King's Norton Boys' School

King's Norton Boys' School

Motto	"Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out!"
Established	1912
Type	Foundation school
Headteaacher	Mr Paul Woodhouse
Location	Northfield Road Kings Norton Birmingham West Midlands B30 1DY England Coordinates: 52°25′02″N 1°56′30″W / 52.4171°N 1.9417°W / 52.4171; -1.9417
Local authority	Birmingham City Council
DfE number	330/5415
DfE URN	103562 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	697
Gender	Boys
Ages	11–18
Houses	4- Neptune(red), Mercury(Purple), Saturn(Green) and Jupiter (Yellow)
Colours	Navy blue and Light Sky Blue
Website	King's Norton Boy's School

King's Norton Boys' School is a secondary school for around 750 pupils aged 11 to 18 of which approximately 130 attend the sixth form centre. It is located in Northfield Road in Kings Norton within the formal district of Northfield near the centre of the city of Birmingham, England.^[1] It is situated east of the A441, just north of the B4121 in Cotteridge.

History

It was founded as a boys' grammar school in 1912. In the 1960s, when administered by the City of Birmingham Education Committee, it had around 600 boys. It became a boy's comprehensive school in 1975. The schools five houses in the 1960s were, Greves, Jervoise, Lyttleton, Middlemore & Mortimer. The school had four houses in the 1980/90s, James, Weaver, Reynolds and Wright.

Curriculum

Pupils follow a broad curriculum that includes National Curriculum core subjects to GCSE and A-Level. The school was designated a Sixth Form Specialist Science College in 2004,^[2] and a collaborative scheme exists for sharing 6th form resources with King's Norton Girls' School.

An October 2008 Ofsted report classed, the school with a Grade 3 (satisfactory).^[1]

Notable former pupils

Richard Blaze, rugby player
Robert Flello, Labour MP since 2005 for Stoke-on-Trent South
Adrian Goldberg radio & TV presenter/reporter BBC WM, BBC Radio Five Live
Caryl Phillips, writer, Professor of English at Yale University
Alan Smith, former England international footballer, now TV football pundit
Phil Upton, radio presenter, ex-BRMB, now BBC Coventry and Warwickshire
Edward J Mason, radio, television and film scriptwriter, BBC and Radio Luxembourg, creator of The Archers, Riders of the Range and Journey Into Space
St. John Whittaker, Chief Death Star Technician, all time winner of the shin rigidity competition, Supreme ruler of Helicon (crater) and chief underling to the feared Sith Master Lord Lisius.
An unnamed student, current incumbent of the Fourth Reich, designer of the SMS-based King's Norton Boys' School Newsletter (2015), activist against wearing blazers, former graffiti artist (2011-2015).

King's Norton Grammar School for Boys

Prof Bill Ainsworth, his work led to the cochlear implant, invented by Graeme Clark
Arthur Bywater GC GM, the only civilian to have been awarded the GC and the GM
Roxbee Cox, Baron Kings Norton, Chancellor from 1969-97 of Cranfield University, and aeronautical engineer, being Managing Director from 1944-6 of Power Jets, and Director from 1946-8 of the National Gas Turbine Establishment
Doug Hele, motorcycle engineer
Sir Julian Horn-Smith, 1960-1967, Chief Operating Officer from 2001-4 of Vodafone and member of Vodafone's founding management. Pro Chancellor, University of Bath
Bob Mills, comedian, actor, radio presenter and former TV personality^[3]
Chris Skudder, Sports Presenter/Correspondent Sky News & Sky Sports News
Stuart Linnell MBE, radio & TV presenter, BBC Radio Northampton & BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, formerly with Radio Hallam, Mercia Sound & BBC WM, former presenter of "The Midlands At Westminster" & "Midlands Today" for BBC West Midlands television, & former reporter for Sky Sports News
Enoch Powell MBE (briefly), Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1957-58, Minister of Health 1960-63, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence 1965-68
Leslie Seymour, Conservative MP from 1959-64 for Birmingham Sparkbrook

References

1 2 "Inspection Report". Ofsted. 10 October 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ "Inspection Report". Ofsted. 5 December 2005. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
↑ Fighting Talk: 20 May 2006 (during the Any Other Business round)

External links

EduBase

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 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

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 Boy's School Kings Norton Girls School St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School

Colleges	Cadbury Sixth Form College

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