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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Kings Norton Girls' School

Kings Norton Girls' School is an all-girls academy school for pupils aged 11–19. Established in 1910, it is located in Selly Oak Road in Kings Norton within the formal district of Northfield, a suburb of the city of Birmingham, England.

Curriculum

The school operates both a lower school and 6th form provision. The 6th form operates separately as a co-ed and allows boys to attend Kings Norton Girls' School at A level.

Pupils follow a broad curriculum that includes National Curriculum core subjects, GCSE and A-Level. The school offers courses in:

  • Art & Design - Textiles
  • B TEC Travel and Tourism
  • Biology
  • Business Studies
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science,
  • D&T Product Design
  • Drama & Theatre Studies
  • English Language-Literature
  • English Literature
  • French
  • Further Mathematics
  • Geography
  • German
  • Government and Politics
  • History
  • Mathematics
  • Media Studies
  • Music
  • Music Technology
  • Photography
  • Physical Education
  • Physics
  • Psychology
  • Religious Studies
  • Sociology
  • Spanish
  • TEC National Certificate in Sport

The school is involved in a range of partnerships with other schools and colleges locally and internationally, and was designated a Specialist Language College in 2001. It became a Leading Edge School in 2003, and gained a second specialism in Sport in 2006.

Notable alumnae

  • Felicity Jones, actress (for her GCSEs)
  • Alison Kervin, sports editor of the Mail on Sunday, and the first woman in the UK to become sports editor of a major national newspaper.

Kings Norton School for Girls

References

  1. ^ Ofsted report November 2007 Retrieved 27 December 2010
  2. ^ Young, Graham. "Felicity Jones at the BAFTAs: Watch Kings Norton Girls School pupils' good luck message poem". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 23 February 2015.