Kings Norton Girls' School
| Kings Norton Girls' School and Sixth Form | |
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| Address | |
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Selly Oak Road Birmingham , West Midlands , B30 1HW England | |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Established | 1910 |
| Local authority | Birmingham City Council |
| Department for Education URN | 136590 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chair | David Green |
| Head teacher | Gill Fox |
| Staff | around 190 |
| Gender | girls and co-ed boys in 6th form |
| Age | 11 to 19 |
| Enrollment | around 1,000 [1] |
| Houses | Keller, Nightingale, Goodall, Sharman |
| Colour(s) | Blue and Either Red (Sharman), Yellow (Keller), Blue (Nightingale) and Green (Goodall) |
| Phone Number | 0121 6751305 |
| Website | http://www.kngs.co.uk |
Kings Norton Girls' School is an all-girls academy school for pupils aged 11 to 19. It is located in Selly Oak Road in Kings Norton within the formal district of Northfield in a suburb of the city of Birmingham, England.
History
The school was founded in 1910 as Kings Norton Grammar School for Girls and after an intermediary name change, was renamed Kings Norton Girls School in 1975.[2]
Curriculum
Pupils follow a broad curriculum that includes National Curriculum core subjects, GCSE and A-Level. The school operates joint sixth form provision with King's Norton Boys' School and went co-ed in 2014 to allow boys to only attend Kings Norton Girls' School at A level and offers courses in Art & Design - Textiles, TEC National Certificate in Sport, B TEC Travel and Tourism, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Computer Science, D&T Product Design, Drama & Theatre Studies, English Language-Literature, English Literature, French, Further Mathematics, Geography, German, Government and Politics, History, ICT, Mathematics, Media Studies, Music, Music Technology, Photography, Physical Education, Physics, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology, and Spanish.
The school is involved in a range of partnerships with other schools and colleges locally and internationally, and was designated a Specialist Language College in 2001,[1] It became a Leading Edge School in 2003, and gained a second specialism in Sport in 2006.[1]
Notable alumnae
- Felicity Jones, actress[3]
References
- ^ a b c Ofsted report November 2007 Retrieved 27 December 2010
- ^ KNGS History Retrieved 27 December 2010
- ^ Young, Graham. "Felicity Jones at the BAFTAs: Watch Kings Norton Girls School pupils' good luck message poem". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 23 February 2015.