Castle High School (Dudley)

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Castle High School is a secondary school located in Dudley, West Midlands, England. It caters for pupils aged from 11 to 16 years.

Castle High is one of the most recently formed schools in the Dudley area, although its buildings are some of the oldest. It was formed in September 1989 on a merger between The Dudley School and The Blue Coat School, and at this time gave education for pupils aged from 12 to 18 years. After just one year, the school opened to 11 year olds following the local authority's decision to reduce the primary school leaving age; at the same time, the sixth form centre was closed and the leaving age for pupils fell to 16. The former sixth form facilities were used as classrooms to accommodate the new younger pupils.

It is situated in St James's Road, near Dudley town centre, mostly within the buildings of Dudley Boys Grammar School (which dates back to 1897). An extension was completed in 1995 and the adjoining buildings in Priory Road (formerly Dudley Girls High School) were demolished at the beginning of the following year.