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Maureen Brennan (camogie)
Dame Maureen Brennan (née Eddy; born 26 March 1954) is an English educator from the West Midlands. She is the previous CEO of Matrix Academy Trust, a position she accepted after serving as headteacher at Barr Beacon School and as principal at The Hillcrest School, Hillcrest School and Community College in Netherton, West Midlands. Early life and education Born in Erdington before moving to Small Heath where she spent most of her childhood, Brennan attended Holy Family Primary School. Her father was a Detective Superintendent in the West Midlands Police. She was accepted into St Agnes RC Grammar School for Girls before achieving a Bachelor of Education in 1976 from Newman College at the University of Birmingham. Career Brennan's first teaching role was as a Geography and PE teacher at St Chad's RC School - a split site school between Aston and Hockley. She then moved to Ladywood School in 1980 where she was Head of Geography. After spending five years working with the Birmingham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barr Beacon School
Barr Beacon School, formerly Barr Beacon Language College, is a mixed secondary school in Walsall, England, which acquired Academy status in 2011, when it readopted the school's original name: Barr Beacon School. It takes this name from the adjacent hill, Barr Beacon. The school was designated a specialist Language College in September 2003 but does not have this designation today. It has over 1500 pupils, including a sixth form of approximately 200. History The school was built to serve the adjacent Pheasey Estate, and opened in 1958 under the same headmastership as Aldridge Grammar School. In 1960 it had its own headmaster, Mr. Tyas, Deputy Head, Mr Brown, as an 11-15 plus 1 year GCE O Level secondary modern school for 300 pupils before converting to a 13-18 comprehensive in September 1972 under the reorganisation of schools in Aldridge-Brownhills, the urban district that was absorbed into the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |