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The Streetly Academy

Academy in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England

52°34′09″N 1°52′56″W / 52.5692°N 1.8822°W / 52.5692; -1.8822InformationTypeAcademyMottoValues and AchievementEstablished1961 (1961)Local authorityWalsallDepartment for Education URN137707 TablesOfstedReportsHead teacherBilly Downie^[1]GenderMixedAge11 to 18Websitehttps://www.streetly.academy/

The Streetly Academy (formerly known as The Streetly School)^[2] is a large co-educational secondary school in Streetly, West Midlands, England, on the border of Birmingham and Walsall local authorities. It was established in 1961.

In December 2012, the school was ranked as “Good” by OFSTED^[3] and became the first school in England to move from "Satisfactory" to "Outstanding" in 3 years under the new, more challenging framework introduced in 2012. In 2019, after an Ofsted inspection, the school was given a "Requires Improvement". On its next inspection in October 2022, the school was graded as "Good" in all areas, with the 6th Form being graded as "Outstanding".

In 2014 Streetly was designated a National Teaching School, known as The Sutton Park Teaching School. It is also a National Support School.^{[citation needed]}

The current headteacher is Billy Downie, a National Leader of Education. Previous headteachers include Debbie Hunton, Pat Walters (interim head) and David Binnie.

Notable former students include swimmer Tully Kearney, who won gold for Great Britain at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics^[4]^[5] and Connie Talbot, an English singer who was the runner-up of the first series of Britain's Got Talent in 2007.

Screenwriter, producer and director Steven Knight, attended the school between 1970 and 1977.

Former Chief Executive of UK Trade and Investment, Catherine Raines, was a student at Streetly between 1976 and 1981.

Businessman, entrepreneur and author, Jeremy Dale attended between 1978 and 1983.

References

^ "The Streetly Academy". Get information about schools. Gov.UK. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ "Academy conversion information letter" (PDF). Ofsted. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^ "The Streetly Academy". OFSTED. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
^ "Aldridge swimmer Tully Kearney wins silver at Paralympics five years after being told to give up dream". Birmingham Mail. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^ "Tully Kearney smashes world record to earn first Paralympic swimming gold". Swim England. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.