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George Dixon Academy is a school in north
George Dixon (1820–1898) was a councillor, mayor, and MP in Birmingham. One of his first actions after being elected mayor in 1866 was to hold a conference to discuss the lack of education for children. This led to the formation of the Birmingham Education Society in 1867, and the National Education League, which he chaired, in 1869. The League in turn was instrumental in the creation of the
at official website. Accessed 4 August 2015 In 1906 the school was rebuilt and renamed once again as George Dixon School after its founder. The new school building included a gymnasium. In 2002, Headteacher Sir Robert Dowling was knighted for "services to special needs education".Head 'bowled over' by top honour
Edgbaston
Edgbaston () is an affluent suburban area of central Birmingham, England, historically in Warwickshire, and curved around the southwest of the city centre.
In the 19th century, the area was under the control of the Gough-Calthorpe family a ...
, Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. ...
, England. Former names include George Dixon Higher Grade School, George Dixon Grammar School, George Dixon Community School, George Dixon Grant Maintained School and George Dixon International School. The current headmaster is Tutvinder Mann. Former heads include Robert Dowling Robert Dowling may refer to:
*Robert Hawker Dowling (1827–1886), Australian artist
*Robert Wagner Dowling (1924–2019), Alberta MLA 1971–1979
*Robert W. Dowling (1895–1973), benefactor to Dowling College
*Sir Robert Dowling (teacher), Birmin ...
and Anthony Hamilton, a double gold medal paralympian.
History
George Dixon (1820–1898) was a councillor, mayor, and MP in Birmingham. One of his first actions after being elected mayor in 1866 was to hold a conference to discuss the lack of education for children. This led to the formation of the Birmingham Education Society in 1867, and the National Education League, which he chaired, in 1869. The League in turn was instrumental in the creation of the Elementary Education Act 1870
The Elementary Education Act 1870, commonly known as Forster's Education Act, set the framework for schooling of all children between the ages of 5 and 12 in England and Wales. It established local education authorities with defined powers, autho ...
(Forster's Act), leading to the formation of the first school boards in England and Wales.
In 1884, Dixon created Bridge Street Technical School. He bought the old Cadbury's premises, and converted it to a school at his own expense. It taught science and mechanics to 400 boys for two years beyond normal school-leaving age. In 1888 the school was moved to occupy the Oozells Street Board School building, renamed George Dixon Higher Grade School in 1888, and began to include girls.History of the Academy: Who was George Dixon?at official website. Accessed 4 August 2015 In 1906 the school was rebuilt and renamed once again as George Dixon School after its founder. The new school building included a gymnasium. In 2002, Headteacher Sir Robert Dowling was knighted for "services to special needs education".
BBC News
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, 14 June 2002. Accessed 4 August 2015
The school was re-modelled using funds from the Birmingham City Council's Building Schools for the Future Programme. In September 2012 the school converted to academy status and was renamed George Dixon Academy.
In popular culture
The television characterDixon of Dock Green
''Dixon of Dock Green'' was a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. It ran from 19 ...
was named after George Dixon. The character first appeared in the film ''The Blue Lamp
''The Blue Lamp'' is a 1950 British police procedural film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Warner as PC Dixon, Jimmy Hanley as newcomer PC Mitchell, and Dirk Bogarde as criminal Tom Riley. The title refers to the blue lamps that t ...
'' (1950), produced by a former pupil of the school, Michael Balcon
Sir Michael Elias Balcon (19 May 1896 – 17 October 1977) was an English film producer known for his leadership of Ealing Studios in West London from 1938 to 1955. Under his direction, the studio became one of the most important British fil ...
.
See also
* :People educated at George Dixon Academy * John Morris Jones Walkway, headmaster 1960–1980References
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* {{authority control Secondary schools in Birmingham, West Midlands Academies in Birmingham, West Midlands