Thomas Adams School

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Not to be confused with Adams' Grammar School.

The Thomas Adams School
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Thomas Adams School Crest
Address
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Lowe Hill

Wem
,
Shropshire
,
SY4 5UB

England
Coordinates52°51′32″N 2°43′48″W / 52.8589°N 2.7301°W / 52.8589; -2.7301Coordinates: 52°51′32″N 2°43′48″W / 52.8589°N 2.7301°W / 52.8589; -2.7301
Information
TypeAcademy
Established1650; 371 years ago (1650)
FounderSir Thomas Adams
Department for Education URN147508 Tables
OfstedReports
Chair of GovernorsJo Hickson
HeadteacherMark Cooper
Deputy HeadteacherGavin Sterry
Gender
Age11 to 18
HousesClee, Lawley, Haughmond, Caradoc, Corndon, Hawkstone & Grinshill
Colour(s)Blue, White   
AffiliationsKeele University
Drapers' Company of London
Former namesThe Free School of Wem, Adams Grammar School Wem
Websitehttp://www.thomasadams.net

Thomas Adams School is a coeducational secondary school boarding school and sixth form in Wem, Shropshire, England. The school takes pupils from ages 11–18 and currently has just over 1,400 on roll. The school has the Schools for Health Award and in 2002 obtained Media Arts College status.[1][failed verification]

History[]

The school was founded in 1650 by Sir Thomas Adams, the Lord Mayor of London in 1645, who was described by the diarist Samuel Pepys as a "comely old alderman". He was a Sheriff of London, Master of the Company of Drapers and an MP. He was a staunch royalist, who was imprisoned in the Tower of London for his royalist sympathies but was later sent by Parliament to the Hague in 1660 to wait upon King Charles II who was about to be restored to the throne. He also paid for the Bible to translated into Persian.

Adams Grammar School merged with Wem Secondary Modern School in 1976 to form Adams School, later named Thomas Adams School.

In March 2020 the school joined The Priory Trust.[2]

The school is rated (in 2014 and 2017) by Ofsted to be good.[3] The school has a strong connection with the Drapers Company, an ancient London guild who nominate two governors to sit on the school's governing body. The Drapers Company is well known for its educational connections and charitable contributions, it helps support a number of schools and universities which have historical links with the company.

Notable staff[]

  • Samuel Garbet, topographer and local historian of Wem, was second master at Wem Grammar School 1712-42, retiring after declining the school headship.[4]

Notable alumni[]

Although there is no active alumni association, over 1,400 ex-pupils of Adams Grammar School, Wem Modern School, Adams School and Thomas Adams School are members of the Facebook group Adams School Wem Nostalgia Group.[5]

Notable past-pupils of the Thomas Adams School include:

Wem Grammar School[]

Thomas Adams School[]

References[]

  1. ^ 4Learning - Breaking the News - Story gallery - Schools - Thomas Adams School
  2. ^ "Wem's Thomas Adams confirms it is part of the Priory Schools Trust in Shrewsbury". Whitchurch Herald. Whitchurch Herald. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. ^ Ofsted Report 2017
  4. ^  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wroth, Warwick William (1889). "Garbet, Samuel". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 20. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 403–404.
  5. ^ Link to Adams School Wem Nostalgia Group on Facebook
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