Co-op Academy Stoke-on-Trent is a mixed secondary school located in the Tunstall area of Stoke-on-Trent in the English county of Staffordshire.
History Grammar school It was the girls' grammar school, Brownhills High School for Girls.
In the Top of the Form radio competition, a team beat King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon 49-37 on Monday 10 October 1955,Staffordshire Sentinel Tuesday 11 October 1955, page 5Newcastle-under-Lyme Times Friday 14 October 1955, page 7 which was recorded on Tuesday 27 September 1955, with the team from Stratford being Richard Tracey, Owen Morgan, Roger Davy, and Richard Wollett.Birmingham Mail Thursday 29 September 1955, page 6 The team competed with a Allerton High School girls team in the England semi-final, on Monday 28 November, and won 39-32, being recorded on November 8 1955.Staffordshire Sentinel Tuesday 29 November 1955, page 4 Allerton had previously beaten Grangefield Grammar School, 39-35, with captain Margaret Holmes, aged 17.Yorkshire Evening Post Tuesday 18 October 1955, page 8 The team won England final 39-35 on Monday 5 December 1955. The team was Linda Forrester aged 12 of Endon, Christine Blood, Patricia Barnes aged 15, and Ann Holdcroft aged 17, the captain,Staffordshire Sentinel Tuesday 6 December 1955, page 5 being recorded on November 14 1955.Newcastle-under-Lyme Times Friday 9 December 1955, page 4 The team was beaten by The Royal School, Armagh boys team in the UK semi-final, 50-49.Staffordshire Sentinel Tuesday 27 December 1955, page 5 The head girl wrote to Cecil W Rodd, the chairman of Walls ice cream, who gave ice creams to 630 girls.Newcastle-under-Lyme Times Friday 30 December 1955, page 5
Comprehensive It became Brownhills High School.
The school was awarded specialist status as a Maths and Computing College and was renamed Brownhills Maths and Computing College. In September 2010 the school converted to academy status and was renamed The Co-operative Academy of Stoke-on-Trent (later Co-op Academy Stoke-on-Trent). The school is now part of The Co-operative Academies Trust - a group of schools sponsored by The Co-operative Group. In September 2012 the school relocated to new buildings.
References
External links Co-op Academy Stoke-on-Trent official website