Washwood Heath Academy

Washwood Heath Academy
Address
Burney Lane Birmingham , West Midlands , B8 2AS England
Coordinates	52°29′25″N 1°49′09″W
Information
Type	Academy
Established	1967
Department for Education URN	139888 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head Teacher	Lynn Petrie
Gender	Mixed
Age	4 to 19
Enrolment	1,621
Houses	Plaza   Tolkien   Chamberlain   Farah   Harewood   Simmonds   Seacole   Moeen Ali
Website	http://washwood.academy/

Washwood Heath Academy is an all through school located in the Washwood Heath ward of Birmingham, England.^[1] 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.

In 2013 Washwood Heath Technology College was converted into an academy and renamed Washwood Heath Academy.

David Harewood, an ex-pupil, made a documentary about turning a group of Washwood Heath pupils into Shakespearean actors in five days.^[2]

Controversy

• In 1996, maths teacher Israr Khan interrupted a Christmas carol rehearsal performance, questioning the involvement of Muslim pupils professing to Christian theology in the festive songs.^[3]
• In 2002, the school became the first in Britain to have its entire governing body sacked under new government powers after an 18-month row over race and religion created internal disagreements amongst staff. The board were replaced by a council team and subsequently received praise from Ofsted.^[4][5][6][7]
• In 2010, following a General Teaching Council disciplinary hearing, teacher Jasbir Dhillon was suspended for three months for being late for class on 21 occasions. Action was taken after pupils complained about his punctuality.^[8][9]

Alumni

• Terry Cooke, professional footballer^[10][11]
• Stephen Duffy, singer songwriter^[12][13]
• David Harewood, television and film actor^[14]
• Lee Hendrie, professional footballer^[15][16]
• Jason Kavanagh professional footballer^[17][18]
• Jason White, professional footballer^{[citation needed]}
• Rashid Rauf, alleged Al-Qaeda operative^[19][20]
• Carl Saunders, footballer^[21]
• Ian Taylor, professional footballer^[22]

References

1. Office For Standards In Education: 3 August 2006 Inspection Report Archived 26 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 16 November 2006
2. "David Harewood give students a Shakespearean experience". BBC. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
3. "Muslim teacher in carol concert tirade is made Ofsted inspector". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
4. Sarah Cassidy (10 August 2002). "School board to be sacked for 'Muslim only' agenda". The Independent. UK.^{[dead link‍]}
5. "School's 'climate of intimidation'". BBC News. 22 July 2002.
6. "YOU HAVE ALL BEEN SACKED; Governors at crisis-hit city school told'". Birmingham Post. 23 July 2002.
7. "Praise for Washwood Heath School". Birmingham Post. 3 February 2005. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.
8. "Washwood Heath teacher suspended – for being late to class". Birmingham Mail. 30 March 2010.
9. Murray Wardrop (6 February 2010). "Teacher suspended after pupils reported him for being late for school". The Daily Telegraph. UK.
10. "Washwood FC Individual Honours". Washwood FC.
11. "Rising star Wes boots out Villa!". Birmingham Post and Mail. 1998.
12. "The Lilac Time, Lilac 6". CookingVinyl.com.
13. "Stephen Duffy - Adrian Goldberg's Talk Show Live| Spoken Word / Talks @ The Glee Club". Glee. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
14. Ben Hurst (10 September 2010). "Hollywood star David Harewood goes back to Washwood Heath School". Birmingham Mail.
15. "Aston, Erdington and Saltley S.F.A." FootieMag.net, Trilby Multimedia, Aston, Erdington, Saltley & Sutton Schools' Football Association.
16. Andy Gardner (28 November 1998). "How machete gang drove England's baby-faced new hero out of school". Sunday Mirror.
17. "ESSFA - Aston, Erdington, Saltley & Sutton Schools' Football Association - News, Cups & League fixtures". footiemag.net. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
18. "Washwood FC". washwoodfc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
19. Cobain, Ian (22 November 2008). "Rashid Rauf". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
20. Live, Birmingham (1 November 2009). "Former Washwood Heath schoolboy linked to new Pakistan terror violence". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
21. Gibbons, Brett (13 July 2015). "It's Homeland star David Harewood as you've never seen him before". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
22. "Villa star Taylor back at school". Birmingham Mail. 27 September 2010. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.

External links

• Washwood Heath Academy homepage Archived 17 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine