Holyhead School

Holyhead School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands, England.

Holyhead School
Address
Milestone Lane Handsworth Birmingham , West Midlands , B21 0HN England
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	"Engage, Enable, Educate"
Local authority	Birmingham City Council
Trust	Central Region Schools Trust
Department for Education URN	137034 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Dave Knox
Staff	>120
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1,300 as of March 2023[update]
Houses	Meriden, Edgeware, Oswestry, Corwen
Colour(s)	Navy, Red, Green, Light Blue
Website	http://www.holyheadschool.org.uk/

Previously a foundation school administered by Birmingham City Council, Holyhead School converted to academy status in August 2011. The school became part of the RSA Academies Trust in September 2014,^[1] but continues to coordinate with Birmingham City Council for admissions for its Year 7 intake. On 1 January 2021, Holyhead School joined Central Region Schools Trust.

In 2014, the school was described as "outstanding" by Ofsted, which stated that "achievement in mathematics has been consistently outstanding".^[2] The school's continuing achievements in Mathematics had also recently been further recognised when the department had been nominated for the "TES Maths department of the Year 2015/16" award.^[3]

Holyhead School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.^[4]

In January 2017, long standing principal Martin Bayliss and colleague Amanda Cottam retired after 17 and 38 years teaching at the school respectively. After a long recruitment process, it was decided that the then Head of Key Stage 3, Ross Trafford, would be promoted to the role.^[5] When Holyhead joined Central Region Schools Trust, Dave Knox was made Head of School as Ross Trafford took on duties as Executive Principal at Holyhead & Gospel Oak.