Four Dwellings Academy

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Four Dwellings Academy
Established	1940
Principal	Becky Elcocks
Location	Dwellings Lane Quinton, Birmingham West Midlands B32 1RJ England Coordinates: 52°27′20″N 2°00′11″W / 52.4556°N 2.003°W / 52.4556; -2.003
DfE number	330/4005
DfE URN	139047 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Students	720
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–16
Website	School website

Four Dwellings Academy (formerly Four Dwellings High School) is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in the Quinton area of Birmingham, England. It opened in 1940 on Quinton Road West.^[1] This part of the school is now used by other council departments including the Quinton Neighbourhood Office. The old Upper School building opened in 1954 on Dwellings Lane, originally as the Four Dwellings Girls School, with the boys school being situated in the older buildings. The school went co-educational in 1970.^[2] The site is split between four key areas: The High School, The Junior School, Quinzone and the Forum. The school held specialist Science College status before converting to academy status in March 2013.

The high school, which is now situated solely on the old girls school building, has approximately 720 pupils and a new 16+ course catering for pupils to continue to work at GCSEs after finishing at secondary school. It is currently one of a handful of schools who are designing and experimenting with a new curriculum for QCA around core skills, which to date has been very successful.

The current head teacher is Mr. B. Smith.

Notable former pupils

David Allen Green, lawyer and writer; legal correspondent for the New Statesman
Joleon Lescott, Aaron Lescott, Daniel Sturridge, Temitope Obadeyi, Steven Turnbull professional footballers
James Tsouvallaris, Professional gymnast

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v t e Schools in Birmingham

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FE & sixth form colleges	Birmingham Metropolitan College Bournville College Cadbury Sixth Form College Fircroft College Mander Portman Woodward Queen Alexandra College South & City College Birmingham

Defunct schools	Icknield Street School Oozells Street Board School St Philip's School St Peter's College

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