Four Dwellings Academy

Four Dwellings Academy (formerly Four Dwellings High School) is a co-educational secondary school with academy status, located in the Quinton area of Birmingham, England. It opened in 1940 on Quinton Road West.[1] The old Upper School building opened in 1954 on Dwellings Lane, originally as the Four Dwellings Girls School, with the boys school being situated in the older buildings. The school went co-educational in 1970.[2] The school held specialist Science College status before converting to academy status in March 2013.

Four Dwellings Academy
Address
Dwellings Lane

Quinton, Birmingham
,
West Midlands
,
B32 1RJ

England
Coordinates52.4556°N 2.003°W / 52.4556; -2.003
Information
Established1940
Department for Education URN139047 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalBecky Elcocks
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 16
Enrolment600
Websitehttps://sites.google.com/a/aetinet.org/four-dwellings-academy/

The academy is now situated solely on the old girls school building and has approximately 450 pupils.

The current principal is Becky Elcocks. The school is sponsored by the Academies Enterprise Trust. In 2016, the academy achieved its highest ever GCSE exam results and was rated as the best school for pupil progress in the Academies Enterprise Trust chain. The academy has a 3G football pitch funded by the Football Foundation which is used by professional and grass roots football teams

Notable former pupils

References
  1. http://www.qlhs.org.uk/oracle/earlydays/earlydays.htm
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 May 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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