Selly Park Girls' School

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Selly Park Girls' School
Address
Selly Park Girls' School
5 Selly Park Road


, ,
B29 7PH

England
Information
Type Community school
Local authority Birmingham City Council
Department for Education URN 103498 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head TeacherLisa Darwood
GenderGirls
Age11to 16
Enrolment731 as of April 2022
Website https://sellyparkgirls.org/

Selly Park Girls' School (formerly Selly Park Technology College for Girls) is a secondary school located in the Selly Park area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. [1]

It is a non-selective community school for girls administered by Birmingham City Council. [2] The school offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. [3] It also has specialist status as a Technology College. The school was founded more than 100 years old.

A former headmistress, Wendy Patricia Davies, received a damehood in 2001 for her work improving the school when it was still the Selly Park Technology College for Girls. [4]

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References

  1. "Selly Park Girls' School". Selly Park Girls' School.
  2. "Selly Park Girls' School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
  3. "Curriculum". Selly Park Girls' School.
  4. Notice of damehood for Wendy Davies, the guardian.com. Accessed 3 December 2022.

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