Kings Norton Girls' School

Kings Norton Girls' School and Sixth Form
Kings Norton Girls' School and Sixth Form
Address
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	Selly Oak Road; Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1HW; England
Coordinates	52°25′15″N 1°56′07″W / 52.4208°N 1.9352°WCoordinates: 52°25′15″N 1°56′07″W / 52.4208°N 1.9352°W
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Opening a World of Opportunities
Established	1910
Local authority	Birmingham City Council
Department for Education URN	136590 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair	John Abbott
Head teacher	Nicola Raggett
Staff	Around 190
Gender	Girls and co-ed boys in 6th form
Age	11 to 19
Enrolment	Around 1,050
Houses	Sharman, Keller, Goodall & Nightingale
Colour(s)	Blue and either red (Sharman), yellow (Keller), blue (Nightingale) or green (Goodall)
Phone Number	0121 6751305
Website	http://www.kngs.co.uk

Kings Norton Girls' School is an all-girls academy school for pupils aged 11–19. Established in 1910, it is located in Selly Oak Road in Kings Norton within the formal district of Northfield, a suburb of the city of Birmingham, England.

Curriculum[]

The school operates both a lower school and 6th form provision. The 6th form provison went co-ed in 2014 to allow boys to attend Kings Norton Girls' School at A level.

Pupils follow a broad curriculum that includes National Curriculum core subjects, GCSE and A-Level. The school offers courses in:

Art & Design - Textiles
B TEC Travel and Tourism
Biology
Business Studies
Chemistry
Computer Science,
D&T Product Design
Drama & Theatre Studies
English Language-Literature
English Literature
French
Further Mathematics
Geography
German
Government and Politics
History
Mathematics
Media Studies
Music
Music Technology
Photography
Physical Education
Physics
Psychology
Religious Studies
Sociology
Spanish
TEC National Certificate in Sport

The school is involved in a range of partnerships with other schools and colleges locally and internationally, and was designated a Specialist Language College in 2001.^[1] It became a Leading Edge School in 2003, and gained a second specialism in Sport in 2006.^[1]

Notable alumnae[]

Felicity Jones, actress (for her GCSEs)^[2]
Alison Kervin, Sports Editor of the Mail on Sunday, and the first woman in the UK to become sports editor of a major national newspaper.

Kings Norton School for Girls[]

Susan Jameson, actress, married to James Bolam (not to be confused with Louise Jameson)
Ann Haydon-Jones CBE, tennis player who won seven Grand Slam championships, including Wimbledon in 1969, and BBC tennis commentator
Brigadier Eileen Nolan CB, Director from 1973 to 1977 of the Women’s Royal Army Corps
Sheila Whitaker, Director from 1987 to 1996 of the BFI London Film Festival

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Ofsted report November 2007 Retrieved 27 December 2010
^ Young, Graham. "Felicity Jones at the BAFTAs: Watch Kings Norton Girls School pupils' good luck message poem". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

[Ofsted-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Ofsted report November 2007 Retrieved 27 December 2010

[2] Young, Graham. "Felicity Jones at the BAFTAs: Watch Kings Norton Girls School pupils' good luck message poem". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

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Kings Norton Girls' School and Sixth Form

Address
Wikimedia \| © OpenStreetMap
Selly Oak Road Birmingham , West Midlands , B30 1HW England
Coordinates	52°25′15″N 1°56′07″W / 52.4208°N 1.9352°W / 52.4208; -1.9352Coordinates: 52°25′15″N 1°56′07″W / 52.4208°N 1.9352°W / 52.4208; -1.9352
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Opening a World of Opportunities
Established	1910
Local authority	Birmingham City Council
Department for Education URN	136590 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair	John Abbott
Head teacher	Nicola Raggett
Staff	Around 190
Gender	Girls and co-ed boys in 6th form
Age	11 to 19
Enrolment	Around 1,050 ^[1]
Houses	Sharman, Keller, Goodall & Nightingale
Colour(s)	Blue and either red (Sharman), yellow (Keller), blue (Nightingale) or green (Goodall)
Phone Number	0121 6751305
Website	http://www.kngs.co.uk