Barr's Hill School

Barr's Hill School and Community College
Established October 1908
Type Comprehensive foundation school
Headteacher Mr Selwyn Calvin
Location Radford Road
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 4BU
England England
Coordinates: 52°24′55″N 1°30′59″W / 52.4153°N 1.5163°W / 52.4153; -1.5163
Local authority Coventry City Council
DfE number 331/4000
DfE URN 103727 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 1000
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–21
Former name Barr's Hill Grammar School
Website http://www.barrshill.coventry.sch.uk

Barr's Hill School and Community College is a comprehensive secondary school in Radford, Coventry, England.[1]

Admissions

Barr's Hill is situated on a spacious green field site just north of Coventry city centre on the B4098 (former A51), south of the Coventry-Nuneaton Line. The site of the former Daimler factory is a few hundred metres to the north. The Bablake School is directly to the west, separated by Naul's Mill Park. The school is outside of but borders the parish of Radford. The school provides an extensive extended school's programme of classes and activities for the local community.

History

Grammar school

The area was heavily bombed in World War 2. It was an all-girls grammar school until 1975 when boys became pupils there for the first time. It was founded in 1908 with an intake of 180 girls, the original school building being the former house of John Kemp Starley,[2] the inventor of the bicycle.

Comprehensive

Barr's Hill School

It became a comprehensive in 1975. In 2006 the school gained specialist Engineering status and acts as a hub for the teaching of engineering in Coventry. In 2010 Applied Learning was added as a combined specialism.

Academic performance

The progress made by students is among the best in Coventry. 44% of students gain 5 or more A*-C with English and Maths and 87% gained 5 or maore A*-C grades overall in 2013. A level results are amongst the best in the city.

Notable former pupils

Barr's Hill Grammar School

Barr's Hill School

References

  1. AA Street by Street. Coventry Rugby (2nd edition (May 2003) ed.). AA Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 0-7495-3973-9.
  2. "Milestone for city's first girls' School". Coventry Citivision (Coventry City Council). p. 5. June 2008
  3. LANGDALE, Prof. Jane Alison. Who's Who 2016 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription required)
  4. LANGDALE, Rachel. Who's Who 2016 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription required)

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