coach of Aston Villa and Norwich City, born in Great Barr and attended Dartmouth High School. Jeff Smith, – motocross world champion 1964 & 1965, born in Colne, Lancashire Andrew 'Beans' Medlicott, - First back to back winner of Birmingham's tallest man, 2016-2017. Dave Swarbrick, – Musician, attended Great Barr School Steve Winwood, – Musician, attended Great Barr School, born in Handsworth Chris Woakes, – Cricketer for Warwickshire and England attended Barr Beacon School Gillian Wearing – Artist, Turner Prize Winner Education Great Barr is well served with a number of primary and secondary schools. Great Barr School is the largest single-site school in the country with over 2,400 pupils on roll. Primary schools Barr View Primary School Beeches Infant School Beeches Junior School Calshot Primary School Dorrington Road Primary school Ferndale Primary School Glenmead Primary School Greenholm Primary School Grove Vale Primary School Hamstead Infant School Hamstead Junior School Holy Name RC Primary School St Margarets CE Primary School St Mark's RC Primary School Whitecrest Primary School Meadow View Primary School Pheasey Park Farm Primary School Secondary schools Fortis Academy is a mixed school catering for children aged 11 to 19. Arena Academy is a mixed academy catering for children aged 11 to 16. Q3 Academy Great Barr (formerly Dartmouth High School) is a mixed academy catering for children aged 11 to 19. Barr Beacon School is a mixed school catering for children aged 11 to 19. Perry Beeches does not have a 'Primary' School it has two separate schools Beeches Infant School and Beeches Junior School. The Perry Beeches Campus is the largest school campus in Birmingham and houses 5 schools: Perry Beeches Nursery School, Beeches Infant School, Beeches Junior School, Arena Academy and Priestley Smith School for the Visually Impaired. College The James Watt campus of Birmingham Metropolitan College is at the junction of Beeches Road and Aldridge Road, at the Old Oscott side of Great Barr. The buildings were originally Brooklyn Technical College. Bibliography Asbury, Francis, "The Journal and Letters of Francis Asbury" 1st edition 1821, republished Nashville and London, 1958 Hackworth, F.W., "History of West Bromwich" 1895, republished Studley, 2001 Hallam, David J.A. "Eliza Asbury: her cottage and her son" Studley, 2003 Hallam, David J.A. "One hundred years of service to Newton: The history of Newton Road United Reformed (Allen Memorial) Church 1917-2017 Smethwick, 2018 White, William, "The History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire", Sheffield,