Leasowes Community College

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Leasowes Community College
Established	1970s
Type	Comprehensive community school
Religious affiliation	Secular
Headteacher	Mr J Howells
Specialism	Business and Enterprise College
Location	Kent Road Halesowen West Midlands B62 8PJ England
LEA	Dudley
Ofsted number	103861
Students	1184
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	11 to 16
Website	http://www.leasowes.dudley.gov.uk/

Leasowes Community College (previously Leasowes High School) is a secondary school in Halesowen, West Midlands, England. It was opened in the 1970s to replace the nearby Hill & Cakemore Secondary School, and was recently awarded Community College status.

The school originally existed at a site on Long Lane within the old secondary modern school buildings, which dated back to the early part of the 20th century. Relocation to the current site on Kent Road took place in 1987, with the buildings first being used in September of that year, and the old school was demolished within months of its closure.

It regularly performs well in the Dudley Borough's GCSE league tables; and there is a high application rate amongst primary school leavers, meaning that some local children have to attend schools further afield, such as Earls High School.

The school's current head teacher is Mr J Howells.

Leasowes has been rated "one of the happiest schools" in the area as there is extremely few cases of bullying and the pupils are happy and comfortable in school.^{[citation needed]} The anti-bullying action is effective and this has caused students from other schools and areas including and particurlarly the Sandwell area Brandhall to move to Leasowes, which is one of the partial causes of the schools frequent over-subscription. More recent leavers from Sandwell schools have been refused admission by the Dudley L.E.A. claiming they must give priority to students inside the Dudley area.^{[citation needed]}