Geography of Shropshire - Education

Education

Shropshire has a completely comprehensive education system, in the ceremonial county there are thirteen independent schools, including the prestigious Shrewsbury School, which Charles Darwin attended and Oswestry School, which is the second oldest school in the country, founded in 1407.

In the Borough of Telford and Wrekin borough has two selective schools, all of which are located in Newport, these are the Adams' Grammar School and Newport Girls' High School (both of which are ranked within the top thirty schools in the country), and the independent preparatory school Castle House, in Telford itself is the Thomas Telford School is also a notable school, ranked as one of the best comprehensive schools in England. There is considerable rivalry between many of the county's schools. In Shrewsbury for example, the Priory and Meole Brace schools maintain a long-standing sporting rivalry whilst on a wider scale Wrekin College and Ellesmere College remain rivals, as do Shrewsbury School and Adams' Grammar School.

There are also two institutions of higher education in Shropshire, the Telford campus of the University of Wolverhampton and in Edgmond, near Newport, Harper Adams University College, which formerly offered mostly agriculture-based degrees but is expanding its range of provision.

In Ironbridge, the University of Birmingham operates the Ironbridge Institute in partnership with the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, which offers postgraduate and professional development courses in heritage.

Shropshire has the highest educational attainment in the West Midlands region.

List of schools in Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin)
Secondary
  • Abraham Darby Academy
  • Belvidere School
  • Bridgnorth Endowed School
  • Burton Borough School
  • Charlton School
  • Hadley Learning Community
  • Idsall School
  • Ludlow Church of England School
  • The Marches School
  • Meole Brace School
  • Oldbury Wells School
  • Phoenix School
  • The Priory School
  • St Martin's School
  • Thomas Telford School
  • Wakeman School and Arts College
Grammar
  • Adams' Grammar School
  • Newport Girls High School
Independent (preparatory)
  • Packwood Haugh School
  • Prestfelde School
Independent (senior)
  • Adcote School for Girls
  • Concord College
  • Ellesmere College
  • Moreton Hall School
  • Oswestry School
  • Shrewsbury High School
  • Shrewsbury School
  • Wrekin College
Sixth form colleges
  • Ludlow College
  • New College Telford
  • Shrewsbury Sixth Form College
Further education colleges
  • Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology
  • Telford College of Arts and Technology
  • Walford and North Shropshire College
Universities
  • Harper Adams University College
  • University of Wolverhampton

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