Belvidere School, Shrewsbury Explained

Belvidere School
Coordinates:52.7108°N -2.7208°W
Trust:Central Shropshire Academy Trust
Head Label:Head teacher
Head:Robin Rashid
Address:Crowmere Road
Belvidere
Postcode:SY2 5LA
Ofsted:yes
Urn:146506
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:16
Houses:Yellow(Ludlow), Green(Hopton), Blue(Stokesay), Silver(Whittington)
Colours:Green, Yellow, Silver, and Blue

Belvidere School is a coeducational secondary school located in the Belvidere area of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Belvidere draws 11- to 16-year-olds mainly from the surrounding areas of Monkmoor, Belvidere, Underdale, Abbey Foregate and Cherry Orchard. It is sited in grounds bordering open fields down to the River Severn.

The school became a Technology College in 2003,[1] specialising in Technology, Science and Mathematics. In 2008 it received a second speciality as a Training School.[2]

Previously a community school administered by Shropshire Council, in January 2019 Belvidere School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Central Shropshire Academy Trust.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1,955 Designated Specialist Schools as of July 2004 . Specialism . DfES Standards . 39 . 2009-12-09 .
  2. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100505143931/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/display/%28id%29/116249 Ofsted 2010 report
  3. Book: Percival, Tony. Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. 1999. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. 31, 54. 1-902171-17-9. Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
  4. Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998, pp.33, 55.
  5. News: Football star Billy Jones visits his old school in Shrewsbury . 27 June 2019 . Shropshire Star . 18 March 2014.