Established 1910 Headteacher Gill Fox Phone +44 121 675 1305 | Chair David Green Founded 1910 | |
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Deputy Headteacher David Gunn and Nicola Raggett Location Selly Oak RoadBirminghamWest MidlandsB30 1HWEngland Address Selly Oak Rd, Birmingham B30 1HW, UK Similar Kings Norton Boys, Bournville School and Sixth For, King Edward's School, Bishop Challoner Catholic, King Edward VI High Sch Profiles | ||
Kings norton girls school introduction
Kings Norton Girls' School is an all-girls academy school for pupils aged 11 to 19. It is located in Selly Oak Road in Kings Norton within the formal district of Northfield in a suburb of the city of Birmingham, England.
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- Kings norton girls school introduction
- Kings norton girls school win 2015 tes award
- History
- Curriculum
- Notable alumnae
- Kings Norton Grammar School for Girls
- References
Kings norton girls school win 2015 tes award
History
The school was founded in 1910 as Kings Norton Grammar School for Girls and after an intermediary name change, was renamed Kings Norton Girls School in 1975.
Curriculum
Pupils follow a broad curriculum that includes National Curriculum core subjects, GCSE and A-Level. The school operates joint sixth form provision with King's Norton Boys' School and went co-ed in 2014 to allow boys to only attend Kings Norton Girls' School at A level and offers courses in Art & Design - Textiles, TEC National Certificate in Sport, B TEC Travel and Tourism, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Computer Science, D&T Product Design, Drama & Theatre Studies, English Language-Literature, English Literature, French, Further Mathematics, Geography, German, Government and Politics, History, ICT, Mathematics, Media Studies, Music, Music Technology, Photography, Physical Education, Physics, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology, and Spanish.
The school is involved in a range of partnerships with other schools and colleges locally and internationally, and was designated a Specialist Language College in 2001, It became a Leading Edge School in 2003, and gained a second specialism in Sport in 2006.