Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
Encyclopedia
There are many minor secondary schools in the Wollaston
, Russells Hall Estate
, Wren's Nest Estate
, Kingswinford
, Stourbridge
, Pedmore
, Coseley
, Wordsley
, and Dudley
districts of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
. While their individual histories and roles in society are only minor they have as a whole, like all the more noted local secondary schools, contributed greatly to the general enlightenment of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
.
, West Midlands
, England
. It is situated in Stourbridge Road on the edge of the Russells Hall Estate, by the Scotts Green Close roundabout and was opened in 1966 to replace a smaller building several hundred yards along the road towards Brierley Hill
. Most of that building has now been demolished.
Holly Hall School is now independent from Dudley MBC and is grant maintained. The school received Mathematics and Computing College specialist status in September 2002. In the past four years, the school has constructed a £3 million building and had a major refurbishment.
In 2006, 39% of pupils achieved 5 or more A* to C grades in their GCSE examinations.
Since reverting to being an 11-16 comprehensive in September 1990 after 18 years as a 12-16 school, it has had pupil numbers in the region of 700.
In December 2007, plans were unveiled by Dudley council
for the school to be rebuilt and change to Academy status, which would make it the first school of its kind in the borough. Similar schools already exist in nearby boroughs Walsall
and Sandwell
. The school may also take in some pupils from Pensnett High School
, which is set to close in the early 2010s with most pupils being transferred to The Crestwood School
at Kingswinford
. However, these plans were scrapped by the local council in March 2008 as the school was deemed "too successful" for academy status.
, West Midlands
, England
. It was built in 1958 to serve the township of Dudley, and was one of the first Catholic secondary schools in the Midlands. Inevitably, it attracted a large percentage of pupils who lived beyond Dudley's borders, mostly in Sandwell
. Well-maintained high standards over the last 48 years have attracted an increasingly high number of non-Catholic pupils.
The school is open to pupils aged 11 to 18 years, with the highest two age groups making up the Sixth Form
. It is one of the few secondary schools in the Dudley borough to include sixth form facilities, as most of the other sixth forms closed at the turn of the 1990s following the introduction of tertiary education across the area.
Despite its being a Catholic school, many Bishop Milner pupils are non-Catholic and include Muslims and Sikhs.
The school performs well in the local GCSE tables and is regularly among the highest performing schools Dudley borough
.
Most of the school buildings were rebuilt between 2002 and 2005 at a cost of £6.5million.
An earlier revamp saw a new classroom block for the teaching of Drama, Music, Dance, ICT, Religious Education and Sixth Form studies was opened in October 1994.
The school also won its first football trophy in its history when the schools year 11 won the duncan edwards cup on the 19th of April 2010 winning the match 2-1 this team also reached the final in 2008 but lost in that match.
located in Wordsley
, Stourbridge
, in the West Midlands
of England.
It opened in September 1972 to serve the community of Wordsley, replacing Audam Secondary School.
Until September 2002, the school was known as the Buckpool School. Its head teacher is Michael Lambert. His tenure has coincided with an improvement in GCSE results. He has been at the school since January 2001, when he took over from Mrs Stephanie Sherwood who moved to the Dormston School
in Sedgley
. Before his arrival at Wordsley, Mr Lambert was deputy head of the now-closed Cradley High School
in Halesowen
.
The Wordsley School is the only school in the country with both Business & Enterprise and Music as a combined specialist status.
Murder victim Carl Bridgewater was a third year (equivalent of today's Year 9) pupil at Buckpool School when he died on 19 September 1978.
A front-page article in the Stourbridge News
newspaper was run, with Headteacher Mike Lambert slamming Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
Ed Balls
after Mr. Balls threatened the school with closure because it was not achieving the target of 30% A* to C GCSE's in Maths and English.
However, the school comfortably exceeded this target in 2009 when 37% of the school's GCSE students gained 5 or more grades at this level, though it was still the fourth lowest ranking school in the borough.
in Coseley
, West Midlands
, England. The school has specialist Sports College
status. It is situated in Ivyhouse Lane, just north of Coseley town centre. It was opened in 1968 to partly replace a nearby smaller secondary school, Mount Pleasant Senior School (the buildings of which have housed Dudley MBC's local records office since 1992). Mount Pleasant remained open until 1974, when the remaining pupils were moved to the Coseley School.
Pupils at Coseley School are mostly from Hurst Hill, Manor, Wallbrook and Christ Church primary schools. A smaller number of pupils are from schools including Bramford, Hill Avenue, Lanesfield and Foxyards.
The school opened as an 11+ secondary modern, but was reorganised to a 12-16 secondary school in September 1972; converting to comprehensive status in September 1975. In September 1990, however, it became an 11-16 comprehensive. Further expansion took place at this time when the school took in approximately half of the pupils and staff from Mons Hill School in Dudley
, which had closed that summer.
In March 2008, Dudley council's cabinet member for children's services claimed that there was a "50/50 chance" of Coseley School (or possibly either nearby Dormston
or High Arcal
) closing within the next 10 years. This came after a mere 147 pupils leaving primary school in 2007 put the school as their first choice when it had a maximum of 195 places available. This would leave Coseley without a secondary school for the first time since the 19th century. However, the council has since stated that no more secondary schools are scheduled for closure in the borough (the only post-1990 secondary school closure has been of Cradley High School
at Halesowen
in 2008).
