Heartlands Academy

Heartlands Academy
Motto A place to empower dreams!
Established 1 September 2009 (2009-09-01)[1]
Type Academy
Headteacher Fuzel Choudhury[2]
Chair of Ambassadorial Advisory Group Maggie Tate[3]
Location Great Francis Street
Nechells
Birmingham
West Midlands
B7 4QR
England
52°29′17″N 1°52′31″W / 52.4880°N 1.8753°W / 52.4880; -1.8753Coordinates: 52°29′17″N 1°52′31″W / 52.4880°N 1.8753°W / 52.4880; -1.8753
Local authority Birmingham
DfE URN 135907 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Staff 150
Capacity 950[4]
Students 875[5]
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18
Houses      Hurricane
     Lightning
     Storm
    Tornado
Colours           Red and Black
Website Academy Website

Heartlands Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Nechells area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England.[6]

Heartlands Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils,[7] while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.[8]

History

The former building as Heartlands High School in 2006

Originally known as Duddeston Manor School and then Heartlands High School,[9] the school converted to academy status on 1 September 2009[10] and was renamed Heartlands Academy. The academy is sponsored by E-ACT and moved into a new building in 2012.[11]

GCSE results

Heartlands High School generally had low average percentage for 5+ GCSEs (or equivalent) A*-C including English & Mathematics in the past, with the lowest recorded being 11% back in 2003. However, since then, the average percentage has been going up steadily each year. Before the school turned to an academy in September 2009, the school had a percentage of 40% for the final year as Heartlands High School. Since becoming an academy in 2009, the results have been continuing to increase, reaching over 50% for the first time in 2012. In 2017 Heartlands achieved 62%, which was their highest results percentage ever recorded.

Track record: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
5+ GCSEs (or equivalent) A*-C incl. English & Maths [12][13] 11% 13% 22% 29% 28% 30% 40% 47% 45% 56% 57% 54% 52% 62%

Ofsted Reports

Heartlands High School was placed into special measures by Ofsted in 2003.[14] Since appointing a new principal and a strong leadership team, the school went to good and improving in three years. In 2009 Heartlands High School was awarded Outstanding, the highest mark achievable in school Ofsted inspections. Since academy conversion, Heartlands Academy has continued to be awarded outstanding in 2012 and 2014, respectively.

Inspection record: March 2003 March 2006 February 2009 January 2012 February 2014
Ofsted [15] Special Measures Good and Improving Outstanding Outstanding Outstanding

Principals

Heartlands Academy

Principals

  • 2003 - 2015 Glynis Jones[16]
  • 2016 - 2016 Richard Tattersfield[17]

Headteachers

  • 2016 - 2017 Helen Tanner (interim)[18]
  • 2017 - Present Fuzel Choudhury

Notable former pupils

Duddeston Manor School

Heartlands High School

Heartlands Academy

  • Ash Kirnon, singer in Lotto Boyzz[21]

References

  1. ↑ "EduBase Heartlands Academy". Department for Education Edubase. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Meet our headteacher". Heartlands Academy. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Our Ambassadorial Advisory Group". Heartlands Academy. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "EduBase Heartlands Academy". Department for Education. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Admissions Procedure". Heartlands Academy. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Heartlands Academy". Heartlands Academy. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Our curriculum in years 7-11". Heartlands Academy. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Sixth form curriculum". Heartlands Academy. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Birmingham pupil loved her school so much she never left". Birmingham Mail. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "EduBase Heartlands Academy". Department for Education EduBase. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "Heartlands Academy: Record year for GCSE results at Heartlands". Birmingham Mail. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "GCSE results (2004-2007)". BBC. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "Examination Results". Heartlands Academy. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "The true value of positive thinking". Birmingham Mail. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  15. ↑ "Ofsted Inspection Reports". Ofsted. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  16. ↑ "Farewell Mrs Jones". Heartlands Academy. 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  17. ↑ "Heartlands Academy: Record year for GCSE results at Heartlands". Birmingham Mail. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  18. ↑ "Farewell from Miss Tanner, Interim Head Teacher". Heartlands Academy. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  19. ↑ "Musical Youth founder members back together to record new album". Birmingham Mail. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  20. ↑ "How Birmingham's Jacob Banks risked his life filming MOBO Award nominated video for Move With You". Birmingham Mail. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  21. ↑ "Who are the Lotto Boyzz? Birmingham duo featured in MTV's Beats of the UK Top 20". Birmingham Mail. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.


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