Greenwood Academy, Birmingham

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Greenwood Academy
Address
Greenwood Academy, Birmingham
Farnborough Road
Castle Vale

, ,
B35 7NL

Coordinates 52°31′12″N1°46′56″W / 52.5200°N 1.7823°W / 52.5200; -1.7823
Information
Type Academy
Department for Education URN 139048 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment956
Website www.greenwoodacademy.org

Greenwood Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Castle Vale, Birmingham, England.

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History

Former schools

At the Castle Vale school, there was an arson attack on the night of Monday 14 November 1977, with five fire engines. The fire service was on strike. [1]

Construction

The school opened in new premises in 2017. The current buildings were completed and officially opened in 2017. The school gained Performing Arts College specialist status.

Formation

The school converted to academy status in January 2013. The school is sponsored by the Academies Enterprise Trust (AET).The school faced much uncertainty when AET arranged a number of Head teachers. Then Mr Harry French was appointed Principal in June 2013 and immediately took action to solve the problems the school faced. [2] Under his leadership the school has been subject to a turnaround, with many esteemed visitors expressing compliments, echoing Lord Nash's comment "..the school oozes aspiration". [3] Mr French and the staff have re-established open events and have regained the confidence of the community. The school will start a new sixth form in September 2014 and the school was rebuilt in 2017. In 2018, during the annual OFSTED report, the school was rated as good. [4] [5]

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References

  1. Birmingham Daily Post Tuesday 15 November 1977, page 1
  2. "Greenwood Academy Principal Harry French: "We have tough decisions ahead"". Tyburn Mail.
  3. "Education Minister Lord Nash Visits Greenwood Academy | Jack Dromey MP". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  4. "It's official: Greenwood gets green light for sixth form from September - Tyburn Mail". Tyburn Mail. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  5. "Greenwood Academy boost from Government's school building programme - Tyburn Mail". Tyburn Mail. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014.