Hopes of the school's long term future being secured were given a boost in January 2010 when it was revealed that 39% of the school's GCSE pupils had gained 5 or more grades at C and above the previous summer - the best results achieved by the school since the first GCSE exams were sat in 1988. A new high of 45% was attained in 2010.
, Stourbridge
, West Midlands
, England
. It adopted its current name in September 2005 upon becoming a specialist technology college
.
The school opened in 1939 as Pedmore Secondary Modern School, and became The Grange School in September 1975 on changing to comprehensive status. This name remained in use for 29 years until the current title was adopted.
The school was renamed from The Grange to Pedmore Technology College and Community School and expansion took place in 2007 to accommodate pupils transferred from the closing Cradley High School
.
It is the larger of the two schools in Pedmore.
The school's head teacher is David Kemp.
, West Midlands
(formerly Worcestershire
), England
.
.
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area. These former schools were administered by Worcestershire Education Committee until 1974.
The new school was located entirely at the grammar and high school sites on Red Hill near Stourbridge town centre on either side of Junction Road, with the Lye building being converted to a community centre.
The original building is known as ‘A block’ has been extensively refurbished and a number of other buildings added to the site. The Music Centre is known as ‘B block’. The Humanities, and Creative Technology learning areas are on the other side of Junction Road in ‘C block’. Next to this building is the purpose built Science centre, the Sports Development Centre, Sports Hall and Gym. The school now has a common room for the exclusive use of Year 11 pupils during break, lunchtime and before or after school. The common room is run by a committee of pupils.
, West Midlands
, England
. It was built by Brierley Hill Urban District Council
in 1961 but was completely rebuilt in the early 2000s. It serves an area of Kingswinford which was mostly developed after the Second World War.
The school has existed on Lodge Lane, Kingswinford, since it opened in September 1961.
The catchment for the school is bounded in the south by Lawnswood Road (Wordsley), in the east by Stream Road and Moss Grove (Kingswinford) and in the north and west by the county boundary between West Midlands and Staffordshire
.
The 1961 buildings were becoming increasingly dilapidated during the 1990s, and by September 2003 the entire school had been rebuilt.
One remaining building from the old complex, built in 1993 and known as C Block remained after the demolition of the old school and was the subject of a bid to save it from demolition and reopen as a community arts centre. The plan was developed by local entrepreneur and ex-pupil John Hackett but opposition from Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council prevented the plans from going ahead. C Block remained standing strong for five years until 5 November 2008, when the roof was destroyed in an arson attack. It is scheduled for demolition in October 2010.
Positioning of the county boundary sign on the A4101 in the early 1980s gave the impression that half of the tennis/netball courts and 2/3 of one of the football pitches were in the county of Staffordshire rather than West Midlands. The sign was moved sometime in the 1990s, aligning it with the west edge of the school grounds. Had this not happened, it would have meant that the new school building would have appeared to be in two counties.
The school had a sixth form until July 1991.
It is among the best performing secondary schools in the Dudley borough, with 78% of GCSE students gaining 5 or more A*-C grades in 2010. This placed it higher than any other state school in the borough, only exceeded by Old Swinford Hospital
private school.
located in Kingswinford
, West Midlands
, England
. It was built just before World War II
by Brierley Hill Urban District Council
. Subsequent local authority mergers meant that the school was later controlled by the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
but it is now grant maintained and independent from the local authority.
The school has one of the highest GCSE success rates in Dudley borough.
It now has specialist science college status.
After school clubs are on offer to pupils for subjects including Science, exam learning support, Chess
, Drama
and Christian Union.
in Dudley
, West Midlands
, England
. It provides education to pupils aged 11 to 16 years and caters for approximately 120 pupils. The school has been awarded specialist status as a Business and Enterprise College
. The current headteacher is Mr D Bishop-Rowe.
The current school buildings were constructed in 1962 and the school underwent a significant expansion in 1997.
Athletics The Sutton School has enjoyed an excellent tennis season in 2009, with a team overall record of 14-2 against valley league opponents.
Sutton School attracted interest in 2000 when Dudley Council wanted to send Andrew Downer, an 11-year old whose parents wanted him to attend Castle High School
, to Sutton School. At a subsequent Special Educational Needs Tribunal, his parents were successful and he was allowed to attend Castle High School.
The school's capacity was strained in September 2006 when it took in some of the pupils from nearby Sycamore Green Primary School upon its closure. Rebuiling of the school began soon afterwards, and the rebuilt Wrens Nest Primary was officially opened on 11 June 2010 by long-serving cleaner and community worker Margaret Lenton.
in Dudley
, England
.
It was opened in April 1965 to replace Wolverhampton Street School (which had been open since 1880), and gave education to pupils aged 11 to 16 years (with the starting age rising to 12 after 1972). Construction had started during 1963 with the intention of having the school open for the beginning of the academic year in September 1964, but it missed the target completion date by seven months.
On the introduction of comprehensive education across the Dudley borough in September 1975, it was renamed Mons Hill School.
By the 1980s
, Mons Hill was widely regarded as the worst secondary school in the borough, and pupil numbers were falling and O-Level (GCSE from 1988) results were dismal. By early 1989, by which time just over 200 pupils in the four year groups were on the school roll, Dudley council had decided that the school was no longer viable and would close in July 1991. However, the announcement of the school's closure sparked the transfer of many pupils from the school, as well as a smaller than expected number of 12 year olds transferring to the school from primary schools in September 1989, enabling the closure date to be brought forward a year to July 1990, when the remaining pupils and staff were split between Castle High School and the Coseley School.
