School Summary

Birmingham Independent College


Boys: 7
Girls: 1
Total Pupils: 8
Opened: 09-08-2016
Ofsted: Good
Head of College: Hermin McIntosh
Birmingham Independent College
Albert Hall
Birmingham
West Midlands
B6 5NU
Telephone: 01215070904
Website: https://www.bicollege.org

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Address3: Aston
AdministrativeWard (code): E05011121
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AdmissionsPolicy (code): 0
AdmissionsPolicy (name): Not applicable
BSOInspectorateName (name): Not applicable
Boarders (code): 1
Boarders (name): No boarders
BoardingEstablishment (name): Does not have boarders
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CensusDate: 20-01-2022
CloseDate:
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County (name): West Midlands
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Diocese (code): 0000
Diocese (name): Not applicable
DistrictAdministrative (code): E08000025
DistrictAdministrative (name): Birmingham
EBD (name): Not applicable
Easting: 407070
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EstablishmentAccredited (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentName: Birmingham Independent College
EstablishmentNumber: 6032
EstablishmentStatus (code): 1
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EstablishmentTypeGroup (code): 3
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GOR (name): West Midlands
GSSLACode (name): E08000025
Gender (code): 3
Gender (name): Mixed
HeadFirstName: Hermin
HeadLastName: McIntosh
HeadPreferredJobTitle: Head of College
HeadTitle (name): Ms
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LA (name): Birmingham
LSOA (code): E01033637
LSOA (name): Birmingham 041G
LastChangedDate: 12-09-2022
Locality: Witton Road
MSOA (code): E02001867
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Northing: 289461
NumberOfBoys: 7
NumberOfGirls: 1
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NurseryProvision (name): No Nursery Classes
OfficialSixthForm (code): 1
OfficialSixthForm (name): Has a sixth form
OfstedLastInsp: 03-02-2022
OfstedRating (name): Good
OfstedSpecialMeasures (code): 0
OfstedSpecialMeasures (name): Not applicable
OpenDate: 09-08-2016
ParliamentaryConstituency (code): E14000564
ParliamentaryConstituency (name): Birmingham, Ladywood
PercentageFSM: 0
PhaseOfEducation (code): 0
PhaseOfEducation (name): Not applicable
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Postcode: B6 5NU
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PreviousLA (code): 999
PreviousLA (name):
PropsName: Vivienne Lambert-Blackwood
QABName (code): 0
QABName (name): Not applicable
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RSCRegion (name): West Midlands
ReasonEstablishmentClosed (code): 99
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ReasonEstablishmentOpened (name): New Provision
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SENPRU (name): Not applicable
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SchoolCapacity: 50
SchoolSponsorFlag (name): Not applicable
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SchoolWebsite: www.bicollege.org
Section41Approved (name): Not approved
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SpecialClasses (code): 0
SpecialClasses (name): Not applicable
StatutoryHighAge: 25
StatutoryLowAge: 14
Street: Albert Hall
TeenMoth (name): Not applicable
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Town: Birmingham
TrustSchoolFlag (code): 0
TrustSchoolFlag (name): Not applicable
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TypeOfEstablishment (name): Other independent school
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