Moseley School
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| Established | 1923/1955/1974 |
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| Type | Foundation school |
| Headteacher | Mr R McBrien |
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Wake Green Road Moseley West Midlands B13 9UU England Coordinates: 52°26′26″N 1°51′51″W / 52.4406°N 1.8642°W |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| DfE number | 330/4245 |
| DfE URN | 103519 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | ~1,360 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | 6 |
| Colours | Black, red & white |
| Former names | Moseley Grammar School Moseley Modern School |
| Website | Moseley School |
Moseley School (incorporating Spring Hill College) is a large comprehensive school in the Moseley area of Birmingham, England. The school's main entrance is situated on Wake Green Road and it lies in the parish of St Christopher, Springfield. The school is non-denominational with around 1,360 students, two-thirds of whom are boys. 80% do not have English as a first language, and over 40% are eligible for free school meals. The March 2016 Ofsted report graded the school as good with good features, at which students make good progress. The school comprises three main buildings on a single campus – a Victorian college built in the 1850s, and a state-of-the-art modern building completed in 2012, and a newly built sports complex.
The history of what is now Moseley School is complicated. In 1838 a private house in Spring Hill, Hockley, Birmingham, was opened as a training college for Congregationalist ministers under the patronage of George Storer Mansfield (1764–1837) and his two sisters Sarah (1767–1853) and Elizabeth (1772–1847). Twenty years later, in 1857, after expansion to include a further three private houses, the establishment, still named Spring Hill College, moved to new, much larger, purpose-built premises on Wake Green Road, in what was then rural Worcestershire, some miles south of the city. This striking Gothic revival building was designed by the architect Joseph James, and is particularly noted for its gargoyles.
In 1886, the college was closed and a replacement establishment founded in Oxford, known as Mansfield College (which is now part of the University of Oxford). Meanwhile, the Wake Green Road buildings were re-opened as the 'Pine Dell Hydropathic Establishment and Moseley Botanical Gardens', which entailed the construction of a swimming bath (with highly decorative ceiling) and greenhouses. At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the building was commandeered by the War Office for use as a military barracks. After a brief period as an orphanage, the site returned to educational use in 1921 as a teacher-training facility, under the new name of Springfield College.
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