Cockshut Hill School
school in Birmingham, UK
Cockshut Hill School is a secondary school and sixth form located in the Yardley area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England.
History
The school is built on the site of Cockshut Hill Council School which opened in 1937 for juniors and infants. Senior Boys and Senior Girls Departments opened in 1941 and these became separate schools in 1945. The Junior and Infants Department was divided into two departments in 1943. The Infant Department closed in 1957 and the Junior Mixed Department closed in 1958. The former Senior Boys and Senior Girls Departments later became Cockshut Hill Secondary School.
The school gained a specialism as a Technology College in the early 2000s and was renamed Cockshut Hill Technology College.
Previously a community school administered by Birmingham City Council, in October 2016 Cockshut Hill Technology College converted to academy status and was renamed Cockshut Hill School. The school is now part of the Summit Learning Trust.
GCSE results in 2019 placed Cockshut Hill School as one of the most improved schools in the West Midlands in terms of student academic progress (Progress 8).
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