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Lordswood Boys' School

Lordswood Boys' School (formerly Lordswood Technical School) is a secondary school for boys located in the Harborne area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Opened in September 1957, ten years later it had changed to a grammar school and subsequent years later to a comprehensive school. Every ten years the school has an anniversary party from the year it was built. Previously a community school administered by Birmingham City Council, Lordswood Boys' School converted to academy status in January 2013 and joined Lordswood Girls' School as part of Lordswood Academies Trust. In July 2017 Lordswood Boys' School left Lordswood Academies Trust after an extended period in Special Measures entered into after being rated Inadequate in multiple Ofsted inspections. and undergoing a severe drop in the number of students enrolled. Of a school capacity of 733, only 356 were enrolled as of 2 December 2016. Central Academies Trust took on running of the school as of 1 September 2017. With the building outdated, the school was then rebuilt and the original building was demolished. Notable former pupils Lordswood Technical Grammar School Roger Tonge, actor Lordswood Boys' School Mike Gayle, author Rico Henry, footballer References External links Lordswood Boys' School official website
Arena Academy

Arena Academy, formally known as the Perry Beeches Academy, is a coeducational secondary school located in the Perry Beeches area of Birmingham in the West Midlands of England. Previously a community school administered by Birmingham City Council, Perry Beeches School converted to academy status on 3 May 2012 and was renamed Perry Beeches The academy. It has since been renamed a third time to Arena Academy. The school offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. Financial Mismanagement Scandal While it was known as Perry Beeches Academy, the school was the leader of the Perry Beeches Trust, a multi-academy trust formed of the academy and four other Perry Beeches academies in the area. Together, the schools offered a combined sixth form provision. In March 2016 the Education Funding Agency published a critical report on the financial management and governance of the Trust. The report showed that the chief executive of the Trust, Liam Nolan, was being paid by sub-contractors as well as by the Trust. In addition more than £2.5 million of free school meal funding could not be checked because financial records had been deleted, that £1.3 million had been paid to a sub-contractor without a written contract or after a formal procurement exercise, and there was not effective oversight by trustees. In April 2016 the Education Funding Agency started investigating additional allegations. In May 2016 it was announced that the chief executive of the trust, Liam Nolan had resigned, as well as the trust's entire governing board. The five academies and free schools that were formerly part of the trust were then administered directly by the Department for Education until a new sponsor could be found for the schools. The trust had a debt of £2.1 million, and was running at a significant deficit. Perry Beeches III was put in special measures in October 2015 by Ofsted, and in November 2016 the academy trust was rated "inadequate". Notable alumni Karen Johal (born 1991), actress (Ted Lasso, Phoenix Rise). References External links Arena Academy website Graeme Brown (11 May 2016). "Timeline: How Perry Beeches rose to become David Cameron's top school before fall from grace". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
Saltley Academy

Saltley Academy is a mixed secondary school located in the Bordesley Green area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. History Saltley Grammar School opened in the 1920s; by the 1960s it had upwards of 800 pupils. In the 1970s it was "converted" to a community school administered by Birmingham City Council. The school also gained specialist status as a Science College. In 2014 Saltley School was placed in special measures by Ofsted after a critical inspection report. The inspection had been undertaken after Saltley School had been connected to the Operation Trojan Horse scandal which affected a number of schools in Birmingham in 2014. Saltley School converted to academy status in March 2015 and was renamed Saltley Academy. The school is now part of the Washwood Heath Multi-Academy Trust which includes Brownmead Primary Academy and Washwood Heath Academy. In February 2022 a teacher at Saltley Academy was found to have acted inappropriately with students from 2008 to 2015, leading to his removal and revoking of ability to teach at any school in England. Notable former pupils Saltley Grammar School Neal Abberley, cricketer for Warwickshire Sir Richard Barratt CBE, Chief Constable from 1975 to 1978 of South Yorkshire Police Robert Kilroy-Silk, Labour MP from 1983 to 1986 for Knowsley North and from 1974 to 1983 for Ormskirk Maureen Jennings, novelist Carl Wayne, lead singer for The Move Prof Michael John Wise, Professor of Geography from 1958 to 1983 at the LSE References
Selly Park Girls' School

