Wood Green High School
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Wood Green High School is a secondary school located in Wednesbury
, West Midlands
, England
.
in 2004 in recognition of her achievements at the school. On her arrival at the school in September 1998, 31% of pupils had gained 5 or more GCSEs at grade C or above, and by 2003 that rate had soared to 63%, making it the best-performing school in Sandwell borough.
The school is situated on the A461 Wood Green Road
which connects Wednesbury with Walsall
, just south of the (elevated) M6 motorway
at junction 9 and next to St Paul's church and IKEA
on the Wednesbury Retail Park.
. It opened in Wood Green House in 1924. The schools was also referred to as Wednesbury Grammar School. The school motto was Arte Marte Vigore. Many new school buildings were added in 1961. Former members of the school were known as Old Wodens.
In 1968 it joined with Wood Green Secondary Modern School to become Wood Green Bilateral School. The Wednesbury Girls' High School, a girls' grammar school, joined the sixth form. It became Wood Green High School in September 1969, serving pupils of both sexes.
The school includes a sixth form for pupils aged over 16.
, and has regularly topped the borough's GCSE tables since the year 2000, well above the England average. In 2006, it was the best performing of the borough's 18 secondary schools, with 52% of pupils attaining 5 or more 'C' grades and above. It gets the second best A-level results in the borough, after Sandwell Academy, but below the England average.
Wednesbury
Wednesbury is a market town in England's Black Country, part of the Sandwell metropolitan borough in West Midlands, near the source of the River Tame. Similarly to the word Wednesday, it is pronounced .-Pre-Medieval and Medieval times:...
, 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
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Admissions
The head teacher is Pankesh, who started the role in September 2006, taking over from the retiring Dame Enid Bibby, who had been head teacher for eight years and became a dameDame (title)
The title of Dame is the female equivalent of the honour of knighthood in the British honours system . It is also the equivalent form address to 'Sir' for a knight...
in 2004 in recognition of her achievements at the school. On her arrival at the school in September 1998, 31% of pupils had gained 5 or more GCSEs at grade C or above, and by 2003 that rate had soared to 63%, making it the best-performing school in Sandwell borough.
The school is situated on the A461 Wood Green Road
A461 road
The A461 is a main road in Great Britain that links Lichfield in Staffordshire, with Stourbridge, West Midlands, passing through Walsall & Dudley.-Places along the route:* Lichfield* Walsall* M6 motorway * Wednesbury* Tipton* Great Bridge...
which connects Wednesbury with 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...
, just south of the (elevated) 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...
at junction 9 and next to St Paul's church and IKEA
IKEA
IKEA is a privately held, international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds and desks, appliances and home accessories. The company is the world's largest furniture retailer...
on the Wednesbury Retail Park.
Grammar school
The school's origins go back to the turn of the 20th century, when Wednesbury Boys' High School opened as a grammar schoolGrammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
. It opened in Wood Green House in 1924. The schools was also referred to as Wednesbury Grammar School. The school motto was Arte Marte Vigore. Many new school buildings were added in 1961. Former members of the school were known as Old Wodens.
Comprehensive
The buildings were expanded during the 1950s, and by 1970 the school had turned comprehensive.In 1968 it joined with Wood Green Secondary Modern School to become Wood Green Bilateral School. The Wednesbury Girls' High School, a girls' grammar school, joined the sixth form. It became Wood Green High School in September 1969, serving pupils of both sexes.
The school includes a sixth form for pupils aged over 16.
Academic performance
Wood Green is one of the most successful schools in SandwellSandwell
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,...
, and has regularly topped the borough's GCSE tables since the year 2000, well above the England average. In 2006, it was the best performing of the borough's 18 secondary schools, with 52% of pupils attaining 5 or more 'C' grades and above. It gets the second best A-level results in the borough, after Sandwell Academy, but below the England average.
Wednesbury Boys' High School
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