Established 2006 Religion Christian ethos Phone +44 121 329 4600 Founded 2006 | Type Secondary Headteacher Mr Darren Gelder Founder Lord Bob Edmiston | |
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Motto "To develop well mannered, bright students with a sense of values..." Location Chapelhouse Road, Chelmsley WoodSolihullWest MidlandsB37 5JSEngland Address Chapelhouse Rd, Birmingham B37 5JS, UK Similar | ||
Grace Academy is a non-selective co-educational secondary school within the English Academy programme, at Chelmsley Wood, Solihull, West Midlands.
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It opened in 2006 and replaced the old Whitesmore School. It is a specialist Business and Enterprise college.
Grace Academy Solihull is constituted as a company and registered charity under English law.
In 2009 the school achieved average results for Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4 but only 28% achieved 5 or more GCSEs grade C or above compared to a national average of 47.6%.
Controversy
On 20 August 2013 the school was among those named by The Independent newspaper and the British Humanist Association as adopting a policy similar in wording to the repealed anti-gay legislation Section 28.
Grace Foundation
The school is sponsored by Grace Foundation, a charity whose objects are "to advance for the public benefit education in the United Kingdom by promoting the establishment, maintenance, carrying on, management and development of schools with a Christian ethos and in accordance with Christian principles". Grace Foundation is endowed by Bob Edmiston, entrepreneur and founder of the evangelical international charity Christian Vision, who is a Governor of Grace Academy.