Washwood Heath Academy

Washwood Heath Academy is a secondary school located in the Washwood Heath ward of Birmingham, England. Originally known as Washwood Heath Comprehensive School, it opened in September 1967. It was extended in 1996 to make way for the Post-16 centre. The school became a specialist Technology College and was renamed Washwood Heath Technology College. It has the first year group in the country to have a portable laptop for each child in year 8, as part of a national pilot. Although this scheme is free parents have been asked to give a voluntary contribution as is the case at all schools that run this scheme. The school uses the house system, there are five houses each containing students from all the school years. The school is one of the first to use the vertical tutoring system, this system places students in mixed age group forms, the intention of vertical tutoring is to create greater cohesion between the year groups and allow for peer mentoring. They have recently had David Harewood who made a documentary about how he attempts to turn a group of Washwood Heath pupils into accomplished Shakespearean actors in just five days. As of July 2013 Washwood Heath technology was converted into an academy and was renamed Washwood Heath AcademyHousesZephaniah- colour purple- Named after Benjamin Zephaniah. He was a poet he also had dyslexiaChamberlain- colour red- Named after Joseph Chamberlain. He was the Mayor of BirminghamHarewood- colour green- Name after former pupil David Harewood who is now a film star and his brother is a footballerBenson- colour blue- Unknown nameTolkien- colour yellow- Named after John Ronald Reul Tolkien. He was an English scholarSchool UniformBoys school shirt a tie a navy jumper with the school logo and name of their house black or grey trousers school shoes School bag no pouches Blue polo shirt Girls school shirt pinafore tie black skirt or black trousers plain black headscarf with no patterns on it navy jumper with the school logo and the name of their house school shoes school bag no pouches Boys should not have any patterns in their hair and girls are only allowed to wear small studs. This will change as of September 2013

Washwood Heath Academy is a secondary school located in the Washwood Heath ward of Birmingham, England. Originally known as Washwood Heath Comprehensive School, it opened in September 1967. It was extended in 1996 to make way for the Post-16 centre. The school became a specialist Technology College and was renamed Washwood Heath Technology College. It has the first year group in the country to have a portable laptop for each child in year 8, as part of a national pilot. Although this scheme is free parents have been asked to give a voluntary contribution as is the case at all schools that run this scheme. The school uses the house system, there are five houses each containing students from all the school years. The school is one of the first to use the vertical tutoring system, this system places students in mixed age group forms, the intention of vertical tutoring is to create greater cohesion between the year groups and allow for peer mentoring. They have recently had David Harewood who made a documentary about how he attempts to turn a group of Washwood Heath pupils into accomplished Shakespearean actors in just five days. As of July 2013 Washwood Heath technology was converted into an academy and was renamed Washwood Heath AcademyHousesZephaniah- colour purple- Named after Benjamin Zephaniah. He was a poet he also had dyslexiaChamberlain- colour red- Named after Joseph Chamberlain. He was the Mayor of BirminghamHarewood- colour green- Name after former pupil David Harewood who is now a film star and his brother is a footballerBenson- colour blue- Unknown nameTolkien- colour yellow- Named after John Ronald Reul Tolkien. He was an English scholarSchool UniformBoys school shirt a tie a navy jumper with the school logo and name of their house black or grey trousers school shoes School bag no pouches Blue polo shirt Girls school shirt pinafore tie black skirt or black trousers plain black headscarf with no patterns on it navy jumper with the school logo and the name of their house school shoes school bag no pouches Boys should not have any patterns in their hair and girls are only allowed to wear small studs. This will change as of September 2013