Primary & Secondary Schools in Moseley
There are six primary schools that serve the Moseley area:
- King David JI (NC) School - a one-form entry orthodox Jewish voluntary-aided co-educational day school with a nursery class holding 250 pupils aged from 3 to 11. It is located just to the south of the central village area on the Alccester Road, opposite the main entrance to Moseley Hall Hospital.
- Moor Green Primary - It is located to the south-west of the central village area, on Moor Green Road close to the River Rea near Selly Park.
- Moseley Church of England Primary School - It is located to the east of the central village area, on the corner of Oxford Road & School Road.
- Park Hill Primary School - a two-form entry school with a nursery class holding 465 pupils aged from 3 to 11. It is located just to the north of the central village area, on the Alccester Road opposite the Jug of Ale public house.
- St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School - a Roman Catholic voluntary-aided state school. It is located just to the east of the central village area, on the corner of Forest Road & Oakland Road.
- Saints John & Monica Catholic Primary School - a Roman Catholic voluntary-aided state school. It is located just to the west of the central village area, next to Moseley Park & Pool on Chantry Road, (just off the main Alcester Road).
There is just one secondary state school in Moseley, (and its not called Moseley School - that is next door in Springfield Ward), but is Queensbridge School. It is a comprehensive school with a speciality in visual & performing arts as part of its provision of the national curriculum. It is located to the south of the central village area on the corner of Alcester Road & Queensbridge Road, bordering with Kings Heath.
There are two schools in Moseley offering teaching provision for children with Special Educational Needs:
- Fox Hollies School - a 66-place secondary school which meets the needs of its pupils who have severe and /or complex learning difficulties, including sensory, physical, intellectual medical, or behavioural factors. This school (once located until very recently in the Fox Hollies area of the city) shares the same campus as Queensbridge School, above.
- Uffculme School - a primary special school for children with a diagnosis of an Autistic Spectrum Disorder holding 114 pupils aged from 3 to 11. This school is located to the south of the central village area next to Highbury Park, on Queensbridge Road, opposite Queensbridge & Fox Hollies Schools.
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Dramatically improved energy conservation and solar control
When I quickly ran through the idea of solar control/energy conservation with the Head of a secondary school he said "let's have one of those" programmes.
But we need more than one Head to get behind this and spearhead an approach to Birmingham City Council. We need an occasional meeting, unity and a determined approach.
The idea basically is to go beyond double glazing and use SUPER-insulation externally to insulate solid walls/windows and trap energy in thermal mass overnight, reducing the start-up time needed for boilers. We estimate 50 % savings initially.
The roller shutters with the super-insulation behind would give more than ten times the efficiency of solid walls as well as solar control.
(See letter below to Birmingham 13)
Dear Editor
Responding to the Susmo request for information about contractors:
Andy Broadbent is part of a team with my brother that has done quality work for me, and for others that I know of, with very satisfactory results ESPECIALLY WHEN EXTERNAL CLADDING AND SUPER-INSULATION BEHIND IT IS USED. I could work with other contractors you may have in mind if they need to clarify specific details/figures. The improvements I noted were dramatically different from the results we have obtained with the insulation placed internally on the walls.
Vertical Tongue-and-groove boarding about 18 mm thick is durable when properly detailed. It sheds water and is relatively maintenance-free. Two layers of cross-batten behind are used so as to compress as little as possible of the super-insulation (if a multi-layer foil is used) with a silicone seal to the perimeter batten. This achieved the remarkable efficiency that I spoke of: 4 TIMES THE EFFICIENCY OF THE CURRENT BUILDING REGULATIONS for existing walls externally clad with super-insulation !!
A recent paper in the Energy Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers compares various rigid materials used as external insulation and suggests a minimum of 200 mm of, say polystyrene/polyurethane etc behind the cladding for an eventual loss to aim for, as a practical target. Loss = 0.11 W per sq metre degree centigrade (i.e. 1/20th of the existing losses through a typical "solid" brick wall or double glazing typical in Moseley/Kings Heath). This can also be achieved in about 75 mm thickness using super-insulation - an entirely dry trade and with trouble-free results.
As a heat loss example using the above system, a 100 Watt light bulb would cope with losses over an area of 30 - 50 sq metres (the ~ total loss on all sides of 3 metre square room). That would be a theoretical figure for a draught-proof room in winter conditions. And the insulation if correctly installed would store part of the energy in the thermal mass of the room overnight. A greater amount would be stored for use the following day depending on the level of thermal mass (i.e. density) in the walls, floors etc.
So a PC or TV running can almost keep enough heat input to a small room in a house once it is preheated.
I hope this can be put into one of the birmingham 13 issues as a snapshot of how to quickly solve the climate task ahead in Giant Steps, that those in support of SUSMO need in order to effectively SUPER- insulate the houses of Moseley, many of which have "solid walls". Residents are welcome to ring the number below for advice at no initial charge. We need to urgently get busy insulating at least the sides, rear and "stucco" areas of houses beginning in Moseley as an example to the rest of Birmingham and the UK. I estimate this would reduce bills by half and make renewable energy twice as achievable.
We also need to get busy pressing the Council and Central Government to up their targets from 100 000 houses per year across the UK to more like 1 million, creating vital jobs in the Building industry - and with a higher spec than currently in vogue - this will need at least half the cost as the funding/subsidy for ordinary householders and businesses and free installation for the poorer areas.
Can you pass this on to Les Woolf and Co. Editor B13? Thanks, and best regards to the people of Moseley. More is on www.STEERglobal.org why not send back for our "Progress" document - how far we have got with Government, but not so far with City of Birmingham. Can you help a little?
Ian Greenwood 0121 449 0278 ian.Greenwood@STEERglobal.org
Greenwood Structures and STEERglobal.org