- PG Wodehouse based the fictional Market Snodsbury Grammar School in his 1934 novel Right Ho, Jeeves on Hanley Castle in Worcestershire, where he would travel to visit his aunt.
- It is one of the oldest schools in the country, with roots stretching back as far as 1326. A selective boys’ grammar school for much of its existence, Hanley Castle became a mixed comprehensive in the 1970s and then an academy in 2011.
- The recipient of an International School Award, it highlights global themes throughout the curriculum and uses trilingual signage across the campus to remind students that they are part of an international community.
- Extensive sporting facilities include a large sports hall for badminton, basketball and indoor football. In the grounds there is an athletics track, plus rugby pitches and tennis courts.
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