Ladypool Primary School

52°27′40″N 1°52′27″W / 52.4612°N 1.8742°W / 52.4612; -1.8742InformationFormer nameStratford Road SchoolTypeCommunity schoolEstablished1885; 139 years ago (1885)Local authorityBirmingham City CouncilDepartment for Education URN103265 TablesOfstedReportsHead teacher^[1]GenderMixedAge range3–11Enrolment411 (2019)^[2]Capacity420^[2]Websitewww.ladypool.bham.sch.uk

Ladypool Primary School (formerly Stratford Road School) is a 3–11 mixed, community primary school in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is a Grade II* listed building,^[3][4] and stands next to St Agatha's Church.

History

It was built as Stratford Road School in 1885 by architects Martin & Chamberlain as a Birmingham board school, one of around forty schools built by that firm in an innovative style as a result of the Elementary Education Act 1870.

The school was extensively damaged by the Birmingham tornado on 28 July 2005 and lost its distinctive Martin & Chamberlain tower. The school proposed building a replica of the tower. On 26 October 2006, Birmingham City Council Planning Department decided that the planning application should be referred to the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Gallery

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  Post-tornado view of school without tower.

References

• Pevsner Architectural Guides - Birmingham, Andy Foster, 2005, ISBN 0-300-10731-5
• Victorian Architecture in Britain - Blue Guide, Julian Orbach, 1987, ISBN 0-393-30070-6
• Planning application for the reconstruction of tower^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

• Official website