The Arthur Terry School

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Our school is a very special place. We want all of our students to feel cared for, loved, nurtured, and developed in a supportive climate that strives to ensure they all reach their potential. Academic success is extremely important, but so too is preparing our young people for a rapidly changing society and to become responsible, caring, tolerant individuals with a love for life and a belief that they should reach for the stars.
We have extremely high expectations of student behavior and attainment and will never settle for the second-best. Young people only get one chance and we take our responsibility in educating your children extremely seriously. Our relationship with you as parents and carers is vital and we very much look forward to beginning that special journey together.
The Arthur Terry School is committed to providing excellent teaching and learning in an environment that enables individuals to gain the highest possible academic and personal achievements. The school actively supports the development of social responsibility and self-worth. Our vision is to create outstanding, personalized learning and enrichment opportunities that develop our young people into confident, independent, lifelong learners, who are equipped to make a positive contribution to the local community and beyond.
Planning has been undertaken to develop a coherent, broad, and balanced 11-19 curriculum that inspires and challenges our students. The curriculum enables the vast majority of students to study subjects from the academic core as well as subjects from the Performing Arts, Art, Design and Technology, Business and Computing. With approximately 500 students, The Arthur Terry Sixth Form is the West Midlands’ largest school-based sixth form. Arthur Terry Sixth Form is the normal progression route for the majority of our returning Year 11 students and it also offers places to joining students from over 40 different secondary schools.
At Arthur Terry School, students will have a timetabled opportunity to become fully involved in a high-quality enrichment program. Over the 2 year program of study students will work towards achieving the Arthur Terry Award which will recognize their commitment to participating in activities that go above and beyond A level academic study. The enrichment program will encompass additional qualifications such as the Extended Project Qualification, Core Maths, and AS Further Maths which will enable students to further strengthen their applications to university and higher apprenticeships. Together with these curriculum options, students will also have the opportunity to participate in a personalized enrichment program.
Drama and music have a particularly high profile in the school with sixth-form students regularly taking leading performing and producing roles. Students can pursue sporting interests and complete the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme up to Gold. Students are encouraged to take responsibility within school working alongside linked lower school tutor groups and offering in-class support within their subject specialisms. Students willingly volunteer to support school charity events, parents’ evenings, open evenings, induction days as well as a host of external volunteering opportunities. Support for students lower down the school is central to the role of an Arthur Terry sixth-former through the tutoring program, academic mentoring, and sports leadership opportunities. Students experience daily morning tutor activities, tailored to the sixth form needs covering a range of issues and themes including effective and timely revision, managing stress, safe driving, applying to university, and finance to name but a few. There is also a regular program of visiting expert speakers and student workshops such as First Aid training in addition to half-termly sixth form house competitions and events.

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