King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy is a mixed

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and

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located in the Sheldon area of

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, in the West Midlands of England. Previously known as Sheldon Heath School, the school gained specialist status as an

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and was renamed Sheldon Heath Community Arts College. In September 2010 the school converted to academy status and was renamed King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy. The school moved into a new building in 2013. It is a non-selective school which is sponsored by the Schools of

King Edward VI Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and King of Ireland, Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. The only surviving son of Henry VIII by his thi ...

in Birmingham Group. The group includes the

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s King Edward VI Aston School,

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, also known as Camp Hill Boys, is a highly selective grammar school in Birmingham, United Kingdom. It is one of the most academically successful schools in the United Kingdom, currently ranked thirteenth ...

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, also known as Camp Hill Girls, is a selective grammar school in Kings Heath, Birmingham, for students aged 11 to 18 (Year 7 to Year 13). It is one of the most academically successful schools in the Un ...

King Edward VI Five Ways School King Edward VI Five Ways (KEFW) is a selective co-educational state grammar school for ages 11–18 in Bartley Green, Birmingham, United Kingdom. One of the seven establishments of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI, it is a volun ...

and

King Edward VI Handsworth School King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls is a grammar school for girls aged 11–18 located in Handsworth, Birmingham, England. It is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI. The school was founded in 1883 as King Edward's As ...

. King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy offers

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and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of

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s and further BTECs.

Notable former pupils

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, football manager and former player *

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, former football player * Michael Wright, former Vice-Chancellor of Aston University *

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, football player

References

External links

King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy official website
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