King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy is a
mixed secondary school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
and
sixth form
In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18. Pupils typically prepare for A-l ...
located in the
Sheldon Sheldon may refer to:
* Sheldon (name), a given name and a surname, and a list of people with the name
Places Australia
* Sheldon, Queensland
*Sheldon Forest, New South Wales
United Kingdom
*Sheldon, Derbyshire, England
*Sheldon, Devon, England
* ...
area of
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
, 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 known as Sheldon Heath School, the school gained specialist status as an
Arts College
An Arts College, in the United Kingdom, is a type of specialist school that specialises in the subject fields of the performing, visual, digital and/or media arts. They were announced in 1996 and introduced alongside Sports Colleges to England i ...
and was renamed Sheldon Heath Community Arts College. In September 2010 the school converted to
academy status and was renamed King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy. The school moved into a new building in 2013.
It is a non-selective school which is sponsored by the Schools of
King Edward VI
Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and King of Ireland, Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. Edward was the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour ...
in Birmingham Group. The group includes the
grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school ...
s
King Edward VI Aston School
King Edward VI Aston School is a selective, all-boys grammar school and specialist sports college. The school, designed by Birmingham architect J.A. Chatwin, opened in 1883 and is still, with additional buildings, located on its original site, ...
,
,
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls is a selective grammar school in Kings Heath, Birmingham, for students aged 11 to 18 (Year 7 to Year 13). It is one of the most academically successful schools in the United Kingdom, currently ranked 10t ...
,
King Edward VI Five Ways School
King Edward VI Five Ways (KEFW) is a highly selective co-educational state grammar school for ages 11–18 in Bartley Green, Birmingham, England. One of the seven establishments of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI, it is a volunt ...
and
King Edward VI Handsworth School
King Edward VI Handsworth School is a grammar school for girls aged 11–18 located in Handsworth, Birmingham, England. It is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI. The school was founded in 1883 as King Edward's Aston on the ...
.
King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy offers
GCSEs
The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a particular subject, taken in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. State schools in Scotland use the Scottish Qualifications Certificate instead. Private sc ...
and
BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of
A-level
The A-Level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational aut ...
s and further BTECs.
Notable former pupils
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Ian Atkins
Ian Leslie Atkins (born 16 January 1957) is an English football manager, scout, and former player. Atkins amassed over 300 appearances for Shrewsbury Town, the club where he began his career. He also made appearances in the Football League for S ...
, football manager and former player
*
Graham Lovett
Graham John Lovett (5 August 1947 – 10 May 2018) was an English footballer who played most of his career as a midfielder for West Bromwich Albion, where he was on the winning sides for the 1966 Football League Cup Final and the 1968 FA Cup F ...
, former football player
*
Michael Wright Michael Wright may refer to:
Sportspeople
*Michael Wright (Australian footballer) (born 1959), former VFL footballer for South Melbourne
*Michael Wright (basketball) (1980–2015), murdered American–Turkish basketball player
*Michael Wright (cycl ...
, former Vice-Chancellor of Aston University
*
Nathan Redmond
Nathan Daniel Jerome Redmond (born 6 March 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş.
Redmond began his career as a youngster with Birmingham City, his hometown club. He made hi ...
, football player
References
External links
King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy official website
Secondary schools in Birmingham, West Midlands
Academies in Birmingham, West Midlands
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