Plantsbrook School
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Plantsbrook School, formerly Riland Bedford, is a secondary school and Sixth Form College
in Sutton Coldfield
, on Upper Holland Road, North Birmingham
, England
.
The Governing Body has recently voted in favour of moving the school to Academy Status with effect from the 1st August 2011.
The school has recently achieved a whopping 100% pass rate at A Level. This is the highest pass rate the school has ever achieved. Point scores were also up on last year's figures.
The school was part built by American soldiers during World War II
, who used the site as a camp. When the school opened, boys and girls were kept separate.
The school receives its name from Plants Brook
, a stream that flows through Sutton Coldfield and passes the school. The previous name of Riland Bedford School comes from the union of the prominent Riland and Bedford families of Sutton Coldfield.
The school also has its own student-run radio station, named PB Radio which broadcasts internally and on the internet from its studio on the site.
Sixth form college
A sixth form college is an educational institution in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Belize, Hong Kong or Malta where students aged 16 to 18 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A-levels, or school-level qualifications such as GCSEs. In Singapore and India, this is...
in Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield is a suburb of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Sutton is located about from central Birmingham but has borders with Erdington and Kingstanding. Sutton is in the northeast of Birmingham, with a population of 105,000 recorded in the 2001 census...
, on Upper Holland Road, North Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
The Governing Body has recently voted in favour of moving the school to Academy Status with effect from the 1st August 2011.
The school has recently achieved a whopping 100% pass rate at A Level. This is the highest pass rate the school has ever achieved. Point scores were also up on last year's figures.
The school was part built by American soldiers during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, who used the site as a camp. When the school opened, boys and girls were kept separate.
The school receives its name from Plants Brook
Plants Brook
Plants Brook is a stream in Erdington and Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England.-Course of the stream:...
, a stream that flows through Sutton Coldfield and passes the school. The previous name of Riland Bedford School comes from the union of the prominent Riland and Bedford families of Sutton Coldfield.
The school also has its own student-run radio station, named PB Radio which broadcasts internally and on the internet from its studio on the site.