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/b82185de-23cb-11e5-bd83-71cb60e8f08c |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription|title=My first million – Nick Jenkins|newspaper=Financial Times|location=London|date=10 July 2015}}</ref>
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* [[John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower]] (1694–1754) – [[Lord Privy Seal]] 1742–54, and first senior Tory member of government since [[George I of Great Britain]]'s coronation in 1714
* [[Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield|Thomas Parker, Earl of Macclesfield]] (1666–1732) – [[Lord Chancellor]] and Acting [[Regent]] of Great Britain

=== Military ===
* Captain [[Thomas Ashburnham, 6th Earl of Ashburnham|Thomas Ashburnham]] (1855–1924) – [[Earl of Ashburnham|6th Earl of Ashburnham]]<ref name="Officers Q 2">{{cite journal|last=Jones|first=Ted|title=The Story of Lord and Lady Ashburnham Part II|journal=The Officers' Quarters|year= 2000|volume=16|issue=1 & 2|pages=23–26}}</ref>
* General [[George Colt Langley]] (1810–96) – [[General]], [[Royal Marines]]
* [[Matthew Smith (spy)|Matthew Smith]] (ca.1665-ca.1723) – 17th-century spy, intriguer and writer
* Sir [[Buckworth-Herne-Soame baronets|Charles Buckworth-Herne-Soame <small>Bt</small>]] (1864–1931) 10th Baronet
* Major-General [[Francis Ventris]] (1857–1929) – [[Commander British Forces in Hong Kong|General Officer Commanding British Forces in China]]

=== Sports ===
* [[Cedric Boyns]] (born 1954) – cricket player for [[Shropshire County Cricket Club|Shropshire]] and [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club]]s.<ref name=sc1>{{cite book|last=Percival|first=Tony|title=Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998|year=1999|publisher=A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham|page=32|isbn=1-902171-17-9}}</ref>
* [[Graham Kitchener]] (born 1989) – rugby player for [[Worcester Warriors]] and [[England national rugby union team|England]]<ref name="Kitchener Lords it at Sixways">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2007/11/01/kitchener_feature.shtml|title=Kitchener Lords it at Sixways|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=1 November 2007|access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>
* [[Peter Ranells]] (born 1954) – cricket player for Shropshire.
* [[Dan Redfern]] (born 1990) – cricket player for Shropshire, [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]] and [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/258511.html |title=Dan Redfern &#124; England Cricket &#124; Cricket Players and Officials |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2016-07-22}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/26321728 www.bbc.co.uk]</ref>
* [[Peter Short (rugby union)|Peter Short]] (born 1979) – rugby player for [[Bath Rugby]] and [[England Saxons]]<ref name="Kitchener Lords it at Sixways"/>

=== Former staff ===
* [[Donald Fear]] – history and government and politics teacher, the sixth person ever to win £1,000,000 on ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show)|Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?]]'' in 2020<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Lisa |date=2021-05-24 |title=Eight months on – Telford's TV millionaire Don reflects on life after big win |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/features/2021/05/24/eight-months-on--retired-telford-teacher-don-reflects-on-life-after-his-big-win-on-who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=www.shropshirestar.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ryan Palmer (chess player)|Ryan Palmer]] (born 1974) – maths teacher and ex-Jamaican national chess champion
* [[Agnes Miller Parker]] (1895–1980) – former art teacher, engraver and illustrator
* [[Alec Peterson]] (1908–1988) – former headmaster, founder of the [[International Baccalaureate]], and Director-General of Information Services during the [[Malayan Emergency]] between 1952 and 1954

== See also ==
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* [[Longford Hall, Shropshire|Longford Hall]] – junior boarding house and sports fields owned by the school, situated about one mile (1.6&nbsp;km) away from the Main School site, in the village of [[Longford, Newport|Longford]]
* [[Grade II* listed buildings in Telford and Wrekin]]
* [[Listed buildings in Newport, Shropshire]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.adamsgs.uk/ Official website]

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