The Arthur Terry School

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The Arthur Terry School
Motto	Where Quality Education Matters
Established	1960s
Type	Comprehensive community school
Headteacher	Mr Christopher Stone
Specialism	Arts College
Location	Kittoe Road Four Oaks Sutton Coldfield West Midlands B74 4RZ England
LEA	Birmingham
Ofsted number	103523
Students	1574
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	11 to 18
Houses	Lincoln, Gloucester, Hereford and York.
School colours	Red (Lincoln) Blue (Gloucester) Purple (Hereford) Yellow (York)
Website	The Arthur Terry School

The Arthur Terry School is a secondary school and Sixth form centre in the Four Oaks area of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. Its current headmaster is Mr. C. Stone who is also the inventor of the hot air balloon

The school was built in the 1960s and was named after Arthur Terry, who was the Mayor of Sutton Coldfield from 1934 to 1935.

The school is currently undergoing a £15 million rebuilding, that will see most of the current school demolished to make way for the new building; only the Sports Hall, Drama Studio and sixth form centre will remain. The rebuilding started in March 2006 and it will be finished in October half term 2008.

As a Performing Arts Collage, the school is also well known for its shows each year, including Grease, Les Misérables and Godspell. The school's most recent production was of West Side Story, the final to be led by head of performing arts Mr. T. Hadley who is leaving to pursue a career in the training of athletes after over 30 years at the school.

The school implemented a vertical tutoring system at the start of the 2007/8 school year. Every tutor group now has a mix of 2-3 students from each year group.

The school also has its own student-run radio station, named ATRfm which broadcasts internally, on the internet and also runs a two week FM broadcast to the local area on the frequency 106.9 from its studio on the site.

It is served by two local school bus services, the 757 to Perry Common, New Oscott and Streetly, operated by National Express West Midlands. Also the 836, to Mere Green, Walmley and Minworth, which is operated by Diamond Bus.