Dudley Girls High School
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Dudley Girls' High School was a selective higher education school which provided education for girls aged 11 to 18 years.
, England
, and opened on 8 December 1910 near the town centre in Priory Road, 12 years after Dudley Grammar School (for boys) moved to neighbouring premises. The school was also known as Dudley High School.
The school's age range changed from 11-18 to 12-18 in September 1972.
Dudley Girls High School served Dudley and its surrounding area for 65 years, before it merged with the grammar school - as well as the Park Secondary Modern School - to form The Dudley School in 1975, nine years after proposals to merge the two schools were first made. From this date onwards, boys and girls aged 12-18 years were taught in the buildings of both the former grammar school and the high school.
to form Castle High School
- the new school also taking in some of the Sir Gilbert Claughton School pupils upon that school's phased closure, and the creation of the new school was completed in September 1990 with the arrival of some pupils from the closed Mons Hill School.
The former grammar school
buildings were expanded between 1990 and 1995, leaving the high school buildings disused after July 1995, although a sports hall which had existed on the site since about 1960 was retained and is still in use now, with a new entrance being built from the old grammar school site to enable the old high school to be demolished.
Dudley council had considered using the old high school as council offices, but these plans were scrapped in favour of demolition, which took place in early 1996.
The site of the school has been used as a public car park since 1997, though in October 2009 plans were unveiled to build an annexe to Dudley College
on the site.
History
It was located in DudleyDudley
Dudley is a large town in the West Midlands county of England. At the 2001 census , the Dudley Urban Sub Area had a population of 194,919, making it the 26th largest settlement in England, the second largest town in the United Kingdom behind Reading, and the largest settlement in the UK without...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, and opened on 8 December 1910 near the town centre in Priory Road, 12 years after Dudley Grammar School (for boys) moved to neighbouring premises. The school was also known as Dudley High School.
The school's age range changed from 11-18 to 12-18 in September 1972.
Dudley Girls High School served Dudley and its surrounding area for 65 years, before it merged with the grammar school - as well as the Park Secondary Modern School - to form The Dudley School in 1975, nine years after proposals to merge the two schools were first made. From this date onwards, boys and girls aged 12-18 years were taught in the buildings of both the former grammar school and the high school.
After the high school
Following several years of speculation about further reorganisation, another merger came in September 1989, this time when the Dudley School merged with The Blue Coat SchoolThe Blue Coat School, Dudley
The Blue Coat School was a mixed secondary school located in Dudley, England. It was opened in 1869 within buildings in Bean Road, several hundred yards east of Dudley town centre...
to form Castle High School
Castle High School (Dudley)
For schools of the same name, see Castle High School.Castle High School is a secondary school located in Dudley, West Midlands, England. It caters for pupils aged from 11 to 16 years. It is also a specialist Arts College.-The school:...
- the new school also taking in some of the Sir Gilbert Claughton School pupils upon that school's phased closure, and the creation of the new school was completed in September 1990 with the arrival of some pupils from the closed Mons Hill School.
The former grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
buildings were expanded between 1990 and 1995, leaving the high school buildings disused after July 1995, although a sports hall which had existed on the site since about 1960 was retained and is still in use now, with a new entrance being built from the old grammar school site to enable the old high school to be demolished.
Dudley council had considered using the old high school as council offices, but these plans were scrapped in favour of demolition, which took place in early 1996.
The site of the school has been used as a public car park since 1997, though in October 2009 plans were unveiled to build an annexe to Dudley College
Dudley College
Dudley College is a college of further education in Dudley, West Midlands, England.-History:In 1862 the Dudley Public Hall and Mechanics Institute was built. In 1896 this was expanded to become the Dudley Technical School, which became Dudley Technical College in 1926...
on the site.
Notable alumnae
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, medical practitioner - Sue LawleySue Lawley- Early life and education:Born in Sedgley, Staffordshire, England and brought up in the Black Country, she was educated at Dudley Girls High School and graduated in modern languages from the University of Bristol and some time later started her career at the BBC in Plymouth...
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, tennis player - Baroness Jenny TongeJenny TongeJennifer Louise Tonge, Baroness Tonge is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Richmond Park in London from 1997 to 2005.-Early life:...
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radio presenter