North Birmingham Academy Explained

North Birmingham Academy
Type:Academy
Head Label:Principal
Head:Robert McGinty
Address:395 College Road
Location:Erdington
City:Birmingham
Postcode:B44 0HF
County:West Midlands
Country:England
Coordinates:52.5335°N -1.8744°W
Local Authority:Birmingham
Dfeno:330/6909
Urn:136032
Ofsted:yes
Enrolment:982
Gender:Coeducational
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:19
Website:https://northbirminghamacademy.e-act.org.uk/

North Birmingham Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Perry Common area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England.[1]

Previously a community school administered by Birmingham City Council, the school converted to academy status on 1 January 2010 and is now sponsored by E-ACT.[2] However North Birmingham Academy continues to coordinate with Birmingham City Council for admissions. The school moved into new buildings in 2013.[3]

North Birmingham Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.[4] The school had specialisms in English and the arts before the specialist school programme was scrapped by the coalition government in 2010.[5]

The school was founded as Perry Common Comprehensive School and was also known as College High School for several years.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: North Birmingham Academy. nbacademy.org.uk.
  2. Web site: About our sponsor. nbacademy.org.uk.
  3. Web site: New Buildings. nbacademy.org.uk.
  4. Web site: Post 16 Guided Choices. nbacademy.org.uk.
  5. Web site: Specialisms. nbacademy.org.uk.