When the school's closure was confirmed in February 1990, the future of the buildings (still only 25 years old) was uncertain. The Coseley School expressed interest in using it as a temporary annex until adequate classroom space could be created at their Ivyhouse Lane site, and there was also a suggestion that some of the site could be incorporated into Wren's Nest Nature Reserve.
However, in September 1990, it became a campus of Dudley College
and a multi-million pound extension with high quality facilities for skilled trades such as construction
, hairdressing and motor engineering, was completed in 1993. This replaced a previous annexe of Dudley College on nearby Sedgley Road West.
Sam Allardyce
, former manager of Bolton Wanderers Football Club
, attended the school from 1966 to 1970.
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situated in Wollaston
, West Midlands
, England
.
s), and exists within the buildings of High Park School, which were laid out some thirty years earlier.
The reorganisation of schools which saw the creation of Ridgewood was part of borough-wide changes in 1989 and 1990 which saw another new school (Castle High
) being created by a merger of two schools as well as two small secondary schools closed down.
In the autumn of 2007, a new building was added which included a dance studio, music rooms, Science lab and ICT suites. This followed the building of an Eco-centre at the rear of the school which is used as a Science lab and a community meeting room.
Wollaston
-Places:Australia* John Wollaston Anglican Community School, private school in Kelmscott, Perth, Western Australia* Wollaston, Western Australia, suburb of Bunbury, Western AustraliaCanada* Wollaston Islands...
, Russells Hall Estate
Russells Hall Estate
Russells Hall is a residential area of Dudley in the West Midlands of England. The area was extensively mined for coal during the Industrial Revolution and would remain open for many years, which meant the district had become highly industrialised in the then heyday of the Black Country's...
, Wren's Nest Estate
Wren's Nest Estate
The Wren's Nest Estate is a housing estate located to the north west of the town centre of Dudley, West Midlands, England.-Housing development:...
, Kingswinford
Kingswinford
Kingswinford is a suburban area in the West Midlands.Historically within Staffordshire, the area is mentioned in the Domesday Book its name relates to a ford for the King's swine - Latin Swinford Regis. The current significance is probably in tourism, education and housing...
, Stourbridge
Stourbridge
Stourbridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. Historically part of Worcestershire, Stourbridge was a centre of glass making, and today includes the suburbs of Amblecote, Lye, Norton, Oldswinford, Pedmore, Wollaston, Wollescote and Wordsley The...
, Pedmore
Pedmore
Pedmore is a residential suburb of Stourbridge in the West Midlands of England. It was originally a village in the Worcestershire countryside until extensive housebuilding during the interwar years saw it gradually merged into Stourbridge.- Amenities :...
, Coseley
Coseley
Coseley is a town located mostly within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the English West Midlands. Part of the Black Country, it lies south east of Wolverhampton and north of Dudley....
, Wordsley
Wordsley
Wordsley with Buckpool is a village south of Kingswinford although is the most northern suburb of Stourbridge in the West Midlands, England. Wordsley still retains its rural character because it abuts open countryside...
, and Dudley
Dudley
Dudley is a large town in the West Midlands county of England. At the 2001 census , the Dudley Urban Sub Area had a population of 194,919, making it the 26th largest settlement in England, the second largest town in the United Kingdom behind Reading, and the largest settlement in the UK without...
districts of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It was created in 1974, and is made up of the towns of Dudley , Stourbridge , Halesowen, Brierley Hill, Amblecote, Sedgley and Coseley...
. While their individual histories and roles in society are only minor they have as a whole, like all the more noted local secondary schools, contributed greatly to the general enlightenment of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It was created in 1974, and is made up of the towns of Dudley , Stourbridge , Halesowen, Brierley Hill, Amblecote, Sedgley and Coseley...
.
Holly Hall Maths and Computing College
Holly Hall School is a foundation comprehensive secondary school located in DudleyDudley
Dudley is a large town in the West Midlands county of England. At the 2001 census , the Dudley Urban Sub Area had a population of 194,919, making it the 26th largest settlement in England, the second largest town in the United Kingdom behind Reading, and the largest settlement in the UK without...
, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is situated in Stourbridge Road on the edge of the Russells Hall Estate, by the Scotts Green Close roundabout and was opened in 1966 to replace a smaller building several hundred yards along the road towards Brierley Hill
Brierley Hill
Brierley Hill is a town and electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England. It is one of the larger Black Country towns with a population of 9,631 and is heavily industrialised, best known for glass and steel manufacturing, although the industry has declined...
. Most of that building has now been demolished.
Holly Hall School is now independent from Dudley MBC and is grant maintained. The school received Mathematics and Computing College specialist status in September 2002. In the past four years, the school has constructed a £3 million building and had a major refurbishment.
In 2006, 39% of pupils achieved 5 or more A* to C grades in their GCSE examinations.
Since reverting to being an 11-16 comprehensive in September 1990 after 18 years as a 12-16 school, it has had pupil numbers in the region of 700.
In December 2007, plans were unveiled by Dudley council
Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It was created in 1974, and is made up of the towns of Dudley , Stourbridge , Halesowen, Brierley Hill, Amblecote, Sedgley and Coseley...
for the school to be rebuilt and change to Academy status, which would make it the first school of its kind in the borough. Similar schools already exist in nearby boroughs Walsall
Walsall
Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. It is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Walsall is a component area of the West Midlands conurbation and part of the Black Country.Walsall is the administrative...
and Sandwell
Sandwell
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands with a population of around 289,100, and an area of . The borough is named after Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of both the Black Country, and the West Midlands conurbation, encompassing the urban towns of Blackheath,...
