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Oak Cottage Primary
This is a list of schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England. State-funded schools Primary schools *Balsall Common Primary School, Balsall Common *Bentley Heath CE Primary School, Bentley Heath *Berkswell CE Primary School, Berkswell *Bishop Wilson CE Primary School, Chelmsley Wood *Burman Infant School, Shirley *Castle Bromwich Infant School, Castle Bromwich *Castle Bromwich Junior School, Castle Bromwich *Cheswick Green Primary School, Cheswick Green *Coleshill Heath School, Chelmsley Wood *Coppice Academy, Solihull *Cranmore Infant School, Shirley *Damson Wood Infant School, Solihull *Dickens Heath Community Primary School, Dickens Heath *Dorridge Primary School, Dorridge *Fordbridge Community Primary School, Chelmsley Wood *George Fentham Endowed School, Hampton in Arden *Greswold Primary School, Solihull *Haslucks Green School, Shirley *Hockley Heath Academy, Hockley Heath *Kineton Green Primary School, Olton *Kingshurst Primary School, Kings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of Solihull
The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull is a metropolitan borough in West Midlands (county), West Midlands county, England. It is named after its largest town, Solihull, from which Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is based. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG32) and is one of seven boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS statistical regions of the United Kingdom, NUTS 2 region. Much of the large residential population in the north of the borough centres on the communities of Castle Bromwich, Kingshurst, Marston Green and Smith's Wood as well as the towns of Chelmsley Wood and Fordbridge. In the south are the towns of Shirley, West Midlands, Shirley and Solihull, as well as the large villages of Knowle, West Midlands, Knowle, Dorridge, Meriden, West Midlands, Meriden and Balsall Common. Since 2011, Solihull has formed part of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership along with neighbouring authorities Birmingham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knowle, West Midlands
Knowle is a large village situated 3 miles (5 km) east-southeast of the town of Solihull, in the county of the West Midlands, England. Knowle lies within the Arden area of the historic county boundaries of Warwickshire, and since 1974 it has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. It lies 2.5 miles from the Warwickshire border and had a recorded population of 10,678. Knowle is in the parliamentary constituency of Meriden and Solihull East. History Knowle was formerly a chapelry, in 1866 Knowle became a civil parish, on 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished to form Solihull Urban, part also went to Balsall and Lapworth. In 1931 the parish had a population of 2982. Present day Knowle still retains a considerable village charm, despite being on the outer edge of the West Midlands conurbation. It is contiguous to the south with the similar-sized communities of Dorridge and Bentley Heath, both of which are mainly residential in nature. The affluent distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley School, Solihull
Langley School is a secondary school with academy status situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands. It has specialist status in the arts, languages and training. The school is a mixed, 11–16 comprehensive school with a current pupil roll of 1002. In September 2002 the school became a specialist Performing Arts College, in 2006 a specialist Language College and Training School. Alumni * Elizabeth Bower, actress *Roberto Cipolla Roberto Cipolla (born 3 May 1963) , FREng, is a British researcher in computer vision and Professor of Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Education Cipolla was born in Solihull, England and attended Langley School in ..., professor * Darren Carter, footballer * Ashley Sammons, footballer * Phil Hawker, footballer * Charlie Lakin, footballer References External linksLangley School Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Henry Newman Catholic College
John Henry Newman Catholic College (JHNCC), formerly ''Archbishop Grimshaw School'', is an English Catholic School located in Fordbridge, North Solihull. History It was formerly called Archbishop Grimshaw before 2011, when the school converted to academy status and the name of the school was changed to the John Henry Newman Catholic College. With an Ofsted report of outstanding in 2012/2013. References Schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Birmingham Academies in Solihull {{England-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Of England School
Heart of England School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Balsall Common in the West Midlands. Its catchment is the south-east of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, primarily rural and commuter villages. History The school was opened in 1957 and was formerly a secondary modern school. It became a comprehensive school in 1974 when it became part of the metropolitan borough of Solihull. In 1998 a new sixth form block was added with four additional classrooms and a dedicated computer suite. In 2011 the school converted to academy status. In 1984 pupils from the school starred in an episode of the ITV ''Good Health'' series titled ''Germs, Germs, Germs,'' written by Peter Brookes, the School drama teacher. When David Hempleman-Adams undertook his Ultimate Challenge Expedition in 1996 (leading a team of novices to ski to the Magnetic North Pole, having already completed a solo walk to the South Pole), sixth formers at Heart of England School we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Academy, Solihull
