The year 2012 has been another exceptional one for Heartlands Academy. The best examination results in its history for five A* to C including English and mathematics, the highest number of A* and A grades (20 per cent), 80 per cent plus-3 levels of progress in all core subjects, and – last but not least – an “outstanding” Ofsted judgement.
It seems a long way from the days of being a school in special measures with a temporary headteacher seconded from another Birmingham school. In March 2003, that is where the school was.
Back then, Glynis Jones, a well-respected deputy headteacher, was asked to prevent the school from failing its students. Within 14 months, Heartlands High School was removed from category and only two years later was described as “good and improving”. Luckily, this meteoric improvement meant that the permanent appointment of this aspirational headteacher was impossible to overlook.
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