. The school may also take in some pupils from Pensnett High School
Pensnett High School
The Pensnett 14-19 Education Campus is a secondary school located in the Pensnett area of Brierley Hill in the West Midlands of England. There are around 150 pupils aged 14–16 on the roll.-History:...
, which is set to close in the early 2010s with most pupils being transferred to The Crestwood School
The Crestwood School
The Crestwood School is a school in Kingswinford, West Midlands, England.-Admissions:It is an 11-16 comprehensive school with some 700 students on the roll, averaging at around 140 per year group.-Grammar school:...
at Kingswinford
Kingswinford
Kingswinford is a suburban area in the West Midlands.Historically within Staffordshire, the area is mentioned in the Domesday Book its name relates to a ford for the King's swine - Latin Swinford Regis. The current significance is probably in tourism, education and housing...
. However, these plans were scrapped by the local council in March 2008 as the school was deemed "too successful" for academy status.
Bishop Milner Roman Catholic School
Bishop Milner Roman Catholic School is a secondary school located in DudleyDudley
Dudley is a large town in the West Midlands county of England. At the 2001 census , the Dudley Urban Sub Area had a population of 194,919, making it the 26th largest settlement in England, the second largest town in the United Kingdom behind Reading, and the largest settlement in the UK without...
, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It was built in 1958 to serve the township of Dudley, and was one of the first Catholic secondary schools in the Midlands. Inevitably, it attracted a large percentage of pupils who lived beyond Dudley's borders, mostly in Sandwell
Sandwell
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands with a population of around 289,100, and an area of . The borough is named after Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of both the Black Country, and the West Midlands conurbation, encompassing the urban towns of Blackheath,...
. Well-maintained high standards over the last 48 years have attracted an increasingly high number of non-Catholic pupils.
The school is open to pupils aged 11 to 18 years, with the highest two age groups making up the Sixth Form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
. It is one of the few secondary schools in the Dudley borough to include sixth form facilities, as most of the other sixth forms closed at the turn of the 1990s following the introduction of tertiary education across the area.
Despite its being a Catholic school, many Bishop Milner pupils are non-Catholic and include Muslims and Sikhs.
The school performs well in the local GCSE tables and is regularly among the highest performing schools Dudley borough
Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It was created in 1974, and is made up of the towns of Dudley , Stourbridge , Halesowen, Brierley Hill, Amblecote, Sedgley and Coseley...
.
Most of the school buildings were rebuilt between 2002 and 2005 at a cost of £6.5million.
An earlier revamp saw a new classroom block for the teaching of Drama, Music, Dance, ICT, Religious Education and Sixth Form studies was opened in October 1994.
The Prime Minister's Global Fellowship
The school has a good record of students attaining places on the prestigious Prime Minister's Global Fellowship programme. The school achieved its first student in the inaugural year of the programme, 2008, and in 2009 had 2 more successful applicants.The school also won its first football trophy in its history when the schools year 11 won the duncan edwards cup on the 19th of April 2010 winning the match 2-1 this team also reached the final in 2008 but lost in that match.
Pupils
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, world ladies snooker champion.
Ofsted report
The Wordsley School
The Wordsley School is a secondary schoolSecondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in Wordsley
Wordsley
Wordsley with Buckpool is a village south of Kingswinford although is the most northern suburb of Stourbridge in the West Midlands, England. Wordsley still retains its rural character because it abuts open countryside...
, Stourbridge
Stourbridge
Stourbridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. Historically part of Worcestershire, Stourbridge was a centre of glass making, and today includes the suburbs of Amblecote, Lye, Norton, Oldswinford, Pedmore, Wollaston, Wollescote and Wordsley The...
, in the West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
of England.
It opened in September 1972 to serve the community of Wordsley, replacing Audam Secondary School.
Until September 2002, the school was known as the Buckpool School. Its head teacher is Michael Lambert. His tenure has coincided with an improvement in GCSE results. He has been at the school since January 2001, when he took over from Mrs Stephanie Sherwood who moved to the Dormston School
Dormston School
Dormston School is a secondary school for children located in Sedgley, West Midlands, England. The schools has specialist status as a Mathematics and Computing college....
in Sedgley
Sedgley
Sedgley is an urban village within the West Midlands county of England. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Sedgley was formerly an ancient manor composed of several smaller villages, including Gornal, Gospel End, Woodsetton, Ettingshall, Coseley and Brierley...
. Before his arrival at Wordsley, Mr Lambert was deputy head of the now-closed Cradley High School
Cradley High School
Cradley High School was a secondary school located in the Cradley area of Halesowen, which is a village in the West Midlands county of England. It is situated in the west end of Halesowen near the borders with Stourbridge and Brierley Hill...
in Halesowen
Halesowen
Halesowen is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands, England.The population, as measured by the United Kingdom Census 2001, was 55,273...
.
The Wordsley School is the only school in the country with both Business & Enterprise and Music as a combined specialist status.
Murder victim Carl Bridgewater was a third year (equivalent of today's Year 9) pupil at Buckpool School when he died on 19 September 1978.
