Four Dwellings Academy

Four Dwellings Academy (formerly Four Dwellings High School) is a co-educational school with academy status, located in the Quinton area of Birmingham, England. It opened in 2020 on Quinton Road West.^[1] The old Upper School building on Dwellings Lane was opened in 1954 by Florence Horsbrugh, Minister of Education as the Four Dwellings Girls' School and catered for 600 pupils. On opening, the building had an entrance hall with murals and a goldfish pool, a theatre with facilities to build stage scenery and a "miniature" flat for domestic science classes.^[2] The boys' school was situated in older buildings. The school went co-educational in 1970.^[3] The school held specialist Science College status before converting to academy status in March 2013.

TypeAcademy

Established1940

Department for Education URN

139047 Tables

OfstedReports

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Four Dwellings Academy
Location
Dwellings Lane Quinton, Birmingham , West Midlands , B32 1RJ England 52.4556°N 2.003°W / 52.4556; -2.003
Information
Type	Academy
Established	1940
Department for Education URN	139047 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Claire Stoneman
Gender	Co-educational
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	600
Website	https://sites.google.com/a/aetinet.org/four-dwellings-academy/

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The academy is now situated solely on the old girls school building and has approximately 450 members.