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North Birmingham Academy

North Birmingham Academy

Academy in Birmingham, West Midlands, England

North Birmingham Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Perry Common area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England.[1]

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Previously a community school administered by Birmingham City Council, the school converted to academy status on 1 January 2010 and is now sponsored by E-ACT.[2] However North Birmingham Academy continues to coordinate with Birmingham City Council for admissions. The school moved into new buildings in 2013.[3]

North Birmingham Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.[4] The school had specialisms in English and the arts before the specialist school programme was scrapped by the coalition government in 2010.[5]

The school was founded as Perry Common Comprehensive School and was also known as College High School for several years.

References

  1. [1]
    "North Birmingham Academy". nbacademy.org.uk.
  2. [2]
    "About our sponsor". nbacademy.org.uk.
  3. [3]
    "New Buildings". nbacademy.org.uk.
  4. [4]
    "Post 16 Guided Choices". nbacademy.org.uk.
  5. [5]
    "Specialisms". nbacademy.org.uk.


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