Dartmouth High School (Sandwell)

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Dartmouth High School
Established	1964
Type	Comprehensive community school
Religious affiliation	Secular
Headteacher	Mrs C J Badyal
Location	Wilderness Lane Great Barr Birmingham West Midlands B43 7SD England
LEA	Sandwell
Ofsted number	104005
Students	1046
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	11 to 18
Website	Dartmouth High School

Dartmouth High School is a secondary school located in West Bromwich, England, near the border with Birmingham in the Great Barr area of the town. It is controlled by Sandwell LEA. The school was opened in 1964.

The school's current head teacher is Mrs Caroline Badyal. She arrived on a secondment from the Dormston School in Sedgley (where she had been a deputy head teacher for four years and a member of staff for 12 years) in September 2002, and received the job on a permanent basis in April 2003. Before arriving at Dartmouth, she was better known as Mrs Singh.

Plans to turn the school into an academy began in 2006. The Q3 Academy was first planned to be completed by September 2008 but due to problems, it is now expected to be completed by September 2009. It will be sponsored by the Grace Charitable Trust, who in the past have given all their money to Evangelical Christian causes. The main sponsor is Christian businessman Eric Payne, who was born in Sandwell, and moved his family conduit business to Wales. It will be independent, with no power remaining with the local authority, and the sponsor has the right to appoint all of the governing body. There was no consultation locally about whether a new independent evangelical Christian school was wanted.

The school's Science block was destroyed by fire on 17 November 2003 and had to be completely rebuilt. Around 200 pupils lost their coursework in the blaze, and it all had to be re-written.

In September 2008, the school will officially become Q3 Academy.

Television personality Cat Deeley, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament Steve Webb, actor Matthew Marsden are all former pupils of the school.