Birley Community College

The Birley Academy, previously known as Birley Community College, is a secondary school and technology college in Birley, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.FacilitiesThe school is split into three levels, the topmost one being the modern foreign languages block; the first floor being English, Languages, Science, Art, Food Technology and Graphics; and the ground floor containing Maths, History, Computer Science, Drama, Geography, PE and Religious Studies.The school contains a large learning resource centre equipped with modern technology such as interactive whiteboards and computer systems. The school also has dedicated special needs previsions, with a large pastoral care department and a separate section of the school- named the Interactive Resources Unit or The IR- dedicated to assisting children with learning difficulties access mainstream education. Birley also has a Drama Studio with fully equipped lighting and sound and large amounts of instruments and electronic musical equipment (i.e. Mac computers, synth drums) in the Music department.AdmissionsCourses available at Birley are: Maths, English, Science, Graphics, Media Studies, Computer Science, Health & Social Care, Art, Music, Drama, History, PE, Geography, Sociology, and Modern Foreign Languages .At the start of the 2009/2010 school year, the school was taken over by new head Mr. Wood. He is also the head of the primary school. By 2011, the school was run by Mrs. Woodcock. By late 2012, Birley Community College was being run by Mr. Robinson acting as the head teacher. In 2017 Mr. Robinson left as the school became a L.E.A.D Academy, former assistant headmistress, Mrs G Newton has since replaced him. The school is linked in a Federation of Schools with Charnock Hall Primary School, Birley Primary School and others.