Walsall Academy

Walsall Academy

Infobox UK school
name = Walsall Academy
established = 2003
type = Mixed
city = Bloxwich
Walsall
county = West Midlands
country = England
enrollment = 1,000 including /lower/upper schools
gender = Co-educational
colours = Purple & Gold color box|Purplecolor box|Gold

Walsall Academy is a Comprehensive Academy secondary school in Bloxwich, West Midlands, England. It opened in September 2003 with 470 students on the roll, and after four years that figure had increased to 1,150 - making it one of the most populated secondary schools in the Walsall borough.

The school is one of a number of City Academies. Sponsored by The Mercers Company of the City of London and Thomas Telford School, it provides free education for all students.

Built on the site of the former T. P. Riley Comprehensive School, it cost £23 million. A number of the teachers were carried over from T.P Riley School, while others were new recruits and a few were transferred from Thomas Telford School.

For example, the current Head Teacher is Jean Hickman, a former deputy head at Thomas Telford School. As with Thomas Telford, demand for places is high. In its first year of opening, there were 421 applicants for the 168 (raised to 192 due to demand) places on offer for Year 7 students. The school's motto is 'A different choice of school'.

External links

* [http://www.walsallacademy.com Official Walsall Academy website]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3084332.stm News article from its first day of opening]


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