Baverstock School
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Baverstock Foundation School & Specialist Sports College
, sometimes known as Baver, formerly Baverstock Grant-Maintained school, is a mixed comprehensive
on the southern edge of Birmingham
on the large estate of Druids Heath
. The school has 1261 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. The schools motto is "Strive to succeed", and can be found on the school badge.
It was formed in 1983 from a merger between three closing and under-subscribed schools. After having been a grant-maintained school
for many years, Baverstock became known as Baverstock Foundation School. Due to its outstanding sports facilities, it became a specialist Sports College
in September 2002. Baverstock also holds Artsmark
Gold, Schools Achievement and Sportsmark
awards.
Currently the school’s Headteacher is Mr Thomas Marshall who replaced Mr David Green in the summer term of 2010 for the brand new September term of 2010. Baverstock's first Headteacher was Mr Roger Perks O.B.E who died in 2005. Mr Perks was a well-known person throughout the Druids Heath
estate and was well loved by many of his past pupils. He turned Baverstock into one of the most outstanding schools in the country.
Perks took the role of the headteacher in 1983 when the merger between Maypole High School and two other schools made the formation of Baverstock School. He had a hard task, as the school had pupils from three failing schools to cater for, and the new school's 150 places only opened up to 26 applicants. Within five years, Baverstock was regarded as one of Birmingham's most successful inner-city schools.
For the services that he gave to the area, staff and the students he was awarded an O.B.E for services to education
in the year of 1991. He retired in 2003 after 19 years of service to Baverstock School. Perks died on Christmas Day in 2005. The students of Baverstock School raised a lot of money (through a concert) for a memorial to him.
Only 46 entrants For Each Year Took the Exams.
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Wayne Fitzsimmons - Actor (played in Dick Whittington and Chicago The Musical)
Sports College
Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, PE, sports and dance. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Sports...
, sometimes known as Baver, formerly Baverstock Grant-Maintained school, is a mixed comprehensive
Comprehensive
Comprehensive may refer to:*Comprehensive layout, the page layout of a proposed design as initially presented by the designer to a client*Comprehensive school, a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude...
on the southern edge of Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
on the large estate of Druids Heath
Druids Heath
Not to be confused with Druid's Heath, WalsallDruids Heath is an area of southern Birmingham, United Kingdom. It is located on the A435 road. Nearby settlements include Kings Heath, Kings Norton and Yardley Wood.-Etymology:...
. The school has 1261 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. The schools motto is "Strive to succeed", and can be found on the school badge.
It was formed in 1983 from a merger between three closing and under-subscribed schools. After having been a grant-maintained school
Grant-maintained school
Grant-maintained schools were state schools in England and Wales between 1988 and 1998 that had opted out of local government control, being funded directly by a grant from central government...
for many years, Baverstock became known as Baverstock Foundation School. Due to its outstanding sports facilities, it became a specialist Sports College
Sports College
Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, PE, sports and dance. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Sports...
in September 2002. Baverstock also holds Artsmark
Artsmark
Artsmark is a national award scheme managed by Arts Council England. The scheme, that is open to all schools in England, recognises schools with a high level of provision in the arts.There are three levels of award:* Artsmark Gold* Artsmark Silver...
Gold, Schools Achievement and Sportsmark
Sportsmark
Sportsmark is Sport England's accreditation scheme for secondary schools. The scheme recognises a school's out of hours sports provision.Sportsmark awards are given to secondary schools for provision for sport and physical education. They are currently being reviewed along with Activemark awards...
awards.
Currently the school’s Headteacher is Mr Thomas Marshall who replaced Mr David Green in the summer term of 2010 for the brand new September term of 2010. Baverstock's first Headteacher was Mr Roger Perks O.B.E who died in 2005. Mr Perks was a well-known person throughout the Druids Heath
Druids Heath
Not to be confused with Druid's Heath, WalsallDruids Heath is an area of southern Birmingham, United Kingdom. It is located on the A435 road. Nearby settlements include Kings Heath, Kings Norton and Yardley Wood.-Etymology:...
estate and was well loved by many of his past pupils. He turned Baverstock into one of the most outstanding schools in the country.
Mr Roger Perks
Mr Roger Perks joined Baverstock School from Naseby School, where he had previously been Head Teacher. When coming to Baverstock it known as Maypole High School. Maypole High School was one of the worst failing schools in the country and was described at the time as "having the greatest number of referrals to social services of any part of any city in Europe".Perks took the role of the headteacher in 1983 when the merger between Maypole High School and two other schools made the formation of Baverstock School. He had a hard task, as the school had pupils from three failing schools to cater for, and the new school's 150 places only opened up to 26 applicants. Within five years, Baverstock was regarded as one of Birmingham's most successful inner-city schools.
For the services that he gave to the area, staff and the students he was awarded an O.B.E for services to education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
in the year of 1991. He retired in 2003 after 19 years of service to Baverstock School. Perks died on Christmas Day in 2005. The students of Baverstock School raised a lot of money (through a concert) for a memorial to him.
Mr David Green
Mr David Green joined the school in late 2003 and left it at the end of the Summer term 2010. He has seen many changes in the school since he took the headteacher position of Baverstock School.Mr Thomas Marshall
Mr Thomas Marshall started the position of headteacher in the September 2010 term.Recent Success
Baverstock School’s Year 11 of 2005 – 2010 celebrated the greatest achievement of the school’s history by achieving the highest GCSE results in the school’s history. The results were attained by Baverstock’s Year 11 group of the year 2005-2010 who smashed every record Baverstock has ever had. The Head of Year was Mr. R .Clarke and all his team worked with all students to achieve this massive achievement with 66% of all student leaving with 5 GCSE’s A*- C.Old Measures GCSE Results
| Track record: | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 GCSE A*-C incl. English & Maths | 40% | 45% | 35% |
New Measures GCSE Results
| Track record: | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 GCSE A*-C incl. English & Maths | 23% | 25% | 28% | 27% | 66% | -- |
A-Level Results
| Track record: | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVERAGE A/AS-LEVEL POINTS PER STUDENT | 524.0 | 604.9 | 487.7 | 521.8 | 533.3 | -- |
Only 46 entrants For Each Year Took the Exams.
The Future
In 2010 plans were announced to merge Baverstock School and Kings Norton High School on the current site on KNHS to form and new 1000 pupils school. Although a Statement of Intent was signed by Michael Gove the Secretarty of State to begin the project, this was later withdrawn. The school has also been rumoured to become a academyAcademy
An academy is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership.The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. In the western world academia is the...
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Notable alumni
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Further reading
- Brent Davies, Lesley Anderson, "Opting for self-management: the early experiences of grant-maintained schools" (1992), paperback ISBN 0-415-07347-2.
- John E. Chubb, Terry M. Moe, "A lesson in school reform from Great Britain" (1992), paperback ISBN 0-8157-1411-4.
- John Honeybourne, Michael Hill, Helen Moors, "Advanced Physical Education and Sport for AS-level" (2001), paperback ISBN 0-7487-5303-6.