Shireland Collegiate Academy

Shireland Collegiate Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form in the English academy 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.

Shireland Collegiate Academy
Location
Waterloo Road Smethwick , West Midlands , B66 4ND England
Coordinates	52.4843°N 1.9647°W / 52.4843; -1.9647
Information
Type	Academy
Established	1907
Department for Education URN	135170 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	George Faux[1]
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 19
Website	collegiateacademy.co.uk

The Academy and its predecessor schools were run by Sir Mark Grundy 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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 ^[4] 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:^[5]

Total Pupils on Roll: 1260

Significant Ethnic Populations:

Ethnicity	Number of Students	Percentage of Roll
White British	206	16%
Indian	193	15%
Pakistani	327	25%
Black African	122	9%
Black Caribbean	113	9%

Gender Split:

Gender	Number of Students	Percentage of Roll
Males	675	55%
Females	585	45%

The Academy also has an onsite nursery.^[6]