George Dixon Academy is a secondary school located in north Edgbaston, Birmingham, England.

Former heads include Robert Dowling and Anthony Hamilton, a double gold medal paralympian.

[1] One of his first actions after being elected mayor in 1866 was to hold a conference to discuss the lack of education for children.

[7] In 2002, headteacher Sir Robert Dowling was knighted for "services to special needs education".

The character first appeared in the film The Blue Lamp (1950), produced by a former pupil of the school, Michael Balcon.