Smith's Wood Academy Explained

Smith's Wood Academy
Trust:Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust
Head Label:Head of Academy
Head:Mr Stephen Huntington
Medium:English
Address:Windward Way
City:Birmingham
District:Smith’s Wood
Postcode:B36 0UE
Dfeno:334/4037
Urn:143895
Ofsted:yes
Enrolment:966
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:16
Colours:Red, Black
Website:http://smithswood.co.uk/

Smith's Wood Academy (formerly Smith's Wood School and then Smith's Wood Sports College) is a co-educational secondary school located in Smith's Wood in the West Midlands of England.[1]

Smith's Wood School was awarded specialist Sports College status in September 2006 and was renamed Smith's Wood Sports College. Formerly a community school administered by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, in April 2017 Smith's Wood Sports College converted to academy status and was renamed Smith's Wood Academy. The school is now sponsored by the Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust.[2]

Teaching

Smith's Wood Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.

History

Fire in 1977

A fire on Saturday 1 October 1977 destroyed changing rooms.[3]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Smith's Wood Sports College. smithswood.co.uk.
  2. http://www.fmat.co.uk/ Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust
  3. Birmingham Weekly Mercury Sunday 2 October 1977, page 3