The Streetly Academy (formerly known as The Streetly School) is a large co-educational secondary school in

Streetly Streetly is an area in the county of West Midlands, England which lies around to the north of Birmingham City Centre. It is uniquely located within the borders of Birmingham, Lichfield and Walsall district authorities, and is part of the West M ...

, West Midlands, England, on the border of Birmingham and Walsall local authorities. It was established in 1961. In December 2012, the school was ranked as “Good” by OFSTED and became the first school in England to move from "Satisfactory" to "Outstanding" in 3 years under the new, more challenging framework introduced in 2012. In 2019, after an Ofsted inspection, the school was given a "Needs to improve". In 2014 Streetly was designated a National Teaching School, known as The Sutton Park Teaching School. It is also a National Support School. The current headteacher is Billy Downie, a National Leader of Education. Previous headteachers include Debbie Hunton, Pat Walters (interim head) and David Binnie. Notable former students include swimmer

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, who won gold for

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at the

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and Connie Talbot, an English singer who was the runner-up of the first series of ''

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'' in 2007.

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Sutton Park Teaching School Alliance
1961 establishments in England Educational institutions established in 1961 Secondary schools in Walsall Sutton Coldfield Academies in Walsall {{WestMidlands-school-stub