Aston Manor Academy is a mixed-sex secondary school

Secondary school

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 in the Aston

Aston

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 area of Birmingham

Birmingham

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, England

England

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. The school serves approximately 730 pupils aged 11–16. Due in part to the fact that it is situated in Aston, it has children from a wide variety of ethnic minority groups. The highest proportion of children at the school are of Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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i origin at 24%, with Black Caribbean at 22%, Pakistan

Pakistan

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i at 13%, Black at 9% and White British at 8%. A very high proportion do not speak English as their first language. Reflecting the cultural diversity within the school, the school has its own steel band.

Aston Manor School was recently awarded with the "Academy" status, thus changing it's name to Aston Manor Academy.