Barr's Hill School

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Barr's Hill School and Community College
Established October 1908
Type Comprehensive
Religious affiliation Non-denominational
Headteacher Mr Robin R Brabban
Specialism Engineering
Location Radford Road
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 4BU
England
LEA Coventry City Council
Ofsted number 103727
Students 611 (approx.)
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11 to 18
Website www.barrshill.coventry.sch.uk/

Barr's Hill School and Community College is a comprehensive secondary school in Radford, Coventry, England.[1] It was an all girls grammar school until 1975 when boys became pupils there for the first time. It was foundered in 1908 with an intake of 180 girls, the original school building being the former house of John Kemp Starley.[2]

Barr's Hill School
Barr's Hill School

[edit] References

  1. ^ AA Street by Street. Coventry Rugby, 2nd edition (May 2003), AA Publishing, p.30. ISBN 0749539739. 
  2. ^ "Milestone for city's first girls' School", Coventry Citivision, Coventry City Council, p. 5.  June 2008