Ninestiles Academy
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| Ninestiles Technology College | |
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Hartfield Crescent Birmingham , West Midlands , B27 7GQ England | |
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| Type | Comprehensve and sixth form centre |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Non-denominational |
| Established | 1929 |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Specialist | Technology College |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head teacher | C. Quinn |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 1400 |
| Website | http://www.ninestiles.bham.sch.uk/ |
Ninestiles Technology College is a secondary school situated in Acocks Green, Birmingham, England. It is a mixed comprehensive Technology College with 1,400 students, including 200 in the sixth form. It has over 1,300 laptops and the largest wireless network of any school in Europe[citation needed]. The current headmistress is Mrs Quinn, .
It is the lead school in a federation headed by Sir Dexter Hutt, and associated with a consultancy company "Ninestiles Plus". The school was granted Technology College status in 1997 and became a foundation school in 1999.
Ninestiles School is also connected with Fox Hollies Leisure Centre, giving the school access to a swimming pool, squash and badminton facilities, an astroturf pitch and a large field generally used for rugby and cricket.
Structure
Recently, the lessons changed to two and a half hours in length. This has caused controversy, and many GCSE students have complained that it hinders coursework and that the amount of lessons per fortnight is not reasonable.[citation needed] It would seem that few students have actually gained "extra attention" and made greater progress.[citation needed] It was designed to allow for subjects to be taught in greater depth and for guest speakers to come into school.[citation needed]
From next term (2007-2008) Ninestiles School will go into a new system that will see pupils from different year groups mixed in the same Forms. (Year 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 mixed). The school has said that this will be an effective way for pupils to bond with other students of different ages, and also have the older kids helping the younger ones. The new changes also include a bigger Student Support Centre, new carpets, walls and furniture.
Laptops
The school previously had a laptop policy called AAL (Anywhere, Anytime Learning) that allowed the students to lease laptops through the school. However this was abandoned in 2006 as new laptops and units to store them were bought, for use in school, for every classroom without computers set up in them.[citation needed]
the laptops are new but extremely rubbish. many are broke and old.The school has rubish windows and the laptops in the science class got robbed.
HELLOOOOOOO
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