Washwood Heath Academy

Academy in Birmingham, West Midlands, England

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Websitehttp://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

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