Established 1970 DfE URN 116983 Tables Number of students 360 Gender Boy | Type Voluntary Controlled Chair of Governors Bryan Maybee Phone +44 121 445 1033 Founded 1970 Staff 24 | |
Location Redditch RoadAlvechurchWorcestershireB48 7TAEngland Address Birmingham Rd, Alvechurch, Birmingham B48 7TA, UK | ||
Alvechurch Church of England Middle School, formerly 'Alvechurch Church of England Primary School', is a voluntary controlled school, located in the village of Alvechurch, Worcestershire, England. As of 2008 it had around 360 pupils from ages 9 to 13.
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Pupils from Alvechurch Middle School tend to feed into either South Bromsgrove High School or North Bromsgrove High School.
Academic standards
By January 2004 the school provided for 39 per cent more pupils than it did in January 1998. Most pupils come from socially advantaged backgrounds. Following their inspection in January July 2008, the Ofsted inspectors concluded their report with an overall Overall: Grade 2 (out of 4): 'Good' with several outstanding features (Grade 1).
Awards
Sport and community activities
In 2004-05 five pupils from the school underwent training in bellringing at St Laurence Church to help out with a shortage of bellringers.
In July 2006 in the Bromsgrove and Droitwich District Track Championships, Alvechurch girls came second in the year five events and the boys also came second in the year six section.
On 24 March 2007 Alvechurch came second in both the years 5/6 and 7/8 categories at the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Schools Orienteering Championship.
Notable events
On 19 February 2012 a coach carrying children from the school was involved in an accident in France that killed Peter Rippington, a teacher from the school. The coach, owned by Solus Coaches in Tamworth, was returning from an Interski organised ski trip in Aosta Valley, Italy to the ferry at Calais, when, at 03:00 local time, it veered into a ditch near Châlons-en-Champagne in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. 10 passengers, including those from the school, were kept in hospital, with one in a coma. A Twitter awareness campaign '#PrayForSuzie' was launched by concerned friends. The coach driver, Derek Thompson, was remanded in custody to appear before a court, following speculation he fell asleep at the wheel. He tested negative for any substances and the coach log book suggested his driving hours were "not unusual".