Shireland Collegiate Academy is a

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and

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in the English

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programme, located in Smethwick, West Midlands, England. The school was built during the early 20th century and originally called Shireland High School and later, Shireland Language College. The school has been known as Shireland Collegiate Academy since 2007. The Academy and its predecessor schools were run by Sir

Mark Grundy Sir Mark Grundy is an English educationalist. He is the CEO and former headteacher of Shireland Collegiate Academy in Smethwick, England. He was knighted in 2006 for his work at both Shireland and George Salter Academy in West Bromwich, as wel ...

since 1997 who was knighted for his services to education for his work within the school and its partner Academy, before David Irish took over. Shireland Collegiate Academy was in a partnership with George Salter Academy until September 2011 when Shireland became a stand-alone Academy. The Academy is fully sponsored by Microsoft. The Academy gained 'Teaching School' status in March 2013. Sir Mark Grundy is now the CEO of Shireland Collegiate Trust, whose headquarters are at the Academy.

Curriculum

The Academy operates a non-standard curriculum at Key Stage 3. Students are taught for 17 hours with the same teacher in Year 7, 13 hours in Year 8, and 8 hours in Year 9. These groups are taught based on the Literacy for Life (L4L) curriculum taught in a number of thematic units. This methodology is based on the Re-inventing Schools Coalition (RISC) work pioneered in Alaska.

Composition

The Department of Education School Level Census 2010 lists the composition of the Academy as follows: Total Pupils on Roll: 1260 Significant Ethnic Populations: Gender Split: The Academy also has an onsite nursery.

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