Wood Green Academy

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Wood Green Academy
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Wood Green Academy pictured in 2013
Address
Wood Green Academy
Wood Green Road

, ,
WS10 9QU

England
Coordinates 52°33′49″N2°00′16″W / 52.563505°N 2.0043073°W / 52.563505; -2.0043073
Information
Type Academy
Established1924
Local authoritySandwell
Department for Education URN 136616 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherJ Topham
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1450
Former nameWednesbury Grammar School
Website http://www.woodgreenacademy.co.uk

Wood Green Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Wednesbury, West Midlands, England. In 2009, Ofsted listed Wood Green as one of 12 outstanding schools serving disadvantaged communities. [1]

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Admissions

The head teacher is James Topham, who started the role in September 2014, taking over from Pank Patel. Pank succeeded the retiring Enid Bibby, who had been head teacher for eight years and became a dame in 2004 following a significant increase in academic results at the school during her tenure. [2]

The school is situated on the A461 Wood Green Road which connects Wednesbury with Walsall.

History

Grammar school

The school was originally named Wednesbury Boys' High School. It was a grammar school that opened in Wood Green House, St. Paul's Road in 1924 under the headship of C. H. S. Kipping. The school was sometimes also referred to as Wednesbury Grammar School. The school's motto was Arte Marte Vigore, which was also the motto of the Borough of Wednesbury.[ citation needed ] Former members of the school are known as "Old Wodens" and The Old Wodens Society still meets bi-annually.[ citation needed ]

Comprehensive

The buildings were expanded during the 1950s, and by 1970 the school had been converted to a comprehensive school.

In 1968, it merged with Wood Green Secondary Modern School to become Wood Green Bilateral School. The Wednesbury Girls' High School, a girls' grammar school, merged into the sixth form. It became Wood Green High School in September 1969, serving pupils of both sexes.

The school includes a sixth form for pupils aged over 16.

In 2023 the school was found to have some potentially structurally unsound classrooms due to the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete as a building material. [3]

Academic performance

In 2013, 68% of students achieved 5 or more GCSEs at grades A*-C, including Maths and English. 100% of students passed their A-levels.[ citation needed ]

Alumni

Wood Green Academy

Wednesbury Boys' High School

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