King's Norton Boys' School

King's Norton Boys' School is a secondary school for around 650 pupils aged 11 to 16. It is located in Northfield Road in Kings Norton within the formal district of Northfield near the centre of the city of Birmingham, England.[1] It is situated east of the A441, just north of the B4121 in Cotteridge.

King's Norton Boys' School
Address
Northfield Road

Kings Norton
Birmingham
,
West Midlands
,
B30 1DY

England
Coordinates52°25′02″N 1°56′30″W
Information
TypeFoundation school
MottoLatin "Humani Semper Contendimus"
Established1912
Local authorityBirmingham city council
Department for Education URN103562 Tables
OfstedReports
Chair of Governing BoardMr Andrew Collyer
HeadteacherMr David Clayton
Deputy HeadteacherMr Jonathan Butcher
GenderBoys
Age11 to 16
Enrolment697
Houses5 Chamberlain, Varley, Regis, Tolkein & Lloyd
Colour(s)    Navy blue and Light Sky Blue
Websitehttp://www.knbs.co.uk/

History

It was founded as a boys' grammar school in the reign of King Edward VI, circa 1550. It was refounded in 1912. In the 1960s, when administered by the City of Birmingham Education Committee, it had around 600 boys. It became a boy's comprehensive school in 1975. The grammar school's five houses in the 1960s were, Greves, Jervoise, Lyttleton, Middlemore & Mortimer. They amalgamated to only four houses in the 1980/90s, James, Weaver, Reynolds and Wright. It was announced that the sixth form center at Kings Norton boys school would close following the 2017–2018 school year and the year 7 intake increased to 150 students.

Curriculum

Pupils follow a broad curriculum that includes National Curriculum core subjects to GCSE and A-Level. The school was designated a Sixth Form Specialist Science College in 2004,[2] and a collaborative scheme exists for sharing 6th form resources with Kings Norton Girls' School.

An October 2017 Ofsted report classed the school as 'Good'[3]

Notable former pupils

King's Norton Grammar School for Boys

See also

References
  1. "Inspection Report". Ofsted. 10 October 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  2. "Inspection Report". Ofsted. 5 December 2005. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  3. "King's Norton Boys' Ofsted School Inspection Report" (PDF). Ofsted. 20 October 2017.
  4. Fighting Talk: 20 May 2006 (during the Any Other Business round)
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