The International School and Community College
| Established | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Type | Community school |
| Religion | Integrated |
| Head Teacher | Chris Etheridge |
| Location |
Gressel Lane Tile Cross Birmingham West Midlands B33 9UF England England 52°29′00″N 1°46′11″W / 52.4833°N 1.7697°WCoordinates: 52°29′00″N 1°46′11″W / 52.4833°N 1.7697°W |
| Local authority | Birmingham City Council |
| DfE URN | 103518 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 710 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Colours | Blue, Green, Yellow, Fuchsia, Purple. |
| Website | http://www.tisbham.org/ |
Tile Cross Academy is a mixed secondary school located in the Tile Cross area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England.
During the process of converting the school to an academy, a name change was proposed "We do propose changing the name of the school from The International School to Tile Cross Academy and would welcome your thoughts on this proposed name change" - this resulted in the school changing its name to "Tile Cross Academy".
The school is ethnically diverse and contains around 700 pupils spread over three major buildings. The school is situated on Gressel Lane and is roughly one mile from Lea Hall railway station, operated by London Midland. It is close to the eastern boundary of Birmingham, close to the Solihull boundary.
The genesis of the school was three schools being built next to each other in Tile Cross, East Birmingham in the late 1950s. The famous Central Grammar School for Boys was founded in 1897 on Suffolk Street and relocated to Gressel Lane in September 1957. It was a three-form entry school with around 550 boys.
During the second World War half of the school was evacuated and shared with The West Monmouth High School for Boys at Pontypool under the Headship of Leslie Bradley, who had been appointed Headmaster in 1934. They returned in 1942 and reunited with the other half to a location in Bordesley Green.
The City then created two new schools named Byng Kenrick Girls' Grammar School and Sir Wilfrid Martineau School (named after Wilfred Byng Kenrick and Wilfred Martineau respectively, two men who had each been prominent local politicians and Lord Mayors of Birmingham).
The two schools would cater for pupils who had failed to gain a place in a grammar school. Its first headmaster, however, declared that it was his intention to compete and announced it was a bilateral rather than a secondary modern school (in contemporary parlance) and the school competed with its neighbours.Cenral Grammar school moved from Cherrywood Rd to adjoin Bynk Kendric scholl for Girls and Sir Wilfred Martineaus, Then Byng Kendric almagamated with Central ang became Byng Central
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