Selly Park Girls' School (formerly Selly Park Technology College for Girls) is a secondary school located in the Selly Park area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Selly Park Girls’ School is an 11–16 secondary school for girls located in Birmingham, England. The school has approximately 800 pupils and serves a diverse local community. A significant proportion of pupils are eligible for the Pupil Premium and Free School Meals. Many pupils speak English as an additional language, and a proportion are identified as having Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). These characteristics influence the school’s curriculum design and pastoral systems. The school states that its vision is for pupils to “Achieve, Belong and Thrive”. Its curriculum includes adaptive teaching approaches and targeted support for disadvantaged pupils, EAL learners and pupils with SEND. Selly Park Girls’ School has been recognised as a Gold Trauma Informed School and a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting School. The school offers a range of enrichment activities, including Forest School, equine‑assisted programmes, cultural visits and international partnerships. It has also received the International School Award. The headteacher, Lisa Darwood, has worked at the school for over 20 years. Under her leadership, the school has received several awards, including Secondary School of the Year (2018 and 2022) and the Pearson Silver Secondary School of the Year at the National Teaching Awards. In 2025, the school also received a TES Staff Wellbeing Award. References External links Official website
Starbank School

Starbank School is a co-educational all-through school. The school is located over three sites that are close to the boundaries of Bordesley Green, Small Heath, and Yardley in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. Originally a primary school for pupils aged up to 11, Starbank School started accepting secondary school age pupils in September 2014. The school had a full age range of pupils ages 4 to 16 from September 2018. The school is located over three sites. The original site on Starbank Road houses primary school age pupils, as does the newest site on Bierton Road. The site on Hob Moor Road was relocated to a new site on the same road in September 2016 and this new site accommodates primary school age pupils as well as secondary school age pupils. Previously a community school administered by Birmingham City Council, in October 2020 Starbank School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by Star Academies. References External links Starbank School official website
Stockland Green School

Stockland Green School is a mixed secondary school located in the Stockland Green area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Previously a community school administered by Birmingham City Council, Stockland Green School converted to academy status in May 2012. The school is now part of the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership, but continues to coordinate with Birmingham City Council for admissions. The school was founded in the 1950s as a 'secondary modern' school catering for pupils who had not passed the eleven-plus exam for admission to a selective school. In the 1960s, a new wing was built and the school became a 'bilateral' school with a specialism in art. In its early years the school had a strong musical tradition; it had a good brass band and staged ambitious musicals such as 'White Horse Inn'. In 1973 first year pupils from the then named Stockland Green Bilateral School sang the original backing vocals on the hit single I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday by Wizzard, though they were replaced when it was re-recorded in 1981. References External links Stockland Green School official website
King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls

King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls (formerly Turves Green Girls' School) is a secondary school located on Turves Green in the Northfield area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Previously a foundation school administered by Birmingham City Council and The Endeavour Co-operative Learning Trust. In September 2021 the school converted to academy status and was renamed King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls. The school is now sponsored by the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI. Pupils attending the school mainly come from the Kings Norton, Longbridge and Northfield areas of Birmingham. King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls offers GCSEs and Level 2 vocational awards as programmes of study for pupils. See also Turves Green Boys' School References External links King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls official website
Snakemoor

Snakemoor is a 1.8 hectares (4.4 acres) Local Nature Reserve in Haddenham in Buckinghamshire. It is owned and managed by Haddenham Parish Council. The site became a nature reserve in 1987. It has a hay meadow, woods and a pond. There are over 100 species of flowers and other plants, including snowdrops and lent lily, a small native species of daffodil. There is access by a footpath from Thame Road, next to Haddenham and Thame Parkway railway station. References
Wheelers Lane Technology College

Wheelers Lane Technology College (formerly Wheelers Lane Boys' School) is a secondary school for boys located in the Kings Heath area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. It is a non-selective community school administered by Birmingham City Council. The school also has previously been awarded specialist status as a Technology College. Wheelers Lane Technology College offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. Notable alumni James O'Connor (born 1984), footballer Ian Westwood (born 1982), cricketer References External links Wheelers Lane Technology College official website UK Gov - Get Information about Schools
Yardleys School

