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Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (formerly Sutton Coldfield High School and Sutton Coldfield Girls School) is an 11–18
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,
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, West Midlands, England. It is a specialist
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and a Leadership Partner School which it received in September 2004 and 2009 respectively, as well as a
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. It became an academy in 2011.


History

It was opened on 18 September 1929 as Sutton Coldfield High School. Plans for a school had begun in 1906 with sites behind Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, in Sutton Park and Rectory Park all being considered before a field behind Beeches Walk was selected. It became Sutton Coldfield Girls School in 1962 and then changed its name to Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls in the late 1990s. It is a partner school to
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which was founded in 1527. In September 1972, there was no intake to the school as its entry age was increased from 11 to 12. However, the entry age was reverted to 11 from September 1992, when two-year groups (11- and 12-year-olds) were admitted to the school.


Academic performance

The 2007 examination results were well above the national average in both
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. The school received outstanding in the 2007/2008 inspection.


Subjects

English, Maths, Science, History, Geography, French, Drama, Music, PE, RE, Computing, Art, D&T and Food Technology are all compulsory in year 7. In year 8 the students must study Spanish and Science is split into 3 subjects: Chemistry, Physics, and Biology. At GCSE the students have a choice of 4 subjects alongside the compulsory English, Maths, Sciences with one of these four choices being an available language on option, French or Spanish. RE used to be a compulsory GCSE, taken a year early, in year 10, but this was stopped when the syllabus changed. At A Level, subjects such as Sociology, Psychology, Drama, and Media Studies are offered.


Notable former pupils

* Louise Botting CBE, broadcaster from 1977 to 1992 of Radio 4's ''
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(WRNS, disbanded in 1993) *
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* Shona Lindsay, actress (musicals) * Monica Pickersgill (née Horton), president from 1998 to 2001 of English Hockey Association (now called
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from 2003), and previously of the All England Women's Hockey Association *
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Jane Rossington Jane Rossington (born 5 March 1943) is a British actress, best known for her role as Jill Richardson/Harvey/Chance in the soap opera ''Crossroads''. Biography Born in Derby, Rossington's family moved to Sutton Coldfield when she was four year ...
, actress who played Jill in ''
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'' * Louise Latimer, former British No. 1 women's tennis player * Sarah Thane CBE, chair from May 2000 – June 2002 of the
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MBE, hockey player who was named in the 2012 Team GB Women's Hockey team, and part of the
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that won gold at the
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References


The school's examination performance
* ''Sixty Years of Sutton Coldfield Girls' School 1929 – 1989'', Jane Thompson, 1989


External links

* {{Authority control Girls' schools in the West Midlands (county) Academies in Birmingham, West Midlands Grammar schools in Birmingham, West Midlands Sutton Coldfield Educational institutions established in 1929 1929 establishments in England *