Four Dwellings High School
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Four Dwellings High School is a secondary school
in the Quinton
area of Birmingham
, England
. It opened in 1940 on Quinton Road West. This part of the school is now used by other council departments including the Quinton Neighbourhood Office. The old Upper School building opened in 1954 on Dwellings Lane, originally as the Four Dwellings Girls School, with the boys school being situated in the older buildings. The school went co-educational in 1970. The site is split between four key areas: Four Dwellings High School, Four Dwellings Junior School, Quinzone and the Forum. The school holds specialist Science College
status.
The high school, which is now situated solely on the old girls school building, has approximately 720 pupils and a new 16+ course catering for pupils to continue to work at GCSEs after finishing at secondary school. It is currently one of a handful of schools who are designing and experimenting with a new curriculum for QCA
around core skills, which to date has been very successful.
The current head teacher is Mr. B. Smith.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in the Quinton
Quinton, Birmingham
Quinton is a suburb on the western edge of Birmingham, England. It is a Birmingham City Council ward within the Edgbaston formal district, and forms a part of the Birmingham Edgbaston parliamentary constituency.The area is served by .-Geography:...
area 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...
, England
England
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. It opened in 1940 on Quinton Road West. This part of the school is now used by other council departments including the Quinton Neighbourhood Office. The old Upper School building opened in 1954 on Dwellings Lane, originally as the Four Dwellings Girls School, with the boys school being situated in the older buildings. The school went co-educational in 1970. The site is split between four key areas: Four Dwellings High School, Four Dwellings Junior School, Quinzone and the Forum. The school holds specialist Science College
Science College
Science Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, science and mathematics...
status.
The high school, which is now situated solely on the old girls school building, has approximately 720 pupils and a new 16+ course catering for pupils to continue to work at GCSEs after finishing at secondary school. It is currently one of a handful of schools who are designing and experimenting with a new curriculum for QCA
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
The Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency is an exempt charity, and an executive non-departmental public body of the Department for Children, Schools and Families...
around core skills, which to date has been very successful.
The current head teacher is Mr. B. Smith.
Notable pupils
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