Coseley

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Coseley is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the English West Midlands. It is part of the Black Country.

The town lies south east of Wolverhampton and north of Dudley. Coseley has a railway station on the West Coast Main Line which is served by Central Trains.

Coseley was originally a village in the ancient manor of Sedgley. In 1897, it broke away from the parish of Sedgley and became Coseley Urban District. At this stage most of the Coseley area was occupied by industrial and agricultural land.

Coseley Urban District Council built several thousand council houses and flats over a 40-year period from the mid 1920s which changed the face of the area.

1966 saw the urban district become part of Dudley County Borough, and since 1974 has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. However, the Brierley (pron. "Brearley" not to be confused with Brierley Hill), Bradley (pron. "Braydley") and Ettingshall areas were incorporated into Wolverhampton County Borough instead, while a smaller area bordering Wednesbury lies in the present-day Sandwell Metropolitan Borough.

Coseley is part of the Bilston WV14 postal district.

The Coseley Urban District Council Offices were originally located in the town centre but a new building was built in 1935 on Sedgley Road West near to the border with Tipton. After Coseley was merged into Dudley in 1966, the Coseley council offices were taken over by Dudley College who used it as an annexe until 1993.

[edit] Coseley neighbourhoods

[edit] Primary Schools in Coseley

  • Christ Church Primary School
    Christ Church Primary School is a Church of England primary school in Coseley, West Midlands, England. It has one of the oldest school buildings in the Dudley borough which is still used as a Nursery and Reception, dating from the 19th century.
    The main school building was opened in 1973 and as of 2006 is undergoing building work with addition of a two-storey block of classrooms to accomodate the influx of pupils as a result of the closure of Highfields Primary School.
    The current head teacher is Mrs. Pat Hazlehurst.
  • Foxyards Primary School
    Foxyards Primary School is situated on the Foxyards Estate in Coseley near the border with Tipton.
    It was built in 1971 to serve the new Foxyards hosuing estate and its surrounding area. The first head teacher was Mr Joseph 'Jos' Jones. He was a well respected figure in the local community and his high standard at the school attracted pupils from quite a wide catchment area. Mr Jones retired in about 1986 to be succeeded by Mrs Evans, who in turn left in 1990 to be succeeded by Mr David Cox, the former deputy head of Cotwall End Primary School in Sedgley. Mr Cox departed for Alder Coppice Primary School in 1999 and his successor was Mrs Susan O'Gorman, who is still in charge.
    Foxyards was built as a one-form entry school for pupils aged from 4 to 11 years, and a nursery unit was added in the mid 1980s. Due to a growing demand for places which saw more than 40 pupils in some year groups, it changed from one-form entry to vertical streaming (3 classes in 2 years) in the early 1990s. Further mobile classrooms were recently added and it is now a two-form entry school.
    The school's catchment area takes in a large number of children from the Priory Estate, as these children's parents rate Foxyards more highly than their local school - Priory Primary School.
  • Highfields Primary School
    Highfields Primary School was a primary school located in Coseley, West Midlands, England. It opened in September 1972 as a one-form entry primary school to serve the north-eastern part of Coseley.
    The last head teacher of the school was Mr Leonard Hazelhurst, appointed in September 2003 to replace Mrs Angela Hambrook. The school closed in July 2006 after Dudley MBC decided that falling numbers on the school roll made it no longer viable. Most of the school's remaining pupils were transferred to Christ Church Primary School and Wallbrook Primary School. For the 2006/2007 term the building is being used as an annex to Christ Church Primary School while building work continues at Christ Church. Mr Hazelhurst moved to Bramford Primary School in Sedgley.
  • Hurst Hill Primary School
    Hurst Hill Primary School is a primary school in Coseley, West Midlands, England. It is the second most recent primary school in the Dudley borough, opening in September 1986 following a merger between St Mary's and Mount Pleasant schools. St Mary's School has since been demolished, while Mount Pleasant school is now occupied by the local records office.
    The current head teacher is Mrs Joy Powell, who was appointed in April 2003 to replace the retiring Mr Eric Tibble.
    The main secondary schools that Year 6 pupils are distributed to are Dormston School, High Arcal School and Coseley High School.
  • Wallbrook Primary School
    Wallbrook Primary School is a primary school located in Coseley, West Midlands, England. It is situated on the border with Tipton and serves the north-eastern corner of Coseley. It includes a nursery unit, is open to children aged 3 to 11 years, and most of the departing pupils move on to nearby Coseley High School.

[edit] Secondary Schools in Coseley

Coordinates: 52°33′N 2°05′W

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