Queensbridge School is a mixed, 11-16 comprehensive school in Moseley

Moseley

Moseley is a suburb of Birmingham, England, two miles south of the city centre. The area is a popular cosmopolitan residential location and leisure destination, with a number of bars and restaurants...

, West Midlands

West Midlands (county)

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. The school has been awarded specialist Arts College

Arts College

Arts Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts...

 status.

Academics

With its specialist Arts College status, Queensbridge focuses heavily on the visual and performing arts. However, the school has a full curriculum including foreign language, maths, science, and other core subjects. In 2007, the school's GCSE results ranked Queensbridge in the top 9% of schools in the country (unvalidated CVA

Contextual value added

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 Key Stage 2 - 4).

Houses

The school has four houses:

• Chaucer
• Marlowe
  Marlowe
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• Gaskell
  Gaskell
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• Du Pre

This is a recent addition to the school, and is part of a larger, ongoing scheme by the headteacher, Mr T. Boyes.

Notable alumni

• Anna Brewster
  Anna Brewster
  -Acting career:Anna has appeared in the films Anita and Me, Mrs Henderson Presents, Hippie Hippie Shake with Sienna Miller and Cillian Murphy and How to Lose Friends & Alienate People...
  
  , actress
• Aaron Moses-Garvey
  Aaron Moses-Garvey
  Aaron Moses-Garvey is an English-born professional footballer who plays as a striker. He began his career with Birmingham City, and although he never made a first-team appearance for the club, he has represented his father's native country, St Kitts and Nevis, at full international level.-Club...
  
  , footballer for Birmingham City

External links

• Queensbridge School Website