Yardleys School is a mixed secondary school located in the Tyseley area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Admissions Yardleys School was originally located over two sites, the school relocated to a new location and building in 2001, on the site of a former brickworks. The school converted to academy status in August 2013, but coordinates with Birmingham City Council for admissions. History Yardley County Grammar School was opened by Worcestershire County Council in 1904, moving to a new site in 1910. The school originates from Yardley Grammar School, and Formans Road Secondary Modern School. Yardley Grammar School became Yardleys Comprehensive School in 1974 when it merged with Leys Secondary School (Formans Road). The school closed in 2002 to be re-opened the same year as Yardleys School in a new school building built on the school playing fields . The old grammar school building was demolished in 2007. Notable former pupils Yardley Grammar School Harold Ball, Keeper of Palæontology from 1966–86 at the British Museum, and President from 1981-84 of the Society for the History of Natural History Prof Paul Harris, Professor of Screen Media since 2014 at the University of Dundee, and Dean of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design Denny Laine, guitarist with The Moody Blues who sang Go Now in 1964...the song reached number one in the British charts in January 1965. Denny joined Paul McCartney in Wings in August 1971 (having been a friend of Paul and the Beatles since the 'Moodies' had supported them during their UK tour of December 1965). Prof David S. Ingram OBE, botanist, and Master from 2000-07 of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Sir Keith O'Nions FRS, President & Rector of Imperial College London since 2010, and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence from 2000-04 Dave Pegg, bass guitar player with Fairport Convention Sir Robert Richard Taylor OBE, Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands from 1993–2007, Managing Director from 1986-94 of Birmingham Airport, and Chairman from 1987-88 of the Airport Operators Association Ian Walters, sculptor Mary Lee Woods, mathematician who married Conway Berners-Lee, and her son Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web; at Manchester under John Makepeace Bennett, she developed the Ferranti Mark 1, the world's first commercial computer. Mick Webley, guitarist with The Renegades 1967-1971 and later with Kim and the Cadillacs 1977-1987 References External links Yardleys School official website
Yorkshire Trading Company

YTC Limited, trading as Yorkshire Trading Company, is a chain of variety and discount stores founded and based in Northern England, it is a family-run business dating back to 1954 and is now into the third and fourth generations. It operates 35 Yorkshire Trading Company stores from as far north as Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland to Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. History In 1954, John Nichols opened his first shop in Kingston upon Hull, by 1985 the Nichols family (John, his wife Molly and his two sons Paul and Robert) had eight stores in towns such as Whitby and Bridlington, and in 1995 the store count had increased to 12 with locations in Richmond and Ripon. With the demise of high street giant Woolworths in 2008, 11 more shops were also added to the portfolio. The business had several speciality stores under different names; James Piper was the name given to a glassware store in Driffield operated by Tom Nichols, John's youngest son. Other store names such as JC Nichols and Barmy Bob's were phased out in 2000 as the company rebranded all of their locations under the Yorkshire Trading Company banner and became a limited company. In 2015, work was completed on the construction of a new purpose built distribution centre and head office, costing £7 million, located at Kellythorpe Industrial Estate, Driffield. Rydale A range of outdoor, equestrian and country fashion that is designed in-house and manufactured mostly in the United Kingdom. The first Rydale products were imported in 2001 (then known as Snow Drop) and since then it has become the largest clothing operation on trade show circuits around the UK, with over 140 shows attended. Goodwins Goodwins began life as a single price point store, selling all items for £1 or less but now operates as a multi price point discount retailer. As of 2018 four Goodwins branded stores where operational, the original being found in Bridlington and the others in Northallerton, Redcar and Richmond. As of 2023 only the Goodwins store in Bridlington remains. Goodwins previously opened a temporary store on the site of the former JJB Sports in Scarborough. There is no mention of the Goodwins brand on the Yorkshire Trading website. References External links Media related to Yorkshire Trading Company at Wikimedia Commons Official website Rydale Clothing
Bilsthorpe Colliery

Bilsthorpe Colliery was a colliery in north Nottinghamshire. From when work started in 1925 to the pits closure in 1997, 77 people died at the pit. History The pit began in July 1925 with two shafts. The mine was completed in 1928. On 1 March 1927, fourteen miners were killed. On 26 July 1934, nine miners were killed. 1993 disaster On 18 August 1993, a roof collapsed killing 26-year old Bill McCulloch (from Rainworth), 50-year-old Peter Alcock and an under-manager, 31-year-old David Shelton (from Blyth). A team from the Mansfield-based Mines Rescue Service searched for survivors. A 1994 report was produced by the HM Inspectorate of Mines. The disaster was caused by unsafe roof bolting. Closure It closed in 1997. A memorial was unveiled in October 2011. The site is now Bilsthorpe Business park. A new energy centre is planned. Ownership On 1 January 1947 it was taken over by the National Coal Board. From 1986 it was run by British Coal. References External links Safe application of mine roadway support systems Memorials Photographs Mining Atlas
High Ashurst