A front-page article in the Stourbridge News
Stourbridge News
The Stourbridge News is a local free newspaper which serves the township of Stourbridge in the West Midlands of England. It is also circulated to the homes of readers living in the surrounding communities of Wordsley, Amblecote, Pedmore and Lye. It has been in circulation since February 1985 and...
newspaper was run, with Headteacher Mike Lambert slamming Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families is a Cabinet minister in the United Kingdom. The post was created on 28 June 2007 after the disbanding of the Department for Education and Skills by Gordon Brown. The first Secretary of State was Ed Balls, a former treasury aide to Brown...
Ed Balls
Ed Balls
Edward Michael Balls, known as Ed Balls, is a British Labour politician, who has been a Member of Parliament since 2005, currently for Morley and Outwood, and is the current Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer....
after Mr. Balls threatened the school with closure because it was not achieving the target of 30% A* to C GCSE's in Maths and English.
However, the school comfortably exceeded this target in 2009 when 37% of the school's GCSE students gained 5 or more grades at this level, though it was still the fourth lowest ranking school in the borough.
Coseley School and Sports College
The Coseley School and Sports College (also known as Coseley High School or simply Coseley School) is a secondary schoolSecondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in Coseley
Coseley
Coseley is a town located mostly within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the English West Midlands. Part of the Black Country, it lies south east of Wolverhampton and north of Dudley....
, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, England. The school has specialist Sports College
Sports College
Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, PE, sports and dance. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Sports...
status. It is situated in Ivyhouse Lane, just north of Coseley town centre. It was opened in 1968 to partly replace a nearby smaller secondary school, Mount Pleasant Senior School (the buildings of which have housed Dudley MBC's local records office since 1992). Mount Pleasant remained open until 1974, when the remaining pupils were moved to the Coseley School.
Pupils at Coseley School are mostly from Hurst Hill, Manor, Wallbrook and Christ Church primary schools. A smaller number of pupils are from schools including Bramford, Hill Avenue, Lanesfield and Foxyards.
The school opened as an 11+ secondary modern, but was reorganised to a 12-16 secondary school in September 1972; converting to comprehensive status in September 1975. In September 1990, however, it became an 11-16 comprehensive. Further expansion took place at this time when the school took in approximately half of the pupils and staff from Mons Hill School in Dudley
Dudley
Dudley is a large town in the West Midlands county of England. At the 2001 census , the Dudley Urban Sub Area had a population of 194,919, making it the 26th largest settlement in England, the second largest town in the United Kingdom behind Reading, and the largest settlement in the UK without...
, which had closed that summer.
In March 2008, Dudley council's cabinet member for children's services claimed that there was a "50/50 chance" of Coseley School (or possibly either nearby Dormston
Dormston School
Dormston School is a secondary school for children located in Sedgley, West Midlands, England. The schools has specialist status as a Mathematics and Computing college....
or High Arcal
High Arcal School
High Arcal School is a comprehensive secondary school situated in Sedgley, West Midlands, England. It was opened in 1961 as a grammar school and became comprehensive in 1975. The school holds Specialist Science College status...
) closing within the next 10 years. This came after a mere 147 pupils leaving primary school in 2007 put the school as their first choice when it had a maximum of 195 places available. This would leave Coseley without a secondary school for the first time since the 19th century. However, the council has since stated that no more secondary schools are scheduled for closure in the borough (the only post-1990 secondary school closure has been of Cradley High School
Cradley High School
Cradley High School was a secondary school located in the Cradley area of Halesowen, which is a village in the West Midlands county of England. It is situated in the west end of Halesowen near the borders with Stourbridge and Brierley Hill...
at Halesowen
Halesowen
Halesowen is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands, England.The population, as measured by the United Kingdom Census 2001, was 55,273...
in 2008).
Hopes of the school's long term future being secured were given a boost in January 2010 when it was revealed that 39% of the school's GCSE pupils had gained 5 or more grades at C and above the previous summer - the best results achieved by the school since the first GCSE exams were sat in 1988. A new high of 45% was attained in 2010.
Pedmore Technology College and Community School
Pedmore Technology College and Community School is a secondary school located in PedmorePedmore
Pedmore is a residential suburb of Stourbridge in the West Midlands of England. It was originally a village in the Worcestershire countryside until extensive housebuilding during the interwar years saw it gradually merged into Stourbridge.- Amenities :...
, Stourbridge
Stourbridge
Stourbridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. Historically part of Worcestershire, Stourbridge was a centre of glass making, and today includes the suburbs of Amblecote, Lye, Norton, Oldswinford, Pedmore, Wollaston, Wollescote and Wordsley The...
, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It adopted its current name in September 2005 upon becoming a specialist technology college
Technology College
Technology College is a term used in the United Kingdom for a secondary specialist school that focuses on design and technology, mathematics and science. These were the first type of specialist schools, beginning in 1994. In 2008 there were 598 Technology Colleges in England, of which 12 also...
.
The school opened in 1939 as Pedmore Secondary Modern School, and became The Grange School in September 1975 on changing to comprehensive status. This name remained in use for 29 years until the current title was adopted.
The school was renamed from The Grange to Pedmore Technology College and Community School and expansion took place in 2007 to accommodate pupils transferred from the closing Cradley High School
Cradley High School
Cradley High School was a secondary school located in the Cradley area of Halesowen, which is a village in the West Midlands county of England. It is situated in the west end of Halesowen near the borders with Stourbridge and Brierley Hill...
.
