Sneyd Comprehensive School
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Sneyd Comprehensive School is a secondary school located in Bloxwich
, West Midlands
, England
. It was built in 1980 to serve the western part of the town, as well as the northern part of Willenhall
.
The school is situated on Vernon Way in the shadow of the M6 motorway
, and is just over the border from Willenhall.
There have been many famous students, most notably Lee Naylor, the professional footballer who began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers
and currently plays for Cardiff City
. He attended the school from 1991 until 1996.
Recently the Sneyd School Choir performed at the Royal Albert Hall
, at an event called 'The Magic of Music', organised by the Opal Foundation. They were one of two school choirs to win that night, and have won the opportunity to represent Great Britain at the 2008 Choir Olympics in Graz
, Austria
The school was set to close in August 2012, due to continuously falling behind in exam results and Ofsted
reports. They entered special needs in 2005, but managed to get out of these by 2006. But continuing GCSE failings have caused Walsall Education to close the school. There are plans for it to merge with Frank F. Harrison Community School
to cope with the falling student numbers and exam results. The Sneyd site will be used until Frank F Harrison Engineering College is able to expand to cope with the numbers of students that will be joining due to Sneyd's closure.
In 2009, it was the joint lowest ranking secondary school in the Walsall borough with 27% of students gained five or more GCSEs at grade C or above. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/09/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/335_gcse_lea.stm
Sneyd Reservoir is adjacent.
As of September 2011, the school was closed down and re-opened as a specialist engineering university technical collage (utc). Currently, the school has approximately 150 students. The school is a joint run project between Walsall College and Wolverhampton University. Only two of the previous teachers remain at the school, and the previous head teacher Mr. Sweeney has now left the school.
Bloxwich
Bloxwich is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England, with a population of around 40,000 people.-Early history:Bloxwich has its origins at least as early as the Anglo-Saxon period, when the place name evidence suggests it was a small Mercian settlement named after 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 was built in 1980 to serve the western part of the town, as well as the northern part of Willenhall
Willenhall
Willenhall is a town in the Black Country area of the West Midlands of England, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is situated between Wolverhampton and Walsall, historically in the county of Staffordshire...
.
The school is situated on Vernon Way in the shadow of the M6 motorway
M6 motorway
The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 at the Catthorpe Interchange, near Rugby via Birmingham then heads north, passing Stoke-on-Trent, Manchester, Preston, Carlisle and terminating at the Gretna junction . Here, just short of the Scottish border it becomes the A74 which continues to...
, and is just over the border from Willenhall.
There have been many famous students, most notably Lee Naylor, the professional footballer who began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
and currently plays for Cardiff City
Cardiff City F.C.
Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...
. He attended the school from 1991 until 1996.
Recently the Sneyd School Choir performed at the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
, at an event called 'The Magic of Music', organised by the Opal Foundation. They were one of two school choirs to win that night, and have won the opportunity to represent Great Britain at the 2008 Choir Olympics in Graz
Graz
The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
The school was set to close in August 2012, due to continuously falling behind in exam results and Ofsted
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
reports. They entered special needs in 2005, but managed to get out of these by 2006. But continuing GCSE failings have caused Walsall Education to close the school. There are plans for it to merge with Frank F. Harrison Community School
Frank F. Harrison Community School
Frank F. Harrison Engineering College is a comprehensive secondary school located in Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, England. It serves the south-western side of Bloxwich which includes the areas of Beechdale and Leamore....
to cope with the falling student numbers and exam results. The Sneyd site will be used until Frank F Harrison Engineering College is able to expand to cope with the numbers of students that will be joining due to Sneyd's closure.
In 2009, it was the joint lowest ranking secondary school in the Walsall borough with 27% of students gained five or more GCSEs at grade C or above. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/09/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/335_gcse_lea.stm
Sneyd Reservoir is adjacent.
As of September 2011, the school was closed down and re-opened as a specialist engineering university technical collage (utc). Currently, the school has approximately 150 students. The school is a joint run project between Walsall College and Wolverhampton University. Only two of the previous teachers remain at the school, and the previous head teacher Mr. Sweeney has now left the school.