Q3 Academy Tipton
Q3 Academy Tipton | |
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Address | |
Alexandra Road , , DY4 7NR England | |
Coordinates | 52°31′56″N 2°02′59″W / 52.53215°N 2.04972°W |
Information | |
Type | Academy |
Trust | Q3 Multi Academies Trust |
Department for Education URN | 146383 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Head of School | Keziah Featherstone |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11 to 16 |
Number of students | 1371 |
Colour(s) | Blue, white, silver |
Former names | Tipton County Grammar School
Alexandra High School and Sixth Form Centre The ACE Academy |
Website | www |
Q3 Academy Tipton is a coeducational secondary school located in Tipton in the West Midlands of England.
Admissions
Q3 Academy mainly serves children aged 11–16 years for KS3 and 16–18 for Sixth Form. Pupils who mainly live in the Great Bridge, Tibbington, Horseley Heath and Tipton Green areas of the town attend the school.
It is situated on Alexandra Road (B4517) towards
History
Grammar school
The school was opened in 1927 as Tipton Central School. It served the local area as a grammar school for boys and girls, and its title was soon altered to Tipton County Grammar School, situated on Alexandra Road. It was administered by the South-West Divisional Executive of Staffordshire Education Committee (based in Dudley), then West Bromwich Education Committee with around 700 boys and girls. The buildings were expanded in 1962 to include a new school hall, kitchen, dining hall, swimming pool, gymnasium and Science classrooms. This building was demolished in the mid-1990s following further extensions to the site.[1]
Comprehensive
Tipton Grammar merged with nearby
New buildings were added to the Alexandra Road site at the beginning of the 1980s, giving younger pupils a chance to have three days a week at the main site, although they still used the Park Lane site twice a week until it closed in July 1990, being demolished the following year. Since September 1990, the school has also lost its popularity with children living in the
A new sixth form centre was built in 1995 and the early 1980s extensions were demolished in 2011 to make way for new classrooms.
The school went through a £23 million redevelopment in 2012 with a new STEM block, with the school now being called Alexandra College of Enterprise.[2]
Academy
The school converted to academy status on 1 March 2013, and was reopened by
The school changed hands in November 2018 and is now controlled by the Q3 Multi Academies Trust.[5]
Academic performance
In 2006, 25% of GCSE students attained 5 grades at 'C' or above. This placed the school at 13th out of 18 schools in Sandwell. By 2009, it had progressed further with 38% of pupils achieving similar results, placing it as joint eighth of the 17 schools in the borough.[6] This is well under the England average, similar to most schools in Sandwell: only two schools get GCSE results above average.
At
Notable former pupils
The ACE Academy
- Will Gill, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Councillor for Great Bridge ward (2021 - Present)
Alexandra High School and Sixth Form Centre
- David Burrows, former West Bromwich Albion and Liverpool player
- Asif Iqbal and Ruhal Ahmed, incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay detention camp after being accused of fighting for the Talibanin Afghanistan; later released without charge
Tipton Grammar School
- Philip Bradbourn OBE, Conservative MEP since 1999 for the West Midlands
- Joe Mayo, former West Bromwich Albion and Leyton Orient footballer[7]
References
- ^ "Brief History of Tipton". Tiptoncivicsociety.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2012/12/11/first-glimpse-of-final-phase-in-alexandra-colleges-23m-redevelopment/
- ^ "Countess of Wessex Sophie launches £77m West Bromwich college " Express & Star". Express & Star. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ Web Optic. "About Us – Alexandra School of Enterprise". Acesch.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ Guttridge, Richard. "Tipton's troubled Ace Academy to be taken over by new trust". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "BBC NEWS | Education | League Tables | Secondary schools in Sandwell".
- ^ "JOE MAYO – TWICE TO THE ORIENT! | Sport". Black Country Bugle. 25 May 1951. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2013.