Kings Norton Girls' School

Kings Norton Girls' School is an all-girls academy school for pupils aged 11–19. Established in 1910, it is located in Selly Oak Road in Kings Norton within the formal district of Northfield, a suburb of the city of Birmingham, England.

Curriculum
The school operates both a lower school and 6th form provision. The 6th form provision went co-ed in 2014 to allow boys to attend Kings Norton Girls' School at A level.

Pupils follow a broad curriculum that includes National Curriculum core subjects, GCSE and A-Level. The school offers courses in:


 * Art & Design - Textiles
 * B TEC Travel and Tourism
 * Biology
 * Business Studies
 * Chemistry
 * Computer Science,
 * D&T Product Design
 * Drama & Theatre Studies
 * English Language-Literature
 * English Literature
 * French
 * Further Mathematics
 * Geography
 * German
 * Government and Politics
 * History
 * Mathematics
 * Media Studies
 * Music
 * Music Technology
 * Photography
 * Physical Education
 * Physics
 * Psychology
 * Religious Studies
 * Sociology
 * Spanish
 * TEC National Certificate in Sport

The school is involved in a range of partnerships with other schools and colleges locally and internationally, and was designated a Specialist Language College in 2001. It became a Leading Edge School in 2003, and gained a second specialism in Sport in 2006.

Notable alumnae

 * Felicity Jones, actress (for her GCSEs)
 * Alison Kervin, sports editor of the Mail on Sunday, and the first woman in the UK to become sports editor of a major national newspaper.

Kings Norton School for Girls

 * Susan Jameson, actress, married to James Bolam (not to be confused with Louise Jameson)
 * Ann Haydon-Jones CBE, tennis player who won seven Grand Slam championships, including Wimbledon in 1969, and BBC tennis commentator
 * Brigadier Eileen Nolan CB, Director from 1973 to 1977 of the Women’s Royal Army Corps
 * Sheila Whitaker, Director from 1987 to 1996 of the BFI London Film Festival