Cockshut Hill Technology College

Cockshut Hill Technology College

Type	Comprehensive community school
Specialism	Technology College
Location	Cockshut Hill Yardley Birmingham West Midlands B26 2HX England
Local authority	Birmingham
DfE URN	103513
Ofsted	Reports
Students	1,477
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	11–19
Website	School website

Coordinates: 52°28′12″N 1°47′29″W / 52.4699°N 1.7915°W / 52.4699; -1.7915

Cockshut Hill Technology College is a secondary school in the Yardley area of Birmingham, England. The Principal of the school is Mrs Mary Kirkland, who took over from Mr Richard Sloan in 2007.

The school is built on the site of Cockshut Hill Council School which opened in 1937 for juniors and infants. Senior Boys and Senior Girls Departments opened in 1941 and these became separate schools in 1945. The Junior and Infants Department was divided into two departments in 1943. The Infant Department closed in 1957 and the Junior Mixed Department closed in 1958. The former Senior Boys and Senior Girls Departments later became the Cockshut Hill Technology College.

Cockshut Hill is a fully developed nine-form entry 11-19 mixed comprehensive situated to the southeast of Birmingham in a residential area near the border with Solihull. It serves mainly the Yardley, Sheldon and Acocks Green wards of the city. The college admits 270 pupils each year and has nearly 200 in the sixth form. The teaching staff is in excess of 90 and the large non-teaching staff includes campus personnel, finance officer, clerical staff, technicians, first-aider and lunchtime supervisors.

The buildings are situated on one site in Cockshut Hill, with on-site tennis courts and a grass games area that is used for rugby during the winter and athletics during the summer. Local off site facilities are used for a wider variety of sporting activities. The college has its own extensive playing fields in Sedgmere Road and shares the use of the local Sedgmere Club facilities.

The teaching accommodation comprises a main two storey block, a single storey block and several additional groups of buildings. Recent additions include a £500,000 science centre, refurbishment to the technology suite and a new sixth form centre. Departments are generally situated with their own specialist resources. The school has been granted Technology College status, enabling the school to equip itself with technological equipment.

Alumni

• Lee Carsley - Coventry City and Republic of Ireland midfielder.
• Mat Sadler - Walsall left-back and former England U-16 and U-17 captain.
• Ben Turner - Coventry City central defender.
• Andrew Whing - Oxford United full back.
• Craig Gardner - Sunderland central midfielder.
• Andy Gallinagh - Cheltenham Town defender.

External links

• School website