In 1950 the school became a voluntary aided school 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 Adams again began to flourish after having been awarded voluntary-aided status; throughout its history the Haberdashers' Company has been key in supporting the school and providing financially for many of the more ambitious construction projects. The 1990s saw the construction of the Wood and Taylor Centres for the study of Design Technology and Maths, whilst with the coming of the 2000s the school began to raise funds for he construction of a new state-of-the-art Sports Hall and Fitness Suite. Perhaps the most important development in the school's recent history came in 1993 when girls were admitted to the sixth form for the first time, thus ending Adams' long tradition of educating boys only.