The Baverstock Academy

The Baverstock Academy

Motto	Strive to Succeed
Established	1983
Type	Academy
Interim Executive Principal	Sylvia Thomas
Chair of Governors	Sandra Howe
Founder	Roger Perks OBE
Location	501 Bells Lane Druids Heath West Midlands B14 5TL England Coordinates: 52°24′18″N 1°53′29″W / 52.4050°N 1.8913°W / 52.4050; -1.8913
Local authority	Birmingham
DfE number	330/5400
DfE URN	139738 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	665 as of March 2016
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–18
Colours	Yellow, Navy Blue and Black
Website	Baverstock Academy

The Baverstock Academy (formerly Baverstock Foundation School and Specialist Sports College) is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located on the southern edge of Birmingham on the large estate of Druids Heath.

It was formed in 1983 from a merger between three closing and under-subscribed schools on the site of the former Maypole High School. After having been a grant-maintained school for many years, Baverstock became known as Baverstock Foundation School. Due to its outstanding sports facilities, it became one of the first to gain specialist Sports College status in September 2002. Baverstock also holds Artsmark Gold, Schools Achievement and Sportsmark awards.

In 2010 plans were announced to merge Baverstock School and Kings Norton High School on the current site on KNHS to form and new 1000 pupils school. Although a Statement of Intent was signed by Michael Gove the Secretary of State for Education to begin the project, this was later withdrawn.^[1] The school then converted to academy status in June 2013.

Headteachers of Baverstock

Mr Roger Perks O.B.E

Mr Roger Perks joined Baverstock School from Naseby School, where he had previously been Head Teacher. When coming to Baverstock it known as Maypole High School. Maypole High School was one of the worst failing schools in the country and was described at the time as "having the greatest number of referrals to social services of any part of any city in Europe".[citation needed] Perks took the role of the headteacher in 1983 when the merger between Maypole High School and two other schools made the formation of Baverstock School. He had a hard task, as the school had pupils from three failing schools to cater for, and the new school's 150 places only opened up to 26 applicants. Within five years, Baverstock was regarded as one of Birmingham's most successful inner-city schools.[citation needed] For the services that he gave to the area, staff and the students he was awarded an O.B.E for services to education in the year of 1991. He retired in 2003 after 19 years of service to Baverstock School. Perks died on Christmas Day in 2005. The students of Baverstock School raised a lot of money (through a concert) for a memorial to him.^[2]

Mr David Green

Mr David Green joined the school in late 2003 and left it at the end of the Summer term 2010. He has seen many changes in the school since he took the headteacher position of Baverstock School. Upon leaving he seen the school gain its best results at the end of 2010 and was seen as a last achievement. He has now become the chair to the Governers of Kings Norton Girls' School.

Mr Thomas Marshall

Mr Thomas Marshall started the position of headteacher in the September 2010 term and seen many changes to the school. On 1 June 2013 Baverstock Foundation School and Specialist Sports College officially became, The Baverstock Academy, with Mr Thomas Marshall as Executive Principal of the Academy trust.

The school was rated as inadequate by Ofsted in 2014 and then subquently placed into special measures by ofsted. In Novemeber 2015 the School was investigated by The Department for Education for a what was seen as a “concern” over “financial irregularity” within the schools finances. The investigation came to the conclusion of “serious allegations of financial irregularity and governance” at the school between August and September and needed to seek improvement by December 2015.^[3] This then led to the removal of Mr Marshall from his post in December 2015 with Sylvia Thomas becoming his replacement as Interim Executive Principal.

Ms Sylvia Thomas

Ms Sylvia Thomas became Interim Executive Principal/Headteacher in December 2015 taking over from Mr Thomas Marshall and has now become the 4th person to take this role within the school so far. She has not yet managed to remove the special measures status from the school and is working to improve standards of the school and improve its financial state. She has also seen the closure of the Sixth Form College within the next academic year due to a financial standpoint.

Sixth Form

Baverstock Sixth Form was part of a wider initiative of the original master plan set out by then head teacher Roger Perks to secure the future success of the school within the community. It was officially opened in 1996 by then Prime Minister John Major.

On 5 February 2016 the governing body of the school announced the suspending of the Sixth Form for the 2016–2017 academic year. The reasons given for this were that the school could no longer give students the right "quality of educational experience" and needed to focus academic concentration on the main school as a priority.^[4] The school hopes to reintroduce the Sixth Form once the school has overcome its current issues.

LEAP School

LEAP (Learn, engage, Achieve and Progress) is a behaviour support centre that was designed to help with exclusions at the school, which had traditionally been very high.

Its purpose is to support students with behaviour issues and to ultimately reduce the exclusion rate. LEAP puts the emphasis on learning. The new centre is, initially, very labour-intensive with money being spent on providing a new self-contained area from the rest of the main school to put focus on the students. The success of LEAP has been recognised nationally. In 2013–14, 100% of the students who attended the Baverstock Academy achieved the top GCSE grades. LEAP students sit GCSEs and achieve well.

The LEAP program also appeared on BBC Panorama Last Chance Academy, which highlighted the great impact on disruptive students that the LEAP program had on them.^[5]

Health-Tec

Health-Tec brings health and education together to create a fresh environment and a different proven way of learning, whereby students can immerse themselves in interactive ‘real life’ simulation scenarios in specially constructed sets, which mirror everyday experiences in the workplace in the health and care sector. The project is in collabroation with University Hospitals Birmingham and South and City College Birmingham and works with others schools across Birmingham.

The HealthTec Project helps to deliver scenarios to support programmes of study in consultation with teaching staff, this includes examination courses including BTECs and GCSE’s, underpinning relevance and deep learning and understanding for the students. This could be working alongside paramedics in an ambulance simulator to deliver critical first aid in the aftermath of a devastating accident

Alternatively, they could be helping each other to complete day-to-day tasks in our mini-residential home wearing our restricted mobility suits, or taking part in one of our Opening Doors sessions in areas ranging from Dentistry to Medical Engineering.

Academic performance

Recent success

Baverstock School’s Year 11 of 2005–2010 celebrated the greatest achievement of the school’s history by achieving the highest GCSE results in the school’s history. The results were attained by Baverstock’s Year 11 group of the year 2005-2010 who smashed every record Baverstock has ever had. The Head of Year was Mr. R .Clarke and all his team worked with all students to achieve this massive achievement with 66% of all student leaving with 5 GCSE’s A*- C.

Old Measures GCSE Results

Track record:	2001	2002	2003
5 GCSE A*-C incl. English & Maths	40%	45%	35%

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New Measures GCSE Results

Track record:	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
5 GCSE A*-C incl. English & Maths	26%	36%	23%	25%	28%	27%	66%	33%	46%	49%	36%	34%

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A-Level Results

Track record:	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
AVERAGE A/AS-LEVEL POINTS PER STUDENT	524.0	604.9	487.7	521.8	533.3 ^[8]	593.6	440.3	N/A	565.9	N/A

Only 46 entrants For Each Year Took the Exam.

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References

External links

Schools in Birmingham

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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 Boy's 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

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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

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