Arden School

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name = Arden School


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head = Mrs Ann Green
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specialist = Language College
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street = Station Road
city = Solihull
county = West Midlands
country = England
postcode = B93 0PT
LEA = Solihull
ofsted = 104111
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enrollment = 1200
gender = Coeducational
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Arden School is a secondary school located in the Knowle area of Solihull in the West Midlands, England. It teaches mainly Modern Foreign Languages such as French and Chinese, as a result of the school receiving language college status by the Department for Education and Skills in 1996. The school is divided into several years and, as is normal, pupils choose the GCSE options in Year 9. As of 2006, it has 1,238 pupils on roll.

Arden has a sports department which practises a variety of sports including Basketball, Rugby Union and Netball. Arden also has a new life drama department which has received the Artsmark gold award. Recently, Arden has staged productions of "The Crucible" in 2005, "Grease" in 2006 and "Blood Wedding" in late 2006. Another production is "We Will Rock You", a musical based on the songs by Queen, and this was shown in March 2008.

As of 2006 there was a 'Post 16 Centre' installed with the first trial year group finishing in summer 2008. As the 'pilot' sixth-form received the go-ahead to become a fully-fledged sixth form extension, Arden accepts larger admissions from September 2008.

References

* [http://www.ardenschool.org.uk/ Arden School website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=104111 OfSTED: Arden School]