High Ashurst is a large natural site of 56 acres of land in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in North Downs, Surrey. The site has been host to many different people and organisations over the years, but is now a place prized for its outdoor learning opportunities. History The High Ashurst estate has a history dating back to 1706, where the earliest records of the site refer to it as ‘High Ashes Farm’. A number of notable figures have lived at the estate since it was expanded, including the King's Printer Andrew Strahan during the Georgian period, and subsequently his nephew William Snow, whose poor money management lead to the estate being lost to him and instead acquired by a banker, Sir Henry Muggeridge in 1855. After being owned by a James Christopher Wilson (who is thought to have been a dealer of gunpowder), High Ashurst came into possession of Henry Ryder, 4th Earl of Harrowby in 1882, who was an Earl-in-waiting at the time. Ryder had to wait another 18 years before inheriting the title of earl for himself; his ascension did not last long, however, as he fell overboard his personal steam yacht off the coast of Algeria in 1900, just nine months after finally becoming the 4th Earl of Harrowby. Ryder's widow remained at the estate until her death in 1913, while two of her daughters also stayed until 1918. The estate was eventually put up for sale in 1921, and the estate's original size of over 1,200 acres of land was reduced to just 56 acres by 1922. The on-site mansion house renovated by the Earl was converted to lodgings for the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) until 1924, and then became a boarding school (renamed Wentworth Hall) in 1937. The Second World War saw the estate used as a base for Canadian military personnel, including the Royal Canadian Engineers, but once the war was over the house fell into disuse and its demolition was ordered by Surrey County Council between 1961–73. Present Today, High Ashurst serves as an outdoor education centre managed by Surrey Outdoor Learning and Development (SOLD), which offers an array of outdoor learning courses for both adults and children. In addition to this it now serves as venue for TAZ (The Adventure Zone) summer holiday day camp. Various activities can be undertaken by visitors to the site aged 8 and up, including archery, adventure walks, challenge courses, climbing, abseiling, high ropes courses, mountain biking, orienteering, team tasks, and woodland skills. Facilities for both short and long stay terms are available, and High Ashurst offers a number of deluxe cabins (including Pinnacle, which caters specifically for those with high mobility requirements and special educational needs), as well as camping grounds and Teepee villages are available for those who want to experience ‘the great outdoors’. Various meeting rooms are also available and catering options can be found on site. References External links High Ashurst - Surrey Outdoor Learning and Development
Brownhills Ormiston Academy

Brownhills Ormiston Academy is a co-educational secondary school located in Brownhills in the West Midlands of England. Originally known as Brownhills Comprehensive School, it has subsequently been renamed Brownhills Community School, Brownhills Community Technology College, Brownhills Sports College and Brownhills School over the years. As of 1 April 2020, it is an academy sponsored by Ormiston Academies Trust. Brownhills Ormiston Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. School performance and inspections As of 2023, the school's most recent inspection by Ofsted was in 2017, before its conversion to an academy. This was a short inspection which confirmed the previous judgement from 2013 of Good. Notable former pupils Erin O'Connor, model References External links Brownhills Ormiston Academy official website Produced entirely on their own initiative: information about book on the school Further reading Brownhills: Past and Present - Brownhills School (1985), Mark Staples, Kelth Jackaman, Alison Preece, Elizabeth Pike and Kate Wilkinson
Yoesden

Yoesden, often known as Yoesden Bank, is a 13-hectare (32-acre) nature reserve in Bledlow Ridge in Buckinghamshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. It is in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The site has areas of woodland and grassland. The steeply sloping chalk meadow has many species of butterfly, including three scarce blue species, the Adonis, chalkhill and small blue. There are flowers such as common spotted and fragrant orchids. Beech woodland above the chalk bank supports great spotted woodpeckers and red kites, and lower woodland has beech and yews. There is access by a footpath from Chinnor Road near the Boot public house. The Chiltern Way goes through the site. References
Gomm's Wood

Gomm's Wood is an 18.1 hectares (45 acres) Local Nature Reserve in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. It is owned and managed by Wycombe District Council. The site has areas of chalk grassland, ancient and young woodland and scrub. The woods are coppiced to maintain their varied structure, and they have a range of bird species such as bullfinches and woodpeckers. The grassland has at least eight species of orchid, and butterflies include the silver-washed fritillary. Access points include Forest Way, Herbert Road and Cock Lane. References
Holtspur Bank

Holtspur Bank is a 6.6 hectares (16 acres) Local Nature Reserve in Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire. It is owned and managed by Beaconsfield Town Council. Half of the site is chalk grassland and half ancient woodland. It has a wide variety of species including many orchids on the grassland, and oaks with some cherry trees in the woodland. The understorey has holly, elderberry, hawthorn and honeysuckle. It is one of only two sites in South Buckinghamshire where dormice have been recorded. There is access from Riding Lane and Holtspur Top Lane. See also Species List of flora and fauna in Holtspur Bank Local Nature Reserve Holtspur Bottom Butterfly Reserve, opposite the Holtspur Bank Local Nature Reserve on Butterfly Conservation Upper Thames Branch References