Selly Park Girls' School (formerly Selly Park Technology College for Girls) is a

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located in the Selly Park area of Birmingham, in the

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of England. It is a non-selective community school for girls administered by Birmingham City Council. The school offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. It also has specialist status as a Technology College. The school was founded more than 100 years old. A former headmistress, Wendy Patricia Davies, received a

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in 2001 for her work improving the school when it was still the Selly Park Technology College for Girls.Notice of damehood for Wendy Davies
the guardian.com. Accessed 3 December 2022.

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* Secondary schools in Birmingham, West Midlands Girls' schools in the West Midlands (county) Community schools in Birmingham, West Midlands {{WestMidlands-school-stub