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About

At University of Birmingham School, standards and expectations are very high as we want our young people and staff to be exceptional. I am honoured to lead our ambitious and distinctive learning community.

Distinctive in that we purposefully and explicitly prioritise the development of students character and academic accomplishments in equal measure so that they flourish as happy, socially aware, skilled citizens equipped to find and take their places on the world stage.

We speak of good character as making the right choice at the right time for the right reason and our core purpose of developing character is planned and active.

Opportunities and learning which allow our students to discover and further shape their personal qualities, attributes and virtues receive explicit time in each school week through a taught programme and wide ranging enrichment.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

4 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Learning Careers Guidance
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Character Education
  • Learning

Key facts

URN
140863
Type
Free schools
Phase
Secondary
Ages
11 to 19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Local authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Northfield
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2015

Governing body (22 current, 7 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

22 governors are linked to a profile (21 confirmed, 1 (likely)).

Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Liam DwyerChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2026
Professor Glyn Robert Watson Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Dr Aurore Nishimwe Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Oliver Souza-Faria Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by school staffsince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Neil James Scrivens Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2025 · until 2029
Miss Simone Ruth Campbell Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Thomas Edward Hindson Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2024 · until 2028
Mrs Nicola Bradfield Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Professor Deborah LongworthMemberTrust membersFoundation/sponsor memberssince 2024
Mrs Joanna Ruth Kite Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Miss Rebecca Louise Lambert Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mrs Seema Drubhra Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by school staffsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Professor Karen Rathie Guldberg Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Professor Jeremy Pritchard Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Dame Lin HomerMemberTrust membersFoundation/sponsor memberssince 2022
Professor Adam TickellMemberTrust membersFoundation/sponsor memberssince 2022
Professor Andrew Peterson Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027
Professor Jeff BaleChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027
Professor Jeffrey Bale Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersFoundation/sponsor memberssince 2019
Mr Colin TownsendAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2018
Professor Julie Allan Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2017 · until 2027 ends 2027
Dr Christopher Banks Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersFoundation/sponsor memberssince 2012
Professor Colin James Diamond Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2025 · term ended 2026
Dr Maryam Hamid Chaudhry Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2024 · term ended 2025
Professor Nick Vaughan-Williams (likely) FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2024 · term ended 2026
Mr Kevin John Cobane Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardElected by school staffsince 2023 · term ended 2025
Mr Robin Haslam FormerChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2019 · term ended 2026
Ms Fionnuala O'Connor Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2019 · term ended 2026
Mr Stephen Washbourne Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2015 · term ended 2025

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record