Kings Norton Girls' School
52°25′15″N 1°56′07″W / 52.4208°N 1.9352°W / 52.4208; -1.9352
Kings Norton Girls' School is an all-girls academy school for pupils aged 11–19. Established in 1910, it is located in Selly Oak Road in Kings Norton within the formal district of Northfield, a suburb of the city of Birmingham, England.
Curriculum
The school operates both a lower school and 6th form provision. The 6th form provision went co-ed in 2014 to allow boys to attend Kings Norton Girls' School at A level.
Pupils follow a broad curriculum that includes National Curriculum core subjects, GCSE and A-Level. The school offers courses in:
- Art & Design - Textiles
- 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
- Mathematics
- Media Studies
- Music
- Music Technology
- Photography
- Physical Education
- Physics
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Sociology
- Spanish
- TEC National Certificate in Sport
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 (for her GCSEs)[2]
- Alison Kervin, sports editor of the Mail on Sunday, and the first woman in the UK to become sports editor of a major national newspaper.
Kings Norton School for Girls
- Susan Jameson, actress, married to James Bolam (not to be confused with Louise Jameson)
- Ann Haydon-Jones CBE, tennis player who won seven Grand Slam championships, including Wimbledon in 1969, and BBC tennis commentator
- Brigadier Eileen Nolan CB, Director from 1973 to 1977 of the Women’s Royal Army Corps
- Sheila Whitaker, Director from 1987 to 1996 of the BFI London Film Festival
References
- ^ a b c Ofsted report November 2007 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.
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