Grace Academy Solihull is a non-selective co-educational secondary school within the English Academy programme, at Chelmsley Wood, Solihull, West Midlands. It opened in 2006 and replaced the old Whitesmore School. It is a specialist Business and Enterprise college. Grace Academy Solihull is constituted as a company and registered charity under English law. In March 2017 the school was rated by Ofsted as Good, with an inspection in May 2022 stating that the academy continues to be a good school. See also * Grace Academy (Coventry) Grace Academy Coventry is a mixed secondary school located in Coventry, England. It was founded in 1968 as Woodway Park School and Community College, and became Grace Academy in 2008 History It was formerly Woodway Park School and Community ... * Grace Academy (Darlaston) * List of schools in Solihull References External links {{authority control Educational institutions established in 2006 Academies in Solihull Schools in the Metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arden Academy
Arden Academy (formerly Arden School) is a ten form entry (from 2015) mixed comprehensive secondary school with academy status It was re-designated as an 11-18 school in September 2008. Arden is situated in the village of Knowle, three miles from Solihull town centre in the West Midlands, United Kingdom. History Arden started its life in the 1950s as a two form entry 11-15 Warwickshire School. Since then the school has expanded considerably and developed accommodation, particularly specialist areas. Within the teaching blocks there are a number of classrooms containing suites of computers, there is a wireless network across the academy and in some subject areas like science and history, there are banks of i-pads. In the last fifteen years specialist teaching spaces have been constructed for many areas: * Music and Drama with two Drama Studios, a Dance studio, two specialist classrooms for Music as well as practice rooms that students can use during break, lunch and lesso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alderbrook School
Alderbrook School is a co-educational secondary school in Solihull, West Midlands. It shares grounds with the neighbouring schools of Tudor Grange Academy and St Peter's Catholic School. History In 2004, David Miliband toured Alderbrook to promote the General National Vocational Qualifications (GNVQ). The school was formed in 1974 from an amalgamation of Harold Malley Boys’ and Harold Cartwright Girls’ Grammar Schools. The school turned into an academy in August 2011. It was announced during Summer 2014 that Alderbrook would open a Sixth Form In the education systems of Barbados, England, Jamaica, Northern Ireland, Trinidad and Tobago, Wales, and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18. Pupils typically prepa ..., beginning to admit 16-18 students from September 2015. The first Year 12 cohort admitted 66 students. References External links * Academies in Solihull Secondary schools ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tidbury Green
Tidbury Green is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the county of West Midlands in England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 1,130. Historically, Tidbury Green belonged to the county of Warwickshire. At the beginning of the 20th century, the area was Tidbury Green Farm. It was owned by H. A. W. (Henry Aylesbury Walker) Aylesbury, having passed into his hands from the ownership of the Roberts family in the 1700s and early 1800s. The estate was sold in 1918 after Aylesbury's death, an example of land redistribution caused by the First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to .... After the Second World War it had a thriving Vegetable Growers Association. In 1995 a new school replacing the for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smith's Wood
Smith's Wood is a suburban civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands of England. It is known best for its schools and ancient woodland. The civil parish has a population of 10,476, according to the 2011 census. North Warwickshire forms its north and east boundary, Kingshurst its south, and Castle Bromwich its west. Smith's Wood also has several parks including Lanchester Park, Woodlands Green Park, and the Smith's Wood Playing Fields. History of Smith's Wood Smith's Wood is the site of the ancient 'Smith's Wood' – a historical woodland which was once part of the forest of Arden. It was officially designated a Local Nature Reserve in 2004. Burtons Farm once stood on the junction of Burtons Way and Windward Way and was part of the estates of Coleshill Manor and Kingshurst Hall in Warwickshire. Bosworth Wood Farm was located on Auckland DriveSmith's Wood Boys Football Club was established in 1970. Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earlswood, Warwickshire
Earlswood is a village split between the counties of Warwickshire and the West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. Most of the village is located in the Tanworth, Tanworth-in-Arden civil parish of the Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, while the northern part is in the Tidbury Green parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. A hamlet called Warings Green lies to the south east of the village, with the northernmost point crossing into the parish of Cheswick Green in the borough of`Solihull. The village is surrounded by farmland and forests and it gives its name to Earlswood Lakes (entirely within Warwickshire) as well as to Earlswood (West Midlands) railway station, Earlswood railway station (on the border with West Midlands), even though The Lakes railway station is located closer to the main part of the village. Amenities The Earlswood Lakes are close to the centre of the village. There are numerous footpaths for walking around the lakes and in the adjacen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization. O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies around the world, each overseen by one or more bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church founded by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission, that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles, and that the pope is the successor of Saint Peter, upo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
