Heartlands Academy

Heartlands Academy
Established 1 September 2009 (2009-09-01)[1]
Type Academy
Principal Mr Richard Tattersfield[2]
Chair of the Governors Noran Flynn[3]
Location Great Francis Street
Nechells
Birmingham
West Midlands
B7 4QR
 England
52°29′17″N 1°52′31″W / 52.4880°N 1.8753°W / 52.4880; -1.8753Coordinates: 52°29′17″N 1°52′31″W / 52.4880°N 1.8753°W / 52.4880; -1.8753
Local authority Birmingham
DfE number 330/6905
DfE URN 135907 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Staff 150
Capacity 950[4]
Students 841[5]
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18
Houses Hurricane (blue), Lightning (yellow), Storm (red), and Tornado (green)
Colours           Red and Black
Website Academy Website

Heartlands Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Nechells area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England.[6]

Originally known as Duddeston Manor School and then Heartlands High School,[7] the school converted to academy status on 1 September 2009[8] and was renamed Heartlands Academy. The academy is sponsored by E-ACT and moved into a new building in 2012.[9]

Heartlands Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils,[10] while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.[11]

Glynis Jones, the academy's principal of twelve years retired in 2015 and was succeeded by Richard Tattersfield, former principal of Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Technology College.

Notable former pupils

Duddeston Manor School

Heartlands High School

GCSE results

Heartlands High School generally had low average percentage for 5+ GCSEs (or equivalent) A*-C including English & Mathematics in the past, with the lowest recorded being 11% back in 2003. However, since then, the average percentage has been going up steadily each year. Before the school turned to an academy in September 2009, the school had a percentage of 40% for the final year as Heartlands High School. Since becoming an academy in 2009, the results have been continuing to increase, reaching over 50% for the first time in 2012. In 2013 Heartlands achieved 57% which was their highest results percentage ever recorded.

Track record: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
5+ GCSEs (or equivalent) A*-C incl. English & Maths [12][13] 11% 13% 22% 29% 28% 30% 40% 47% 45% 56% 57% 54% 52%

Ofsted Reports

Heartlands High School was placed into special measures by Ofsted in 2003. Since appointing a new principal and a strong leadership team, the school went to good and improving in three years. In 2009 Heartlands High School was awarded Outstanding, the highest mark achievable in school Ofsted inspections. Since academy conversion, Heartlands Academy has continued to be awarded outstanding in 2012 and 2014, respectively.

Inspection record: March 2003 March 2006 February 2009 January 2012 February 2014
Ofsted [14] Special Measures Good and Improving Outstanding Outstanding Outstanding

Principals

Principals have been

  • 2003 - 2015 Glynis Jones
  • 2016 - Richard Tattersfield

References

External links


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