Aldridge School
| Aldridge School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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Tynings Lane , , BN23 8EJ England | |
| Coordinates | 52°35′52″N 1°55′32″W / 52.597821°N 1.925483°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Local authority | Walsall |
| Department for Education URN | 137974 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headmaster | Ian Bryant |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 1488 (2010)[1] |
| Website | http://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. It became a 13-18 comprehensive school in September 1972 when Aldridge-Brownhills adopted a three-tier school system, only to revert to the 11-18 age range in September 1986 when Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (which absorbed Aldridge in 1974) decided to bring the schools in the former Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District area into line with the rest of the borough.
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
- Air Chief Marshal Stuart Peach, Chief of the Defence Staff since 2016
Aldridge School
- Ellie Simmonds, swimmer
- Jorja Smith, singer-songwriter
- Lee Sinnott, footballer
- Richard Sinnott, actor
- Richard Taundry, footballer
- Rachel Unitt, footballer
- Sophie Amanda Jones, Social media influencer
References
- ^ "Aldridge School - Ofsted Report" (PDF). Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ^ Cricket Archive, player profile
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.aldridge.walsall.sch.uk/pdf/prospectus/Prospectus.pdf Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine (page 8)
- ^ Gill, Richard (2017). "Aldridge School - A Science College". Ofsted. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ http://www.aldridge.walsall.sch.uk/pdf/prospectus/Prospectus.pdf Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine (page 5)
