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Ninestiles School Motto Carpe Diem Established 1928 Type Comprehensive and sixth form centre Religion Non-denominational Headteacher C. Quinn Specialism Technology College Location Hartfield Crescent
Birmingham
West Midlands
B27 7fQ
EnglandLocal authority Birmingham DfE URN 103558 Ofsted Reports Staff 100+ Students 1200 Gender Co-educational Ages 11–18 Colours Black Jumper with logo. Black trousers/skirt. White polo shirt. Website www.ninestiles.bham.sch.uk Coordinates: 52°26′21″N 1°49′56″W / 52.4393°N 1.8323°W
Ninestiles School is a secondary school situated in Acocks Green, Birmingham, England. It is a mixed comprehensive Technology College with 1,200 students, including 60 in the sixth form. It has over 1,000 laptops and the largest wireless network of any school in Europe.[1] The current head teacher is Christine Quinn.
It is the lead school in a federation headed by Sir Dexter Hutt, and associated with a consultancy company "Ninestiles Plus". The school was granted Technology College status in 1997 and became a foundation school in 1999.
Ninestiles School is also connected with Fox Hollies Leisure Centre, giving the school access to a swimming pool, squash and badminton facilities, an astroturf pitch and a large field generally used for rugby, cricket and other outdoor sports.
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Structure
In 2003 a new building was built onto the site of Ninestiles, known as the ICT and Business Studies Block. The Building came into use for 2004, providing more ICT and Business Study Rooms.
In 2005, the school changed the length of its lessons to two and a half hours apiece. This change was intended to allow for subjects to be taught in greater depth and for guest speakers to come into school. The change required some adaptation on the part of the school's faculty, including rotating subjects and planning extended trips.[2]
At the beginning of the 2008-2009 school term, Ninestiles School changed to a system in which pupils from different year groups were placed in the same forms. They were split into six "colleges" called Red, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Green and Purple to represent the colours if the rainbow.[citation needed] The school has said that this will be an effective way for pupils to bond with other students of different ages, and also have the older students helping the younger ones.[citation needed] Additional upgrades to the school include a bigger student support Centre, new carpets, walls and furniture.[citation needed] In 2007, the school introduced Challenge Week, an end-of-year event in which students have an opportunity to participate in trips and activities. In 2009 a new feature was introduced, TAG (talents, gifts and abilities). This gives students an opportunity to participate in a new activity that they haven't tried before or to take part in an activity that they enjoy. TAG takes place every Week 1 Friday.
The school is also partially selective by means of an entrance examination. 10% of places are given to children who have academic ability. Students are drawn from a wide area and the school is heavily over-subscribed.[1]
Ninestiles colleges
There are six colleges within the school. Each college comprises approximately twelve classes, each of which contains approximately 15 students and a form tutor. Internal and external competitions are run which involve the colleges, it is called the ICC (inter-college competition) The colleges are:
- Purple
- Red
- Green
- Blue
- Orange
- Yellow
Sports
The most popular sport in the school is football.[citation needed] The school runs teams across several other sports, including cricket, basketball, rugby. Ninestiles students to play professional sport include Aston Villa striker Nathan Delfouneso. Also, in the year of 2011, another student, named Muhammad Bilal achieved the national rugby golden youth award for 2010. His victory was a first for the outstanding school.[citation needed]
Examination success
In 2009, Ninestiles school had achieved outstanding results all students have achieved level 3.
Uniform
All footwear has to be plain black. Ninestiles black sweatshirts, white polo shirts can be worn, and full length trousers can be worn. Girls can wear black, full length skirts, and shlwar kameez and hijab. During P.E., students wear a red polo t-shirt with logo or badge, black shorts with logo, and red football socks. Students can wear trainers during P.E.
No student can wear their black school sweatshirt during P.E. Optionally, students can wear black tracksuit bottoms, red P.E sweatshirt, or a plain black rugby shirt.[3]
References
- ^ "Conference". sgfl. http://extwww.sgfl.org.uk/whiteboards/conference.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
- ^ "Tough Hutt". SecEd. 2005-12-01. http://www.sec-ed.co.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/features/article.html?uid=505. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ "School Uniform". pp. 1. http://www.ninestiles.bham.sch.uk/site/uniform.html. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
External links
Categories:- Schools in Birmingham, West Midlands
- Technology Colleges in England
- Comprehensive schools in the West Midlands (county)
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