Lordswood Boys' School Explained

Lordswood Boys' School
Motto:learn, believe, succeed
Type:Academy
Trust:Central Academies Trust
Head Label:Headteacher
Head:Lee Williams
Address:Hagley Road
Location:Harborne
City:Birmingham
Postcode:B17 8BJ
County:West Midlands
Country:England
Local Authority:Birmingham City Council
Urn:145120
Ofsted:yes
Enrolment:368
Gender:Boys
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:16
Colleges:Midlands, Central
Colours:Yellow and Blue
Website:http://www.lordswoodboys.co.uk/

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.[1]

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.[2] and undergoing a severe drop in the number of students enrolled.[3] Of a school capacity of 733, only 356 were enrolled as of 2 December 2016.[4]

Central Academies Trust took on running of the school as of 1 September 2017.[5] With the building outdated, the school was then rebuilt and the original building was demolished.

Notable former pupils

Lordswood Technical Grammar School

Lordswood Boys' School

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home » Lordswood Boys School. Lordswood Boys School. 22 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160315174132/http://www.lordswoodboys.co.uk/. 15 March 2016. live.
  2. Web site: Find an inspection report. Ofsted Communications Team.. 5 November 2010. reports.ofsted.gov.uk. en. 17 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160627155327/http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/139157. 27 June 2016. live.
  3. Web site: Find an inspection report. Ofsted Communications Team.. 5 November 2010. reports.ofsted.gov.uk. en. 17 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160627155327/http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/139157. 27 June 2016. live.
  4. Web site: Ofsted report 2nd December 2016.
  5. Web site: http://www.centralacademiestrust.com/. centralacademiestrust.com. en. 17 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180805000332/http://centralacademiestrust.com/. 5 August 2018. dead.
  6. Web site: City author's hoping for a summer hit. 20 June 2007. birminghammail. 2016-03-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20170510073515/http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/city-authors-hoping-for-a-summer-hit-42098. 10 May 2017. live.
  7. Web site: Clarke. Roger. 2 September 2008. Schoolboy Rico Henry has the world at his feet. 31 May 2021. BirminghamLive. en.