Walsall Academy
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Walsall Academy is a Comprehensive Academy secondary school in Bloxwich
, West Midlands
, England
. It opened in September 2003 with 470 students on the roll, and after four years that figure had increased to 1,150 - making it one of the most populated secondary schools in the Walsall borough
.
The school was one of the first City Academies in Britain. Sponsored by The Mercers Company of the City of London and Thomas Telford School
, it provides free education for all students.
Built on the site of the former T. P. Riley Comprehensive School
, it cost £23 million. A number of the teachers were carried over from T.P Riley School, while others were new recruits and a few were transferred from Thomas Telford School
.
The current Head Teacher is Vivienne Evans, who replaced Jean Hickman, a former deputy head at Thomas Telford School, in September 2009. As with Thomas Telford, demand for places is high. In its first year of opening, there were 421 applicants for the 168 (raised to 192 due to demand) places on offer for Year 7 students. The school's motto is 'A different choice of school'.
In 2009, it was the fifth highest ranking secondary school overall (and the second highest ranking state comprehensive) in the borough with 61% of GCSE students gained 5 A*-C grades. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/09/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/335_gcse_lea.stm
Bloxwich
Bloxwich is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England, with a population of around 40,000 people.-Early history:Bloxwich has its origins at least as early as the Anglo-Saxon period, when the place name evidence suggests it was a small Mercian settlement named after the...
, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, 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...
. It opened in September 2003 with 470 students on the roll, and after four years that figure had increased to 1,150 - making it one of the most populated secondary schools in the Walsall borough
Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a local government district in the Black Country part of the West Midlands, England, with the status of a metropolitan borough. It is named after its largest settlement, Walsall, but covers a larger area which also includes the towns of Aldridge, Brownhills,...
.
The school was one of the first City Academies in Britain. Sponsored by The Mercers Company of the City of London and Thomas Telford School
Thomas Telford School
Thomas Telford School is a City Technology College in Telford, Shropshire, England. Often referred to as 'TTS', it achieved the highest GCSE pass rate of any comprehensive school in England in 2008 and 2009.-Background:...
, it provides free education for all students.
Built on the site of the former T. P. Riley Comprehensive School
T. P. Riley Comprehensive School
T. P. Riley Comprehensive School was a secondary school located in Bloxwich, West Midlands, England.Built in 1958 to serve the expanding town of Bloxwich, it was situated on Lichfield Road, replacing Elmore Green High School in the town centre, the buildings of which survived for several years as...
, it cost £23 million. A number of the teachers were carried over from T.P Riley School, while others were new recruits and a few were transferred from Thomas Telford School
Thomas Telford School
Thomas Telford School is a City Technology College in Telford, Shropshire, England. Often referred to as 'TTS', it achieved the highest GCSE pass rate of any comprehensive school in England in 2008 and 2009.-Background:...
.
The current Head Teacher is Vivienne Evans, who replaced Jean Hickman, a former deputy head at Thomas Telford School, in September 2009. As with Thomas Telford, demand for places is high. In its first year of opening, there were 421 applicants for the 168 (raised to 192 due to demand) places on offer for Year 7 students. The school's motto is 'A different choice of school'.
In 2009, it was the fifth highest ranking secondary school overall (and the second highest ranking state comprehensive) in the borough with 61% of GCSE students gained 5 A*-C grades. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/09/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/335_gcse_lea.stm