Cotwall End Primary School
| Established | 1962 |
|---|---|
| Head teacher | Mrs Claire Williams |
| Location |
Cotwall End Road Sedgley West Midlands DY3 3YG England 52°32′15″N 2°07′35″W / 52.5376°N 2.1263°WCoordinates: 52°32′15″N 2°07′35″W / 52.5376°N 2.1263°W |
| Local authority | Metropolitan Borough of Dudley |
| DfE URN | 103810 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 420 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 3–11 |
| Website | cotwall |
Cotwall End Primary School is a primary school for boys and girls in Sedgley, West Midlands, England. There are approximately 420 pupils on the school roll. The school's head teacher is Mrs Claire Williams.
Cotwall End was built by Sedgley Urban District Council and opened on 30 April 1962, as a 5–7 infant and 7–11 junior school, with a nursery for children under 5 opening later in the 1960s.
During the 1970-71 academic year, an infant school building was added on the site (being officially opened in April 1971), but reorganisation in September 1972 saw the infant school become a first school and the junior school a middle school, with children now transferring to secondary school at the age of 12 instead of 11. However, the oldest age group in the first school were taught in the same buildings as the middle school pupils.
The two schools merged in 1981 to form a single primary school.
The school had a nursery unit which was built during the 1960s, but it closed down and the building was incorporated into the new middle school in 1972.
Mr Clifford Whitehouse retired in July 1977 after serving Cotwall End as head teacher of the Junior/Middle School for its first 15 years.
When the secondary transfer age was reverted to 11 in September 1990, the building was taken over by a local playgroup. The playgroup disbanded in December 2000 and the building was demolished the following year.
Mr Kenneth Thomas was appointed head teacher in January 1978 and remained in the post until he retired in April 2003.
Many teachers who worked under Mr Thomas went on to be head teachers at other schools; these included deputy head teachers Michael Harvey (interim head, Eric Tibble, David Cox, Phillip Everington, Adrian Slack and Leonard Hazelhurst, as well as class teachers Ann Mason and Joy Powell.
The old nursery unit was demolished in April 2001, four months after the local playgroup closed. This was due in part to an education authority reorganisation and to the poor state of the buildings.
The school has been served by a schoolhouse since about 1970; this has always been occupied by the school caretaker. For more than 10 years until 1999, the occupants were caretaker Mr Alfred Taylor and crossing lady Mrs Jean Taylor and their three children. Jean is the cousin of former footballers Peter and Cyril Knowles. The occupant of the schoolhouse is Mr Martin Waldron, school caretaker since 2000.
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