Holyhead School
Academy in Birmingham, West Midlands, England
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Holyhead School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands, England.
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Milestone Lane , , B21 0HN | |
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| Type | Academy |
| Motto | "Engage, Enable, Educate" |
| Local authority | Birmingham City Council |
| Trust | Central Region Schools Trust |
| Department for Education URN | 137034 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Dave Knox |
| Staff | >120 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1,300 as of March 2023[update] |
| Houses | Meriden, Edgeware, Oswestry, Corwen |
| Colours | Navy, Red, Green, Light Blue |
| Website | http://www.holyheadschool.org.uk/ |
Previously a foundation school administered by Birmingham City Council, Holyhead School converted to academy status in August 2011. The school became part of the RSA Academies Trust in September 2014,[1] but continues to coordinate with Birmingham City Council for admissions for its Year 7 intake. On 1 January 2021, Holyhead School joined Central Region Schools Trust.
In 2014, the school was described as "outstanding" by Ofsted, which stated that "achievement in mathematics has been consistently outstanding".[2] The school's continuing achievements in Mathematics had also recently been further recognised when the department had been nominated for the "TES Maths department of the Year 2015/16" award.[3]
Holyhead School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.[4]
In January 2017, long standing principal Martin Bayliss and colleague Amanda Cottam retired after 17 and 38 years teaching at the school respectively. After a long recruitment process, it was decided that the then Head of Key Stage 3, Ross Trafford, would be promoted to the role.[5] When Holyhead joined Central Region Schools Trust, Dave Knox was made Head of School as Ross Trafford took on duties as Executive Principal at Holyhead & Gospel Oak.
