King's Norton Boys' School
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| Motto | "Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out!" |
|---|---|
| Established | 1912 |
| Type | Foundation school |
| Headteaacher | Mr Paul Woodhouse |
| Location |
Northfield Road Kings Norton Birmingham West Midlands B30 1DY England Coordinates: 52°25′02″N 1°56′30″W / 52.4171°N 1.9417°W |
| Local authority | Birmingham City Council |
| DfE number | 330/5415 |
| DfE URN | 103562 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 697 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | 4- Neptune(red), Mercury(Purple), Saturn(Green) and Jupiter (Yellow) |
| Colours | Navy blue and Light Sky Blue |
| Website | King's Norton Boy's School |
King's Norton Boys' School is a secondary school for around 750 pupils aged 11 to 18 of which approximately 130 attend the sixth form centre. It is located in Northfield Road in Kings Norton within the formal district of Northfield near the centre of the city of Birmingham, England.[1] It is situated east of the A441, just north of the B4121 in Cotteridge.
History
It was founded as a boys' grammar school in 1912. In the 1960s, when administered by the City of Birmingham Education Committee, it had around 600 boys. It became a boy's comprehensive school in 1975. The schools five houses in the 1960s were, Greves, Jervoise, Lyttleton, Middlemore & Mortimer. The school had four houses in the 1980/90s, James, Weaver, Reynolds and Wright.
Curriculum
Pupils follow a broad curriculum that includes National Curriculum core subjects to GCSE and A-Level. The school was designated a Sixth Form Specialist Science College in 2004,[2] and a collaborative scheme exists for sharing 6th form resources with Kings Norton Girls' School.
An October 2008 Ofsted report classed, the school with a Grade 3 (satisfactory).[1]
Notable former pupils
- Richard Blaze, rugby player
- Robert Flello, Labour MP since 2005 for Stoke-on-Trent South
- Adrian Goldberg radio & TV presenter/reporter BBC WM, BBC Radio Five Live
- Caryl Phillips, writer, Professor of English at Yale University
- Alan Smith, former England international footballer, now TV football pundit
- Phil Upton, radio presenter, ex-BRMB, now BBC Coventry and Warwickshire
- Edward J Mason, radio, television and film scriptwriter, BBC and Radio Luxembourg, creator of The Archers, Riders of the Range and Journey Into Space
King's Norton Grammar School for Boys
- Prof Bill Ainsworth, his work led to the cochlear implant, invented by Graeme Clark
- Arthur Bywater GC GM, the only civilian to have been awarded the GC and the GM
- Roxbee Cox, Baron Kings Norton, Chancellor from 1969-97 of Cranfield University, and aeronautical engineer, being Managing Director from 1944-6 of Power Jets, and Director from 1946-8 of the National Gas Turbine Establishment
- Doug Hele, motorcycle engineer
- Sir Julian Horn-Smith, 1960-1967, Chief Operating Officer from 2001-4 of Vodafone and member of Vodafone's founding management. Pro Chancellor, University of Bath
- Bob Mills, comedian, actor, radio presenter and former TV personality[3]
- Chris Skudder, Sports Presenter/Correspondent Sky News & Sky Sports News
- Stuart Linnell MBE, radio & TV presenter, BBC Radio Northampton & BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, formerly with Radio Hallam, Mercia Sound & BBC WM, former presenter of "The Midlands At Westminster" & "Midlands Today" for BBC West Midlands television, & former reporter for Sky Sports News
- Enoch Powell MBE (briefly), Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1957-58, Minister of Health 1960-63, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence 1965-68
- Leslie Seymour, Conservative MP from 1959-64 for Birmingham Sparkbrook
References
- 1 2 "Inspection Report". Ofsted. 10 October 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ↑ "Inspection Report". Ofsted. 5 December 2005. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ↑ Fighting Talk: 20 May 2006 (during the Any Other Business round)