Bartley Green School
| Type | Academy |
|---|---|
| Headteacher | Mrs. Christine Owen OBE |
| Specialism | Technology and Sport |
| Location |
Adams Hill, Bartley Green Birmingham West Midlands B32 3QJ England Coordinates: 52°26′15″N 1°59′59″W / 52.4374°N 1.9998°W |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| DfE URN | 136589 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 904 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Website | www.bartleygreen.org.uk |
Bartley Green School is one of the first in the country to be selected for an important new role aimed at further raising standards, becoming one of the first National Teaching Schools. To take on this role, teaching schools like Bartley Green need to be among the best in the country – outstanding in their own performance and have a track record of raising standards through school to school support. The first thing visitors usually comment on when they tour our school is the climate for learning; the ethos and culture amongst the pupils and their positive relationships with each other and our staff. A lot goes on in and out of school. On any given day there may well be educational visits, workshops, enrichment activities, study skill lessons, mentoring sessions and adults from the community working with our pupils. This is in addition to our carefully planned and well delivered lessons, day in day out.
Our passion is to enable every pupil to achieve success:
• Academically by providing a first rate education. Pupils achieve outstanding results. Bartley Green School is consistently one of the top schools in the country for the progress pupils have made.
• Socially and culturally through our extensive programme of visits, trips and artistic and musical experiences. The school runs over 100 trips, visits and events each year. The average for a secondary school is 18!
• Personally by guiding pupils through their teenage years, to become active, informed and responsible citizens in their own neighbourhood, in their country and globally.
In recognition of our outstanding status:
• Our track record of success has led to being selected by the National College for School Leadership as one of the 100 National Teaching Schools.
• The Headteacher is a National Leader in Education (NLE) and the school, a National Support School. Our staff and pupils share our success with less successful schools.
• As an outstanding school Bartley Green School was invited to become a New style Academy. We are now an Academy with all the benefits that come with it. One of Ofsted’s Twelve Outstanding Secondary Schools’ nationally, 2009.
“Other schools can adopt these strategies, but they will only succees if they are born of a deep sense of purpose and commitment stemming from the leadership of the school. Great schools are more than the sum of their parts, but their parts must function well and work together consistently if the school is to aspire to greatness” Christine Gilbert
Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector