Editing Shropshire (section)

==Education==
{{See also|List of schools in Shropshire}}
[[File:School Boathouse Shrewsbury (20960693446).jpg|thumb|[[Shrewsbury School]], with its boathouse on the [[River Severn]] in the foreground]]

The Shropshire Council area has a completely [[comprehensive school|comprehensive]] education system, whilst in the borough of Telford and Wrekin there are two selective schools, both of which are located in [[Newport, Shropshire|Newport]]—these are the [[Haberdashers' Adams|Haberdashers' Adams School]] and [[Newport Girls' High School]] (both of which are ranked within the top thirty schools in the country). In Telford itself is the [[Thomas Telford School]], ranked as one of the best comprehensive schools in England.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310210359/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/displayPopup/0,,10302,00.html GCSE: Top comprehensive schools] – ''The Times''</ref>

Some Shropshire children attend schools in [[Wales]], including [[Llanfyllin High School]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=William Gwyn |date=25 June 2009 |title=A report on the quality of education in Llanfyllin High School |url=http://www.estyn.gov.uk/download/publication/81654.3/inspection-reportllanfyllin-high-schooleng2009/ |access-date=26 April 2015 |publisher=[[Estyn]] |archive-date=25 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825065258/http://www.estyn.gov.uk/download/publication/81654.3/inspection-reportllanfyllin-high-schooleng2009/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The county has many independent schools, such as [[Oswestry School]] (founded in 1407), [[Shrewsbury School]], (founded in 1552), and [[Ellesmere College]] (founded in 1884).

There are three sixth-form colleges located in Shropshire: the [[New College, Telford]], [[Shrewsbury Sixth Form College]] and [[Ludlow College]]. Haberdashers’ Adams and Newport Girls' High Schools both provide sixth-form education as well as secondary education.

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]], which formerly offered mostly agriculture-based degrees but is expanding its range of provision. A third higher education institution was created in Shrewsbury in 2015, which is a campus of the [[University of Chester]].<ref>[http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2014/03/28/new-university-for-shropshire/ Shropshire Star] ''New university for Shropshire given go ahead'' (28 March 2014)</ref>

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]].<ref>[http://www.defra.gov.uk/erdp/docs/wmchapter/section13/population.htm Defra UK; ERDP – West Midlands ERDP Regional Chapter] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611155028/http://www.defra.gov.uk/erdp/docs/wmchapter/section13/population.htm|date=11 June 2008}}</ref>

{{Schools in Shropshire}}