It is the larger of the two schools in Pedmore.
The school's head teacher is David Kemp.
Ofsted report
Redhill School
Redhill School is an 11-16 comprehensive secondary school located in StourbridgeStourbridge
Stourbridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. Historically part of Worcestershire, Stourbridge was a centre of glass making, and today includes the suburbs of Amblecote, Lye, Norton, Oldswinford, Pedmore, Wollaston, Wollescote and Wordsley The...
, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
(formerly Worcestershire
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
), England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Admissions
It has no sixth form, similar to most schools in Dudley LEA and all schools in Stourbridge. It is situated just east of the single-track Stourbridge Town Branch LineStourbridge Town Branch Line
The Stourbridge Town Branch Line is a railway branch line, in Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. It is claimed to be the shortest branch line in Europe, and many miniature railways are certainly longer....
.
Red hill is a specilist language collage.
History
It was formed in September 1976, when Stourbridge Boys' Grammar School and Stourbridge Girls' High School in the town centre merged with Lye Secondary Modern School in the LyeLye
Lye is a corrosive alkaline substance, commonly sodium hydroxide or historically potassium hydroxide . Previously, lye was among the many different alkalis leached from hardwood ashes...
area. These former schools were administered by Worcestershire Education Committee until 1974.
The new school was located entirely at the grammar and high school sites on Red Hill near Stourbridge town centre on either side of Junction Road, with the Lye building being converted to a community centre.
The original building is known as ‘A block’ has been extensively refurbished and a number of other buildings added to the site. The Music Centre is known as ‘B block’. The Humanities, and Creative Technology learning areas are on the other side of Junction Road in ‘C block’. Next to this building is the purpose built Science centre, the Sports Development Centre, Sports Hall and Gym. The school now has a common room for the exclusive use of Year 11 pupils during break, lunchtime and before or after school. The common room is run by a committee of pupils.
Academic performance
Redhill is consistently among the highest performing secondary schools in the Dudley borough for GCSE results. The school GCSE results are well above national average with 77% of Year 11 pupils achieving 5A*-C (including English and Maths) grades in 2010.Summerhill School
The Summerhill School is a secondary school is located in KingswinfordKingswinford
Kingswinford is a suburban area in the West Midlands.Historically within Staffordshire, the area is mentioned in the Domesday Book its name relates to a ford for the King's swine - Latin Swinford Regis. The current significance is probably in tourism, education and housing...
, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It was built by Brierley Hill Urban District Council
Brierley Hill
Brierley Hill is a town and electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England. It is one of the larger Black Country towns with a population of 9,631 and is heavily industrialised, best known for glass and steel manufacturing, although the industry has declined...
in 1961 but was completely rebuilt in the early 2000s. It serves an area of Kingswinford which was mostly developed after the Second World War.
The school has existed on Lodge Lane, Kingswinford, since it opened in September 1961.
The catchment for the school is bounded in the south by Lawnswood Road (Wordsley), in the east by Stream Road and Moss Grove (Kingswinford) and in the north and west by the county boundary between West Midlands and Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
.
The 1961 buildings were becoming increasingly dilapidated during the 1990s, and by September 2003 the entire school had been rebuilt.
One remaining building from the old complex, built in 1993 and known as C Block remained after the demolition of the old school and was the subject of a bid to save it from demolition and reopen as a community arts centre. The plan was developed by local entrepreneur and ex-pupil John Hackett but opposition from Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council prevented the plans from going ahead. C Block remained standing strong for five years until 5 November 2008, when the roof was destroyed in an arson attack. It is scheduled for demolition in October 2010.
Positioning of the county boundary sign on the A4101 in the early 1980s gave the impression that half of the tennis/netball courts and 2/3 of one of the football pitches were in the county of Staffordshire rather than West Midlands. The sign was moved sometime in the 1990s, aligning it with the west edge of the school grounds. Had this not happened, it would have meant that the new school building would have appeared to be in two counties.
The school had a sixth form until July 1991.
It is among the best performing secondary schools in the Dudley borough, with 78% of GCSE students gaining 5 or more A*-C grades in 2010. This placed it higher than any other state school in the borough, only exceeded by Old Swinford Hospital
Old Swinford Hospital
Old Swinford Hospital is a selective voluntary aided boys' boarding school in Oldswinford, Stourbridge, West Midlands, England that has been in continuous operation since the 17th century.- History :Old Swinford Hospital opened in the late summer of 1667...
private school.
The Kingswinford School
The Kingswinford School is a secondary schoolSecondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in Kingswinford
Kingswinford
Kingswinford is a suburban area in the West Midlands.Historically within Staffordshire, the area is mentioned in the Domesday Book its name relates to a ford for the King's swine - Latin Swinford Regis. The current significance is probably in tourism, education and housing...
, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It was built just before World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
by Brierley Hill Urban District Council
Brierley Hill
Brierley Hill is a town and electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England. It is one of the larger Black Country towns with a population of 9,631 and is heavily industrialised, best known for glass and steel manufacturing, although the industry has declined...
. Subsequent local authority mergers meant that the school was later controlled by the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It was created in 1974, and is made up of the towns of Dudley , Stourbridge , Halesowen, Brierley Hill, Amblecote, Sedgley and Coseley...
but it is now grant maintained and independent from the local authority.
The school has one of the highest GCSE success rates in Dudley borough.
It now has specialist science college status.
After school clubs are on offer to pupils for subjects including Science, exam learning support, Chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
, Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
and Christian Union.
