Park Hall Academy (formerly Park Hall School) is a mixed

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and

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located in

Castle Bromwich Castle Bromwich () is a large suburban village situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the English county of the West Midlands. It is bordered by the rest of the borough to the south east; also Sutton Coldfield to the east and ...

in the

West Midlands West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...

of England. Previously a community school administered by

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is the local council of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of seven in the West Midlands and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties ...

, Park Hall School converted to academy status in September 2009 and was renamed Park Hall Academy. The school is now part of the Arden Multi Academy Trust, but continues to coordinate with Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council for admissions. Park Hall Academy offers

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and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of

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s and further BTECs.

References

External links

Park Hall Academy official website
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