Holyhead School is a
mixed secondary school and
sixth form
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located in the
Handsworth area of
Birmingham
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, in the
West Midlands
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Etymology
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, England.
Previously a
foundation school administered by
Birmingham City Council
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, Holyhead School converted to
academy status in August 2011. The school became part of the
RSA Academies Trust in September 2014, but continues to coordinate with Birmingham City Council for admissions for its Year 7 intake. On 1st January 2021, Holyhead School joined Central Region Schools Trust.
In 2014, the school was described as "outstanding" by
Ofsted, which stated that "achievement in mathematics has been consistently outstanding". The school's continuing achievements in Mathematics had also recently been further recognised when the department had been nominated for the "TES Maths department of the Year 2015/16" award.
Holyhead School offers
GCSEs
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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
A-levels and further BTECs.
In January 2017, long standing principal Martin Bayliss and colleague Amanda Cottam retired after 17 and 38 years teaching at the school respectively. After a long recruitment process, it was decided that the then Head of Key Stage 3, Ross Trafford, would be promoted to the role.
When Holyhead joined Central Region Schools Trust, Dave Knox was made Head of School as Ross Trafford took on duties as Executive Principal at Holyhead &
Gospel Oak
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.
References
External links
Holyhead School official website
Secondary schools in Birmingham, West Midlands
Academies in Birmingham, West Midlands
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