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| Shireland Collegiate Academy | |
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| Address | |
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Waterloo Road Smethwick , West Midlands , B66 4ND England | |
| Coordinates | 52°29′03″N 1°57′53″W / 52.4843°N 1.9647°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Established | 1907 |
| Department for Education URN | 135170 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head teacher | Moira Green |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 19 |
| Website | collegiateacademy |
Shireland Collegiate Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form in the English academy programme, located in Smethwick, West Midlands, England. The school was built during the early 20th century and originally called Shireland High School and later, Shireland Language College. The school has been known as Shireland Collegiate Academy since 2007.
The Academy and its predecessor schools were run by Sir Mark Grundy since 1997 who was knighted for his services to education for his work within the school and its partner Academy, before David Irish took over.[1] Shireland Collegiate Academy was in a partnership with George Salter Academy until September 2011 when Shireland became a stand-alone Academy. The Academy is fully sponsored by Microsoft. The Academy gained 'Teaching School' status in March 2013.[2]
Sir Mark Grundy is now the CEO of Shireland Collegiate Trust, whose headquarters are based at the Academy
The Academy was rated as Outstanding in 2011 and again following a no-notice inspection in 2013.
- ^ "News Article Praising School Turnaround". Birminghampost.net. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ "List of Designated Teaching Schools" (PDF). DfE. Retrieved 17 April 2013.