Holyhead School

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Holyhead School
Holyhead School logo.png
Location
Holyhead School
Milestone Lane

Handsworth

Birmingham
,
West Midlands
,
B21 0HN

England
Information
Type Academy
Motto"Engage, Enable, Educate"
Local authority Birmingham City Council
TrustCentral Region Schools Trust
Department for Education URN 137034 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalDave Knox
Staff>120
Gender Mixed
Age11to 18
Enrolment1,300 as of March 2023
HousesMeriden, Edgeware, Oswestry, Corwen
ColoursNavy, Red, Green, Light Blue
Website http://www.holyheadschool.org.uk/

Holyhead School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands, England.

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, [1] but continues to coordinate with Birmingham City Council for admissions for its Year 7 intake. On 1 January 2021, Holyhead School joined Central Region Schools Trust.

In 2014, the school was described as "outstanding" by Ofsted, which stated that "achievement in mathematics has been consistently outstanding". [2] 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. [3]

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. [4]

In January 2017, long standing principal Martin Bayliss and 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. [5] When Holyhead joined Central Region Schools Trust, Dave Knox was made Head of School as Ross Trafford took on duties as Executive Principal at Holyhead & Gospel Oak.

References

  1. ↑ "Holyhead School". RSA Academies.
  2. ↑ "School report: Holyhead School (Inspection dates 4-5 December 2013)". Ofsted. 20 December 2013. p. 4. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "TES Schools Awards 2016". www.tesawards.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Subjects - Holyhead School Website".
  5. ↑ "Holyhead School appoints new Principal".

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