There are many minor secondary schools in the West Bromwich, Tipton, Rowley Regis and Oldbury districts of the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell. While their individual histories and roles in society are only minor they have as a whole, like all the more noted local secondary schools, contributed greatly to the general enlightenment of the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell.
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| Motto | One World in One School |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy |
| Religion | Secular |
| Headteacher | Mr. Mick Green |
| Location | Claypit Lane West Bromwich West Midlands B70 9UW England |
| Local authority | Sandwell |
| DfE URN | 100409 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1001 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Houses | 4 |
| Colours | Yellow Purple Blue and Red |
| Website | George Salter Academy |
George Salter Academy is a mixed 11-16 comprehensive school in the English academy programme, situated in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. There are currently around 914 pupils on roll. Almost 50% of its pupils are from minority ethnic backgrounds representing over 20 nationalities, mostly from within the Indian Sub-Continent and the Caribbean.
The school has academy status. Since this status was gained in September 2007 [3], GCSE exam results have improved substantially. In 2009, 39% of GCSE students gained five or more GCSEs at grade C or above - placing it as the third highest ranking secondary school in Sandwell.[1]
The school originally opened in 1932 as a secondary modern school for children aged 11 and upwards, replacing a 19th century senior school in the Great Bridge district just over West Bromwich's border in Tipton.[2]
Hill Top High School was a secondary school located in West Bromwich, West Midlands (formerly Staffordshire), England.
It opened in 1911 as Hill Top Council School, incorporating infant, junior and secondary departments, on the corner of Hill Top and Coles Lane. The buildings were enlarged in 1914 to take in extra pupils.
Part of the school was damaged by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. The infant school relocated to a site of the new Hateley Heath housing estate in 1950, with the juniors following in 1952, leaving only the secondary school pupils at Hill Top.
The schools status changed from secondary modern to comprehensive in 1969, when it took on the title of Hill Top High School.
By the late 1980s, numbers on the school roll were falling and Sandwell council decided that it was no longer viable and would have to close.
The final intake of 11-year-old pupils started at Hill Top in September 1989, with youngest two year groups transferring to Wodensborough Community College after the end of the academic year in July 1990. The oldest two year groups in the school were allowed to remain at Hill Top until it closed completely in July 1992[3]
The school buildings were then demolished and replaced by housing[4]
| Type | Comprehensive voluntary aided school |
|---|---|
| Religion | Christian |
| Headmaster | Mr W Branney |
| Specialism | Performing Arts College |
| Location | Wood Green Road Wednesbury West Midlands WS10 9QS England |
| Local authority | Sandwell |
| DfE URN | 104020 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 820 |
| Gender | Unisex |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Maroon and yellow |
| Website | Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School: College of Performing Arts |
Park Lane Secondary School was a secondary school located in Tipton, Staffordshire (now West Midlands), England.
It was the last of seven schools to be opened by Tipton School Board, which was formed in 1871. The foundation for the school was laid on 20 May 1903 by the chairman, Mr Atkins Hinton. It was opened the following year as a school for children aged 11 upwards, with boys and girls educated in separate classes.
After 65 years, it closed in July 1969 on a merger with Tipton Grammar School to form Alexandra High School and Sixth Form Centre, but the buildings remained in use for the youngest three year groups in the new school. By the early 1980s, however, extensions were added to the main Alexandra site on Alexandra Road which meant that the younger pupils only used the Park Lane buildings (by this stage in a deteriorating condition) twice a week. The buildings were closed completely in July 1990, ending 86 years of education at the site, and demolished the following year.
Victoria Infant School was opened on the site in September 1995 to replace Manor Road Infant School.
For the school in Vancouver, Canada, see Britannia Secondary School.
| Established | 1932 |
|---|---|
| Closed | 2003 |
| Location | Britannia Road Rowley Regis West Midlands B65 9NF England |
| Local authority | Sandwell |
| DfE URN | 104015 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Website | www.britannia-high.sandwell.sch.uk |
Britannia High School was a secondary school located in Rowley Regis, West Midlands, England.[5]
It was opened in 1932 as Rowley Regis Secondary Modern Boys School and later became a mixed school with the title Britannia High School.
Plans to close the school were first drawn up in 2001, but these were initially shelved in July of that year after a re-think by Sandwell council officials.[6] Council officials changed their mind the following year, with all but the oldest pupils being transferred to Heathfield Foundation Technology College for the 2002-2003 academic year.[7] However, the 2001-2002 Year 10 pupils were allowed to remain at Britannia in order to complete their GCSE studies, before the school closed completely in July 2003. The school buildings were demolished in 2004 and the site is now occupied by the new Blackheath Primary School.[8]
The school featured in an edition of On The Record, the BBC's flagship political TV programme, in 1989.[9]
Rowley Regis Grammar School was a grammar school situated in Rowley Regis, West Midlands (formerly Staffordshire), England.
