Cockshut Hill School

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Cockshut Hill School
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Cockshut Hill School
Cockshut Hill

Yardley

Birmingham
,
West Midlands
,
B26 2HX

England
Coordinates 52°28′12″N1°47′29″W / 52.4699°N 1.7915°W / 52.4699; -1.7915
Information
Type Academy
Local authority Birmingham City Council
TrustSummit Learning Trust
Department for Education URN 142388 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalJason Bridges
Gender Co-educational
Age11to 16
Enrolment1,068
Website https://www.cockshuthill.org.uk/

Cockshut Hill School is a secondary school and sixth form located in the Yardley area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. [1]

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History

The school is built on the site of Cockshut Hill Council School which opened in 1937 for juniors and infants. Senior Boys and Senior Girls Departments opened in 1941 and these became separate schools in 1945. The Junior and Infants Department was divided into two departments in 1943. The Infant Department closed in 1957 and the Junior Mixed Department closed in 1958. The former Senior Boys and Senior Girls Departments later became Cockshut Hill Secondary School.

The school gained a specialism as a Technology College in the early 2000s and was renamed Cockshut Hill Technology College.

Previously a community school administered by Birmingham City Council, in October 2016 Cockshut Hill Technology College converted to academy status and was renamed Cockshut Hill School. The school is now part of the Summit Learning Trust. [2]

GCSE results in 2019 placed Cockshut Hill School as one of the most improved schools in the West Midlands in terms of student academic progress (Progress 8).

School profile

Cockshut Hill School is an eight-form entry 11-16 mixed comprehensive school situated to the southeast of Birmingham in a residential area near the border with Solihull. It serves mainly the Yardley, Sheldon and Acocks Green wards of the city. The school admits 240 pupils each year.

The buildings are situated on one site in Cockshut Hill, with on-site tennis courts and a grass games area that is used for rugby during the winter and athletics during the summer. Local off site facilities are used for a wider variety of sporting activities. The college has its own extensive playing fields in Sedgmere Road and shares the use of the local Sedgmere Club facilities.[ citation needed ]

The teaching accommodation comprises a large new-build block and facilities, alongside traditional, brick buildings. Departments are situated with their own specialist resources.[ citation needed ]

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. ↑ "Cockshut Hill School".
  2. ↑ "Summit Learning Trust". Summit Learning Trust.
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