Holyhead School
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Motto | "Engage, Enable, Educate" |
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Type | Academy |
Principal | Mr Ross Trafford (January 2017) |
Location |
Milestone Lane Handsworth Birmingham West Midlands B21 0HN England |
Local authority | Birmingham City Council |
DfE URN | 137034 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Staff | >120 |
Students | 1,249 as of March 2016 |
Gender | Mixed |
Ages | 11–18 |
Houses | Meriden, Edgeware, Oswestry, Corwen |
Colours | Navy, Red, Green, Light Blue |
Website | School website |
Holyhead School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England.[1]
Previously a foundation school administered by Birmingham City Council, Holyhead School converted to academy status in August 2011. The school became part of the RSA Academies Trust in September 2014,[2] but continues to coordinate with Birmingham City Council for admissions for its Year 7 intake.
In 2014, the school was described as "outstanding" by Ofsted, which stated that "achievement in mathematics has been consistently outstanding".[3] The school's continuing achievements in Mathematics had also recently been further recognised when the department had been nominated for the "TES Maths department of the Year 2015/16" award.[4]
Holyhead School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.[5]
In January 2017, long standing principal Martin Bayliss aand colleague Amanda Cottam retired after 17 and 38 years teaching at the school respectively. After a long recruitment process, it was decided that the then Head of Key Stage 3, Ross Trafford, would be promoted to the role.[6]
References
- ↑ "Holyhead School website".
- ↑ "Holyhead School". RSA Academies.
- ↑ "School report: Holyhead School (Inspection dates 4-5 December 2013)". Ofsted. 20 December 2013. p. 4. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ↑ "TES Schools Awards 2016". www.tesawards.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ↑ "Subjects - Holyhead School Website".
- ↑ "Holyhead School appoints new Principal".
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Coordinates: 52°30′18″N 1°56′45″W / 52.5050°N 1.9459°W