Duddeston Manor School
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| Motto | A place to empower dreams! |
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| Established | 1 September 2009 |
| Type | Academy |
| Interim Headteacher | Miss Helen Tanner |
| Chair of Ambassadorial Advisory Group | Vacant |
| Location |
Great Francis Street Nechells Birmingham West Midlands B7 4QR  England52°29′17″N 1°52′31″W / 52.4880°N 1.8753°WCoordinates: 52°29′17″N 1°52′31″W / 52.4880°N 1.8753°W |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| DfE number | 330/6905 |
| DfE URN | 135907 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 150 |
| Capacity | 950 |
| Students | 899 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Hurricane (blue), Lightning (yellow), Storm (red), and Tornado (green) |
| Colours | Red and Black |
| Website | Academy Website |
Heartlands Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Nechells area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England.
Heartlands Academy 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.
Originally known as Duddeston Manor School and then Heartlands High School, the school converted to academy status on 1 September 2009 and was renamed Heartlands Academy. The academy is sponsored by E-ACT and moved into a new building in 2012.
Glynis Jones, the academy's principal of twelve years retired in 2015 and was succeeded by Richard Tattersfield, who had previously been suspended as headteacher of Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Technology College, for having an affair with one of the governors.
Heartlands High School generally had low average percentage for 5+ GCSEs (or equivalent) A*-C including English & Mathematics in the past, with the lowest recorded being 11% back in 2003. However, since then, the average percentage has been going up steadily each year. Before the school turned to an academy in September 2009, the school had a percentage of 40% for the final year as Heartlands High School. Since becoming an academy in 2009, the results have been continuing to increase, reaching over 50% for the first time in 2012. In 2017 Heartlands achieved 62%, which was their highest results percentage ever recorded.
Heartlands High School was placed into special measures by Ofsted in 2003. Since appointing a new principal and a strong leadership team, the school went to good and improving in three years. In 2009 Heartlands High School was awarded Outstanding, the highest mark achievable in school Ofsted inspections. Since academy conversion, Heartlands Academy has continued to be awarded outstanding in 2012 and 2014, respectively.
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