The school started life in Wrights Lane , Old Hill using the old Victorian premises used by the local Central School. It became a Grammar School in 1948. After persistent lobbying particularly by the headmaster Mr George Lloyd that the premises were unfit for a Grammar school, a new school was built at a site on Hawes Lane in Rowley Regis and opened in September 1962, providing education for pupils aged 11 to 18 years. It remained opened for 13 years until Sandwell Council decided to close it in July 1974, as part of a local phasing-out scheme of grammar schools in favour of comprehensive schools.
It became a sixth form college after closing as a grammar school, until Dudley College took it over in September 2001, although this arrangement only lasted for three years, and in early 2008 the buildings were demolished.[4]
The new St Michael's Church of England High School is due to open on the site in September 2010 to replace the existing buildings on Throne Road.
| Location | Throne Road Rowley Regis West Midlands B65 9LD England |
|---|---|
| DfE URN | 104019 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
St Michael's Church of England High School is a secondary school located in Rowley Regis, West Midlands, England. It was built during the 1960s and relocated from there to its current site on Dudley Road in September 2010.
The school takes its name from St Michael's Church, situated some two miles away in the township of Tipton.
Notable pupils include Kaleigh Grainger, who was unicycling champion of the world in 2000, when only 14 years old and Carlton Palmer former English professional football player who played as a midfielder, most notably for Sheffield Wednesday.
It has been the only school in Rowley Regis since the closure of Britannia High School in 2002.
Albright Secondary Modern School was a secondary modern school situated in Oldbury, Worcestershire (now West Midlands), England.
It was built in the 1930s and named after local manufacturer Albright and Wilson. The school buildings were situated on Pope's Lane to the south of the town centre.
The school's name changed in September 1974 – the same year that Sandwell was created from the merger of Warley with West Bromwich – when it gained comprehensive status and became Albright High School. However, this arrangement only lasted for nine years, as the school closed in July 1983 on a merger with nearby Oldbury High School to form Langley High School, which in turn closed 24 years later on a merger with Warley High School to form Oldbury College of Sport.
The Albright school buildings remain in use as a community facility.[10]
| Established | c. |
|---|---|
| Closed | December 31, 2006[11] |
| Type | Comprehensive community school |
| Religion | Secular |
| Location | Pound Road Oldbury West Midlands B68 8NE England |
| Local authority | Sandwell |
| Students | 951 (in 2003)[12] |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
Warley High School was a secondary school located in Oldbury, West Midlands, England. The school was granted Sports College specialist status.
It opened in 1930 at the Junior Technical School, later becoming Oldbury Technical School, moving from the Flash Road site, a type of school which bridged the gap between secondary modern and grammar schools and was very biased towards the teaching of technology.[5]
The head teacher was Mr Bullerwell and the deputy head was Mr Thompson. There was also a sixth form centre, which survived the name change in September 1975 but closed during the 1980s following a rise in popularity of sixth form colleges like Halesowen College.
The school's best known former pupil is Frank Skinner, the television comedian who attended between 1968 and 1973.
The school merged with Langley High School (formerly Oldbury Grammar School) during the 2006-2007 academic year to form Oldbury College of Sport, with a lower and higher school site, and a new school is to be built on the upper school site. The new school opened its doors early in January 2007, at the beginning of the Spring term.
The school made the headlines for all the wrong reasons in February 2007 when teacher Kenneth Paskin, 59, was found guilty of sexual offences against a 13-year-old girl who had been placed in his care some time earlier. Mr Paskin, a teacher and netball coach for some 30 years (the final nine of them at Warley) prior to his arrest, was sentenced to three years and three months in prison and put on the Sex Offenders Register for life.[13]
| Motto | "Together we achieve excellence"[14] |
|---|---|
| Established | c. |
| Type | Comprehensive community school |
| Religion | Secular |
| Chair | Mr. Dai J. Meredith |
| Specialism | Mathematics and Computing College |
| Location | Oldacre Road Oldbury West Midlands B68 0RG England |
| Local authority | Sandwell |
| DfE URN | 104012 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Black, green and white |
| Website | www.perryfieldshigh.sandwell.sch.uk |
Perryfields High School is a secondary school on the Brandhall housing estate in Oldbury, West Midlands, England. It has served the local community since 1956, first as a secondary modern school and now as a comprehensive school with Mathematics and Computing College status, providing education for boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 16. The current headteacher is Mr. Dai Meredith.
In 2009, it was the highest ranking secondary school in Sandwell, with 74% of pupils gaining 5 or more GCSEs at grade C or above.[15]
The school won the Diana Princess of Wales Anti-Bullying Award for its policy on tackling bullying.[16]