Small Heath School
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| Motto | 'Advancing Knowledge, Transforming Life' |
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| Type | Foundation school |
| Principal | Mrs Shanaz Khan |
| Location |
Muntz Street Small Heath, Birmingham West Midlands B10 9RX England Coordinates: 52°27′53″N 1°51′28″W / 52.4647°N 1.8577°W |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| DfE number | ???/5401 |
| DfE URN | 103548 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1322 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Former name | Waverley Grammar School |
| Website | Small Heath School |
Small Heath School is a secondary school on Waverley Road in Small Heath, Birmingham, England. This very large school serves an inner city area of Birmingham. It is a popular choice with parents, with more than two applications for every place available. Almost all students walk to school from the immediate community. The proportion known to be eligible for free school meals is very high, as is the proportion who have special educational needs or disabilities. The great majority of students with special educational needs or disabilities have behavioural or moderate learning difficulties. There are many more boys than there are girls at the school. The large majority of students are of Pakistani heritage, with others coming from a range of different ethnic backgrounds such as Bangladeshi, Pathan, Somalian and Arabian descent.
The school has been a specialist technology college since 1994, and has been recognised as a High Performing Specialist School. It was awarded Raising Attainment and Pupil Progress mentor status in 2008, which recognises the school's work in raising students' achievement. It holds many other awards including those for its work internationally, with business and industry, and in supporting other schools and school leaders in England. Small Heath School also sponsors a school in Pakistan for which it supplies to, to educate children.
Admissions
Small Heath school has two buildings located on different roads in which students, including study (the other is situated on Muntz Street). The Upper School is on Muntz Street and the Lower School is on Waverley Road.
In Lower School the majority of students are year 7 to 9. Year 10 spend a small amount of their time in this building and year 11 are permanently based in Upper School along with the Sixth formers. Small Heath School is prolific for improving in its inspection reports conducted by Ofsted, the school started as an inadequate school but has steadily worked its way up to being an outstanding school and has maintained that status for 3 years.
In Lower School students mainly study foreign languages, RE, English, Maths, History, Geography, Tutorial and ICT. Eventually these subjects are moved to Upper School building so by the time students reach year 11 they are permanently taught in Upper School.Certain years/groups travel during lunch time between the two buildings depending on their subjects. Year 8 travel on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Year 9 travelling arrangements are unknown while Year 10 Travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays meaning that Year 10 travel the most.Small heath school has been classed as 'outstanding' by Ofsted 3 years running; 2002, 2006 and 2010. Peter Slough is currently the Principal at small heath school. Although this school has an excellent reputation currently, it in the past and still somewhat in the present is prolific for being one of the most feared schools in Birmingham, sadly due to the inner city violence and 'urban' reputation of the area, the school in a way reflects this.
History
It was built as a Birmingham board school in 1892 by architects Martin & Chamberlain and is a Grade II* listed building.
It became the co-educational Waverley Grammar School. The head of Small Heath School was Mr Knight during the 80's and 90's and then after Mr Knight left Mr Slough took over the school as a head teacher and turned the school in to an 'outstanding school' just as Mr Knight had retained previously. In 2014 Mr Slough said farewell to the school family in to pastures new. Mrs Shanaz Khan is the current head teacher as of September 2014 but the school leadership is somehow in turmoil recently as Mrs Shanaz Khan has been subjected to be involved in the 'Trojan Horse' scandal from her previous teaching history and many senior teachers have resigned as they want Mrs Khan ousted.
Notable former pupils
Waverley Grammar School
- Bill Davis, Managing Director of British Leyland in the early 1970s
- Frederick Roland Emett, cartoonist
- Prof Albert Jones, Professor of Chemistry from 1969-87 at the University of Birmingham
- Barry Pain CBE, Chief Constable from 1974-82 of Kent Police
- Laurence Picken
- James Randle, former Chief Engineer of Jaguar Cars[1] from 1980–91, who designed the Jaguar XJ220 and the XJ40
- Di Trevis, theatre director
- Sir Arthur Vick OBE, Vice-Chancellor from 1966-76 of Queen's University Belfast, and Director from 1960-4 of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment[2][3]
Sources
Pevsner Architectural Guides - Birmingham, Andy Foster, 2005, ISBN 0-300-10731-5
- Victorian Architecture in Britain - Blue Guide, Julian Orbach, 1987, ISBN 0-393-30070-6
- Images of England - details from listed building text - school
- Images of England - details from listed building text - attached Master's house
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