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"Ofsted joy for Shireland Collegiate Academy in hat-trick of top marks" - Express & Star
The Academy has secured School Direct places in conjunction with the University of Warwick as our ITT provider. The application system for September 2013 is now open.
"The sixth form is outstanding and displays similar high qualities to the rest of the academy." - Ofsted 2013
Best results ever!
"This is an exceptional academy, which has maintained and built upon the very high standards seen at the last inspection." - Ofsted 2013
"In Chemistry you find out about how substances react together and you get to do some exciting organic chemistry practicals."
"Teachers make excellent use of technology to motivate students and to encourage them to be active and inquisitive in class." - Ofsted 2013
"Students interviewed during the Final Verification were confident and articulate saying that communication with staff was excellent and ‘the best thing about school’." - LPPA 2012
"Teaching is outstanding. This is underpinned by innovative use of information and computer technology (ICT)." - Ofsted 2013
Students "are keen, lively, questioning and enthusiastic learners who greatly enjoy and appreciate all the academy has to offer." - Ofsted 2013
"The range of subjects and courses available to students is innovative and imaginative and is extremely carefully planned to meet their precise needs and interests." - Ofsted 2013
"The proportion of students making and exceeding the expected three levels of progress in both English and mathematics is very high when compared with the national average." - Ofsted 2013
"Staff are highly ambitious for students and fervent in their aim to get the best from each one, academically and personally." - Ofsted 2013
"Students from the wide range of cultures and heritages within the academy work and socialise together in total harmony. They know that discrimination of any kind is not tolerated." - Ofsted 2013
"The behaviour of students in lessons and around the academy is impeccable." - Ofsted 2013
An "Outstanding" SchoolWelcome to Shireland Collegiate Academy. Having opened as an Academy in 2007, we are extremely proud of the progress everyone has made since then. Our commitment to raising the standards for our students whilst also serving our families and wider community will always be our main focus. There has been education on our campus for over a hundred years and this blend of tradition with innovation is what makes Shireland Collegiate Academy significantly different.
Working together as learners, educators and families is one of the keys to educational success and to making a difference for all of our children.
Sir Mark GrundyExecutive Principal |
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Collegiate Academy Trust |
The Collegiate Academy Trust was established in September 2007 and runs Shireland Collegiate Academy, Waterloo Road, Smethwick. It has an Executive Principal who is the Principal of Shireland. There is a Board with 15 Trustees, which makes all the strategic decisions about the work of the Academy. |
Shireland Post 16 Centre |
Post 16 provides valuable continuity of learning and is structured to equip students with the qualifications and personal qualities needed to face the challenges of higher education and an ever changing job market. Courses and Qualifications There is a wide choice of courses available for students who have successfully completed their GCSEs, from traditional academic exam-based subjects to applied courses and vocationally oriented OCR Nationals and BTECs. |
Digital Leaders badge learning with MozillaShireland staff visited the Mozilla Headquarters in London to discuss the use of Open Badges within Schools. Staff had a chance to create a badge that will be developed further by the Mozilla team. With some great ideas staffs are looking forward to implementing them within the Academy. Take a look at this news article on the event for more information: |
Campus Expansion Plans Approved
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Shireland Collegiate Academy has unveiled its building programme which will be completed by the summer of 2014.
The campus expansion is now agreed and Shireland’s capital programme, unlike many others, is not about replacing tired classrooms with new ones but about a complete transformation of key learning spaces. The new spaces will help our outstanding staff to deliver even more outstanding lessons. A key element of our building programme is a 2500 square metre Performance Base incorporating a 400 seat theatre, dance and drama studios, music rooms, a recording studio, sports hall, changing rooms and additional classrooms. This massive extension of our campus will provide the Academy with some of the best facilities in the region. |
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Shireland Picked for European Technology Project
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Due to its outstanding reputation in the use of technology for learning, Shireland Collegiate Academy has been picked to be one of three schools in the UK to be part of a special European technology project. iTEC is about designing the future classroom. The project, which involves 15 Ministries of Education from across Europe, brings together teachers, policymakers, pedagogical experts - representatives from each stage of the educational processes - to introduce innovative teaching practices. |
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Outstanding Again!
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Ofsted published their report of the latest inspection on the 28 March 2013. Their verdict - "Outstanding""This is an exceptional academy, which has maintained and built upon the very high standards seen at the last inspection."
Read the full report on our Ofsted page. |
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Shireland will become a Teaching School in September 2013
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We are very proud to announce that from September the Academy will act as a Teaching School. The government have in the last two years approached OfSTED Outstanding schools and asked them to help with the training of new teachers and we have just received confirmation that we will join this elite group from September. We are extremely proud that we have been asked to do this and is a reflection of the outstanding role that our staff perform. This will mean that for students there will be additional staff in school to support us in raising levels of achievement. |
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The author of "Little Bridge", Paul Rogers, visited the Academy on Tuesday 12 March 2013. This 6 level interactive English Language course is used in the Academy's Learning Support Department and Paul dropped in to see his creation in action. |
Extreme Collaboration
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Technology guru, Louise Haines, from SMART technology visited to share the latest feature of their Interactive Whiteboards called Extreme Collaboration where pupils can contribute to class discussions by sending text and images from their devices to the whiteboard. Kirsty Tonks, e-learning Director at the Academy, says that this new tool has the potential to revive the use of whiteboards in classrooms and enable teachers and pupils to interact not only in the classroom, but between classrooms on a project and even from home. "This really opens up the classroom and takes pupils and teacher interaction to another level. It will enhance our pupil’s learning experiences even further." |
