Kings Norton Girls' School

Kings Norton Girls' School and Sixth Form

Established	1910
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Gill Fox
Deputy Headteacher	David Gunn and Nicola Raggett
Chair	David Green
Location	Selly Oak Road Birmingham West Midlands B30 1HW England Coordinates: 52°25′15″N 1°56′07″W / 52.4208°N 1.9352°W / 52.4208; -1.9352
Local authority	Birmingham City Council
DfE number	330/5414
DfE URN	136590 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Staff	around 190
Students	around 1,000 ^[1]
Gender	girls and co-ed boys in 6th form
Ages	11–19
Houses	Keller, Nightingale, Goodall, Sharman
Colours	Blue and Either Red (Sharman), Yellow (Keller), Blue (Nightingale) and Green (Goodall)
Phone Number	0121 6751305
Website	Kings Norton Girls' School and Sixth Form

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]
Alison Kervin, Sports Editor of the Mail on Sunday, and the first female in the UK to become sports editor of a major national newspaper

Kings Norton Grammar School for Girls

Ann Haydon-Jones CBE, famous tennis player who won seven Grand Slam championships, including Wimbledon in 1969, and BBC tennis commentator
Susan Jameson, actress, married to James Bolam
Brigadier Eileen Nolan CB, Director from 1973-77 of the Women’s Royal Army Corps
Sheila Whitaker, Director from 1987-96 of the BFI London Film Festival

References

1 2 3 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.

Schools in Birmingham

Primary schools	Al-Hijrah School Harborne Primary School King David School Ladypool Primary School Robin Hood Academy St Nicholas RC Primary School Starbank School Waverley School

Secondary schools	Al-Hijrah School Archbishop Ilsley RC Technology College Ark Boulton Academy Ark Kings Academy Ark St Alban's Academy The Arthur Terry School Aston Manor Academy Aston University Engineering Academy Balaam Wood School Bartley Green School The Baverstock Academy Birmingham Ormiston Academy Bishop Challoner RC College Bishop Walsh RC School Bordesley Green Girls' School Bournville School Broadway Academy Cardinal Wiseman RC Technology College Cockshut Hill Technology College Colmers School Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Technology College Fairfax School Four Dwellings Academy George Dixon Academy Great Barr School Greenwood Academy Hall Green School Hamstead Hall Academy Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy Harborne Academy Heartlands Academy Hillcrest School Hodge Hill College Hodge Hill Girls' School Holte School Holy Trinity RC School Holyhead School The International School John Willmott School King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy Kings Heath Boys King's Norton Boys' School Kings Norton Girls School Kingsbury School Lordswood Boys' School Lordswood Girls' School Moseley School Ninestiles School North Birmingham Academy Perry Beeches The Academy Plantsbrook School Queensbridge School Rockwood Academy Shenley Academy Small Heath School St Edmund Campion RC School St John Wall RC School St Paul's School for Girls St Thomas Aquinas RC School Saltley Academy Selly Park Technology College Starbank School Stockland Green School Swanshurst School Turves Green Boys' School Turves Green Girls' School University of Birmingham School Washwood Heath Academy Waverley School Wheelers Lane Technology College Yardleys School

Grammar schools	Bishop Vesey's Grammar School Handsworth Grammar School King Edward VI Aston School King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls King Edward VI Five Ways King Edward VI Handsworth Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls

Special schools	Hallmoor School

Independent schools	Birmingham Blue Coat School Darul Uloom Edgbaston High School Elmhurst School for Dance Highclare School Kimichi School King Edward's School King Edward VI High School for Girls Mander Portman Woodward St George's School

FE & sixth form colleges	Birmingham Metropolitan College Bournville College Cadbury Sixth Form College Fircroft College Queen Alexandra College South & City College Birmingham

Defunct schools	BISPA Icknield Street School Oozells Street Board School St Philip's School St Peter's College

Schools in Kings Norton, Birmingham

Primary Schools	ARK Rose Primary Academy Broadmeadow Junior School Fairway Primary School Hawkesley Church Primary School Kings Norton Primary School St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Secondary School	Ark Kings Academy King's Norton Boys' School Kings Norton Girls School St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School

Colleges	Cadbury Sixth Form College

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