Four Dwellings Academy (formerly Four Dwellings High School) is a

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with academy status, located in the

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area of

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. It opened in 2020 on Quinton Road West. 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. The school held specialist

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status before converting to academy status in March 2013. The academy is now situated solely on the old girls school building and has approximately 450 members.

Notable former pupils

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, Stephen Turnbull,

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- Professional footballers

References

External links

Official school websiteQCA website
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