Aldridge School

Aldridge School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Aldridge, in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, England. The school was recognised as a Science College. The current head is Mr. Worth.

Aldridge School
Address
Tynings Lane Aldridge , West Midlands , WS9 0BG England
Coordinates	52.597821°N 1.925483°W / 52.597821; -1.925483
Information
Type	Academy
Local authority	Walsall
Department for Education URN	137974 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headmaster	Barry Worth
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrollment	1559
Website	http://www.aldridge.walsall.sch.uk/

History

The school was formed in 1975 by the merger of Aldridge Grammar School with Tynings County Secondary Modern School. The schools were based in adjacent buildings on the same campus.

Aldridge Grammar School opened in September 1959 and was an 11-18 selective school. It was originally named Aldridge Grammar-Technical School. The original Headmaster was Eric Ioan Emlyn Whitman, BSc (1909-1990) who had previously played first class cricket for Glamorgan. He served for 15 years until his retirement in July 1974^[1]

In September 2003, Aldridge School became a Science College.^[2][3] Since then, it has invested in science equipment for each subject, as well as a biology block. The school has 15 laboratories with prep rooms and technical support.^[4]

The school's most recent Ofsted inspection was in 2017 and it was rated Good.^[5]

House system

When a pupil joins the school, they are placed in a tutor group which is assigned to one of the four houses - Barr, Daniels, Linley and Scott - each of which houses around 360 pupils.^[6]

Music Scholarship

Prospective students can apply for admission through a music scholarship. The school has a large music department with over 50 pupils studying music at A-level.

Notable former pupils

Aldridge Grammar School

• Air Chief Marshal Stuart William Peach, Baron Peach, KG, GBE, KCB, DL, Chief of the Defence Staff (2016–2018)

• Professor José Closs BSc (Hons), RGN, MPhil, PhD, Chair of Nursing Research, University of Leeds 2000-2017.

Aldridge School

• Ellie Simmonds, swimmer
• Jorja Smith, singer-songwriter
• Tom Davies, YouTuber
• Lee Sinnott, footballer
• Richard Sinnott, actor
• Richard Taundry, footballer
• Rachel Unitt, footballer
• Martyn Bennett, footballer
• Jamie Pardington,^[7] footballer