Established 1940 DfE number 330/4005 Phone +44 121 566 6666 Founded 1940 | Principal Becky Elcocks DfE URN 139047 Tables Number of students 600 Gender Mixed-sex education | |
Location Dwellings LaneQuinton, BirminghamWest MidlandsB32 1RJEngland Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports Address Dwellings Ln, Quinton, Birmingham B32 1RJ, UK | ||
Four Dwellings Academy (formerly Four Dwellings High School) is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in the Quinton area of Birmingham, England. It opened in 1940 on Quinton Road West. The old Upper School building opened in 1954 on Dwellings Lane, originally as the Four Dwellings Girls School, with the boys school being situated in the older buildings. The school went co-educational in 1970. The school held specialist Science College status before converting to academy status in March 2013.
The academy is now situated solely on the old girls school building and has approximately 450 pupils.
The current principal is Becky Elcocks. The school is sponsored by the Academies Enterprise Trust. In 2016, the academy achieved its highest ever GCSE exam results and was rated as the best school for pupil progress in the Academies Enterprise Trust chain. The academy has a 3G football pitch funded by the Football Foundation which is used by professional and grass roots football teams