| Established | 1929 |
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| Type | Community school |
| Headteacher | Mr G Bellamy |
| Specialism | Business & Enterprise |
| Location | St Clements Hill Norwich Norfolk NR3 4BX England |
| Local authority | Norfolk |
| DfE number | ???/4070 |
| DfE URN | 121176 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 990 (Jan 2010) |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Black, White, Red and Green |
| Former name | The Blyth School |
| Website | SPC |
Sewell Park College is a High School located on the north-eastern edge of the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England.
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It has approximately 900 students aged eleven to sixteen (years 7 to 11). It is an under-subscribed school. It is situated in Mill Hill, on Constitution Hill (B1150), east of New Catton. On the opposite side of the road is the Sewell Barn Theatre. The name of the school comes from Philip Sewell, the brother of Anna Sewell, the author of Black Beauty.
It was The Blyth School, a grammar school, which was built in 1929 in grounds owned by Philip Sewell, who died in 1906. It was named after Ernest Egbert Blyth. It had 750 girls in the early 1950s, 800 by 1956, 850 in 1964 and 800 in 1969. It was administered by the Norwich Education Committee. Two whalebones were given to the school by a former pupil and made into an arch.
In 1970, it had its first non-selected intake of girls, then in 1971 it had its first co-educational intake the school having 920 boys and girls, and in 1972, the starting age rose to 12 when the education system in Norwich went comprehensive. The Angel Road Girls' Secondary School and the Alderman Jex Boys' Secondary School became the ages 11-16 Jex Comprehensive School in 1971. It then merged with the Blyth School to become the ten-form entry Blyth Jex School in 1972. administration went to Norfolk Education Committee in April 1974. Mrs Valerie Glauert was the headmistress who oversaw the transformation, and responsible for development of the theatre..
The school was renamed from The Blyth-Jex School in September 2008 following a multi-million pound building project to house the school on one site (the West site) opposed to the two sites at the time. The starting age returned to 11.
Sewell Park College is a part of The Kett Sixth Form College consortium, which is made out of Sprowston Community High School and Open Academy. The Kett operates as a separate entity to its host schools.
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