Aldridge School

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Aldridge School
Address
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Tynings Lane

Aldridge
,
West Midlands
,
BN23 8EJ

England
Coordinates52°35′52″N 1°55′32″W / 52.597821°N 1.925483°W / 52.597821; -1.925483Coordinates: 52°35′52″N 1°55′32″W / 52.597821°N 1.925483°W / 52.597821; -1.925483
Information
TypeAcademy
Local authorityWalsall
Department for Education URN137974 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadmasterIan Bryant
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrollment1488 (2010)[1]
Websitehttp://www.aldridge.walsall.sch.uk/

Aldridge School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Aldridge, in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, England. The school is recognised as a Science College. The current head is Ian Bryant.

History[]

The school was formed in 1975 by merging Aldridge Grammar School with Tynings County Secondary Modern School, which were based in adjacent buildings on the same campus.

Aldridge Grammar School opened in September 1959 and was an 11-18 selective school. The original Headmaster was Eric Ioan Emlyn Whitman, BSc (1909-1990) who had previously played first class cricket for Glamorgan. He served for 15 years until his retirement in July 1974[2]

In September 2003, Aldridge School became a Science College.[3][4] Since then, it has invested in science equipment for each subject, as well as a biology block. The school has 15 laboratories with prep rooms and technical support.[5]

The school's most recent Ofsted inspection was in 2017 and it was rated Good.[6]

House system[]

When a pupil joins the school, they are placed in a tutor group which is assigned to one of the four houses - Barr, Daniels, Linley and Scott - each of which houses around 360 pupils.[7]

Music Scholarship[]

Prospective students can apply for admission through a music scholarship. The school has a large music department with over 50 pupils studying music at A-level.

Notable former pupils[]

Aldridge Grammar School[]

Aldridge School[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Aldridge School - Ofsted Report" (PDF). Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  2. ^ Cricket Archive, player profile
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ http://www.aldridge.walsall.sch.uk/pdf/prospectus/Prospectus.pdf Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine (page 8)
  6. ^ Gill, Richard (2017). "Aldridge School - A Science College". Ofsted. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  7. ^ http://www.aldridge.walsall.sch.uk/pdf/prospectus/Prospectus.pdf Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine (page 5)

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