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Adams' Grammar School (often abbreviated as AGS) is a selective boys' grammar school in England. It is located in Newport, Shropshire.

It was founded in 1656 by William Adams, a wealthy member of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers (one of the Great Twelve Livery Companies of the City of London). It is now one of the country's best-performing schools. It was rated by the Ofsted as a Grade 1 outstanding school.

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  • Oliver Cromwell by Robert Walker

    Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, granted permission to Alderman Adams for the school's foundation

  • Earliest representation of Adams Grammar

    The oldest known sketch of Big School by Francis Perry (d.1765)

  • Adams' - Big School

    Big School and its front lawn as seen from the High Street, Newport

  • Longford Hall and Grounds

    Adams' GS Longford Hall site viewed from the 1st XV rugby pitch

  • Adams Grammar Sr Board

    AGS' Georgian-era senior boarding houses near Big School on Lower Bar (in use until September 2017)

  • I Liceum Bydgoszcz

    Lyceum No. 1 in Bydgoszcz is one of Adams' European partner schools

  • Old Novaportans Club shield

    Coat of arms long-used by AGS and latterly adopted by the Old Novaportan Club (date unknown)

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