The Arthur Terry School
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| Motto | Where Everyone Achieves |
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| Type | Academy |
| Executive headteacher | Richard Gill and Neil Warner |
| Chair of governors | Mrs Sue Burke |
| Location |
Kittoe Road Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield West Midlands B74 4RZ England Coordinates: 52°35′20″N 1°50′13″W / 52.58892°N 1.83682°W |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| DfE URN | 138136 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Lincoln, Gloucester, Hereford and York. |
| Colours | Red (Lincoln) Blue (Gloucester) Purple (Hereford) Yellow (York) |
| Website | The Arthur Terry School |
The Arthur Terry School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status in the Four Oaks area of Sutton Coldfield, England. It is Ofsted Outstanding and was an Arts College before the Specialist Schools initiative was made defunct. The school currently has two headteachers: Richard Gill and Neil Warner. Both headteachers were made National Leaders of Education (NLE) in September 2015. Richard is currently a member of the Teaching Schools Council representing West Midlands.
It is situated south of the Butlers Lane railway station, between Four Oaks and Mere Green. It is north of the B4151, which is between the A454 and A5127. This school focuses on performing arts.
The school was built in 1963 (opening on 10 September) and was named after Arthur Terry, who was the Mayor of Sutton Coldfield from 1934 to 1935. It was sometimes known as the Arthur Terry Grammar/High School, with around 950 boys and girls. Boys were required to wear bow ties, with a light shade of bronze; this was the idea of the head master, Mr Dennis Lindley. The uniform was initially popular.
It was run by Warwickshire Education Committee, specifically the excepted district of the Borough of Sutton Coldfield. It was a bilateral school with a grammar stream, similar to a grammar school. From April 1974 it was administered by Birmingham City Council.
In March 1999, BBC Radio 4's Music Machine programme came from the school, interviewing the clarinettist Emma Johnson.
The school underwent a £15 million rebuilding program, designed by architects Watkins Gray International (www.wgi.co.uk), that saw most of the original school demolished to make way for the new buildings; only the Sports Hall, Drama Studio and Sixth Form Centre have remained.
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