Ofsted report
The 2007 report is hereThe Sutton School
The Sutton School is a special educational needs school in the Russells Hall EstateRussells Hall Estate
Russells Hall is a residential area of Dudley in the West Midlands of England. The area was extensively mined for coal during the Industrial Revolution and would remain open for many years, which meant the district had become highly industrialised in the then heyday of the Black Country's...
in Dudley
Dudley
Dudley is a large town in the West Midlands county of England. At the 2001 census , the Dudley Urban Sub Area had a population of 194,919, making it the 26th largest settlement in England, the second largest town in the United Kingdom behind Reading, and the largest settlement in the UK without...
, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It provides education to pupils aged 11 to 16 years and caters for approximately 120 pupils. The school has been awarded specialist status as a Business and Enterprise College
Business and Enterprise College
Business and Enterprise Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields...
. The current headteacher is Mr D Bishop-Rowe.
The current school buildings were constructed in 1962 and the school underwent a significant expansion in 1997.
Athletics The Sutton School has enjoyed an excellent tennis season in 2009, with a team overall record of 14-2 against valley league opponents.
Sutton School attracted interest in 2000 when Dudley Council wanted to send Andrew Downer, an 11-year old whose parents wanted him to attend Castle High School
Castle High School (Dudley)
For schools of the same name, see Castle High School.Castle High School is a secondary school located in Dudley, West Midlands, England. It caters for pupils aged from 11 to 16 years. It is also a specialist Arts College.-The school:...
, to Sutton School. At a subsequent Special Educational Needs Tribunal, his parents were successful and he was allowed to attend Castle High School.
Wrens Nest Primary School
Wrens Nest Primary School has served the Wrens Nest Estate on 14 October 1936, when the estate was still being developed. It was initially two separate schools; a 5-7 infant school and 7-11 junior school. These became a 5-8 first school and 8-12 middle school respectively in September 1972. A nursery unit for pupils aged 3-4 years was later added. The schools were formed in the 1980s to form the current Wrens Nest Primary School, serving pupils aged 3-12 years, with the age range being altered to 5-11 from September 1990.The school's capacity was strained in September 2006 when it took in some of the pupils from nearby Sycamore Green Primary School upon its closure. Rebuiling of the school began soon afterwards, and the rebuilt Wrens Nest Primary was officially opened on 11 June 2010 by long-serving cleaner and community worker Margaret Lenton.
Mons Hill School
Mons Hill School was a secondary school located on the Wren's Nest EstateWren's Nest Estate
The Wren's Nest Estate is a housing estate located to the north west of the town centre of Dudley, West Midlands, England.-Housing development:...
in Dudley
Dudley
Dudley is a large town in the West Midlands county of England. At the 2001 census , the Dudley Urban Sub Area had a population of 194,919, making it the 26th largest settlement in England, the second largest town in the United Kingdom behind Reading, and the largest settlement in the UK without...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
It was opened in April 1965 to replace Wolverhampton Street School (which had been open since 1880), and gave education to pupils aged 11 to 16 years (with the starting age rising to 12 after 1972). Construction had started during 1963 with the intention of having the school open for the beginning of the academic year in September 1964, but it missed the target completion date by seven months.
On the introduction of comprehensive education across the Dudley borough in September 1975, it was renamed Mons Hill School.
By the 1980s
1980s
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, Mons Hill was widely regarded as the worst secondary school in the borough, and pupil numbers were falling and O-Level (GCSE from 1988) results were dismal. By early 1989, by which time just over 200 pupils in the four year groups were on the school roll, Dudley council had decided that the school was no longer viable and would close in July 1991. However, the announcement of the school's closure sparked the transfer of many pupils from the school, as well as a smaller than expected number of 12 year olds transferring to the school from primary schools in September 1989, enabling the closure date to be brought forward a year to July 1990, when the remaining pupils and staff were split between Castle High School and the Coseley School.
When the school's closure was confirmed in February 1990, the future of the buildings (still only 25 years old) was uncertain. The Coseley School expressed interest in using it as a temporary annex until adequate classroom space could be created at their Ivyhouse Lane site, and there was also a suggestion that some of the site could be incorporated into Wren's Nest Nature Reserve.
However, in September 1990, it became a campus of Dudley College
Dudley College
Dudley College is a college of further education in Dudley, West Midlands, England.-History:In 1862 the Dudley Public Hall and Mechanics Institute was built. In 1896 this was expanded to become the Dudley Technical School, which became Dudley Technical College in 1926...
and a multi-million pound extension with high quality facilities for skilled trades such as construction
Construction
In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking...
, hairdressing and motor engineering, was completed in 1993. This replaced a previous annexe of Dudley College on nearby Sedgley Road West.
Sam Allardyce
Sam Allardyce
Samuel "Sam" Allardyce , nicknamed "Big Sam", is an English football manager and former professional player. In June 2011 he was appointed as manager of West Ham United....
, former manager of Bolton Wanderers Football Club
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....
, attended the school from 1966 to 1970.
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Ridgewood High School
Ridgewood High School is a mixed comprehensive schoolComprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
situated in Wollaston
Wollaston, West Midlands
Wollaston is a village and suburb of Stourbridge, in West Midlands, England. It is within Dudley Metropolitan Borough. It is situated on the border between Dudley Metropolitan Borough and Staffordshire County , and until 1974 was in Worcestershire. Wollaston is one mile from Stourbridge town...
, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
History
The school opened in September 1990 on the merger of High Park School and Longlands School (former secondary modern schoolSecondary modern school
A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s, under the Tripartite System, and was designed for the majority of pupils - those who do not achieve scores in the top 25% of the eleven plus examination...
s), and exists within the buildings of High Park School, which were laid out some thirty years earlier.
The reorganisation of schools which saw the creation of Ridgewood was part of borough-wide changes in 1989 and 1990 which saw another new school (Castle High
Castle High School (Dudley)
For schools of the same name, see Castle High School.Castle High School is a secondary school located in Dudley, West Midlands, England. It caters for pupils aged from 11 to 16 years. It is also a specialist Arts College.-The school:...
) being created by a merger of two schools as well as two small secondary schools closed down.
In the autumn of 2007, a new building was added which included a dance studio, music rooms, Science lab and ICT suites. This followed the building of an Eco-centre at the rear of the school which is used as a Science lab and a community meeting room.
Academic performance
It gets GCSE results at the England average.See also
- The Crestwood SchoolThe Crestwood SchoolThe Crestwood School is a school in Kingswinford, West Midlands, England.-Admissions:It is an 11-16 comprehensive school with some 700 students on the roll, averaging at around 140 per year group.-Grammar school:...
- Dormston SchoolDormston SchoolDormston School is a secondary school for children located in Sedgley, West Midlands, England. The schools has specialist status as a Mathematics and Computing college....
- Castle High School (Dudley)Castle High School (Dudley)For schools of the same name, see Castle High School.Castle High School is a secondary school located in Dudley, West Midlands, England. It caters for pupils aged from 11 to 16 years. It is also a specialist Arts College.-The school:...
- Ellowes Hall SchoolEllowes Hall SchoolEllowes Hall Sports College is a comprehensive secondary school with Sports College status situated on Stickley Lane in Lower Gornal, Dudley, West Midlands, England....
- High Arcal SchoolHigh Arcal SchoolHigh Arcal School is a comprehensive secondary school situated in Sedgley, West Midlands, England. It was opened in 1961 as a grammar school and became comprehensive in 1975. The school holds Specialist Science College status...
- Old Swinford Hospital School
- Old Swinford HospitalOld Swinford HospitalOld Swinford Hospital is a selective voluntary aided boys' boarding school in Oldswinford, Stourbridge, West Midlands, England that has been in continuous operation since the 17th century.- History :Old Swinford Hospital opened in the late summer of 1667...
- Pensnett High SchoolPensnett High SchoolThe Pensnett 14-19 Education Campus is a secondary school located in the Pensnett area of Brierley Hill in the West Midlands of England. There are around 150 pupils aged 14–16 on the roll.-History:...
- Thorns Community CollegeThorns Community CollegeThorns Community College is a secondary school located in Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England.-Background:It serves the southern half of Brierley Hill around Withymoor Village and Quarry Bank. The school is a specialist Arts College...
- Elmfield Rudolf Steiner SchoolElmfield Rudolf Steiner SchoolElmfield Rudolf Steiner School Limited is an independent school situated in Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. It educates around 260 children aged from 3 to 17 who follow the international Steiner Waldorf Education curriculum.-History:...
- Ellowes Hall SchoolEllowes Hall SchoolEllowes Hall Sports College is a comprehensive secondary school with Sports College status situated on Stickley Lane in Lower Gornal, Dudley, West Midlands, England....
- Castle High SchoolCastle High School (Dudley)For schools of the same name, see Castle High School.Castle High School is a secondary school located in Dudley, West Midlands, England. It caters for pupils aged from 11 to 16 years. It is also a specialist Arts College.-The school:...
- Coseley School
- Cradley High SchoolCradley High SchoolCradley High School was a secondary school located in the Cradley area of Halesowen, which is a village in the West Midlands county of England. It is situated in the west end of Halesowen near the borders with Stourbridge and Brierley Hill...
- Hillcrest School and Community College
- Leasowes Community CollegeLeasowes Community CollegeLeasowes Community College is a secondary school in Halesowen, West Midlands, England. It was opened in 1972 to replace the nearby Hill & Cakemore Secondary School, and during the 1990s awarded Community College status....
- Pensnett School of Technology
- Redhill School and Language College
- Ridgewood High School
- Summerhill SchoolSummerhill SchoolSummerhill School is an independent British boarding school that was founded in 1921 by Alexander Sutherland Neill with the belief that the school should be made to fit the child, rather than the other way around...
- Coseley School
- The Crestwood SchoolThe Crestwood SchoolThe Crestwood School is a school in Kingswinford, West Midlands, England.-Admissions:It is an 11-16 comprehensive school with some 700 students on the roll, averaging at around 140 per year group.-Grammar school:...
- Earls High SchoolEarls High SchoolThe Earls High School is a secondary school on near the A458 in Halesowen, West Midlands.-Information:The School's history dates back to 1652 when a Free Grammar School was founded. There is, however, evidence that a school existed in 1632 as local men are recorded as being benefactors of a Free...
- Pedmore Technology College and Community School
- The Holly Hall Maths and Computing College
- The Kingswinford School
- Wordsley School
- Thorns Community CollegeThorns Community CollegeThorns Community College is a secondary school located in Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England.-Background:It serves the southern half of Brierley Hill around Withymoor Village and Quarry Bank. The school is a specialist Arts College...
- Windsor High School