Our Location

Frankley Community High School is located to the south west of Birmingham, just off junction 4 of the M5 Motorway. Being on the outskirts of Birmingham it benefits from a more rural location. The Lickey Hills Country Park, a 524-acre area of countryside, lies very close to the school. It is an area rich in a variety of wildlife and offers an excellent place to escape the noise and traffic of the city. Leisure facilities at the park include an eighteen hole Golf course, bowls, tennis and a putting green. Bartley Green Reservoir is another local attraction and hosts sailing clubs and other water sports. Frankley is very easily accessible from the centre of Birmingham and it also lies within short driving distance of many areas of Worcestershire such as Redditch and Bromsgrove and also Black Country areas like Dudley and Halesowen.

Birmingham is the second largest city in Britain and has a history is rooted in industry and innovation - it was at the forefront of the British industrial revolution. Birmingham’s extensive canal network - the largest in Europe - is a legacy of this industrial age, but today after extensive redevelopment, it is home to numerous canal-side bars, cafes, shops and apartments throughout the city. Birmingham has over six million trees, more parks than any other European city, a record-breaking 14 consecutive gold medals from the Chelsea Flower Show and was winner of the National Britain in Bloom awards - all signs of how the city has progressed from its industrial past.

The nightlife in Birmingham offers a large array of venues, whatever your tastes. Broad Street attracts more revellers than any other street in Britain every evening, while The Mailbox complex offers a selection of restaurants and bars. Birmingham has also recently been called "the shopping capital of Europe" due to the recent completion of the Bullring shopping centre - a huge and architecturally innovative development that attracts shoppers from all over the country.

Birmingham is a city of great social and ethnic diversity, offering the opportunity to experience the full range of the British educational system. There are three universities and over 430 schools in the city. The city is situated right in the heart of the country - 80 minutes train journey from London, and 90 minutes from Manchester or Leeds.