Dormston School

Dormston School is a secondary school for children located in Sedgley, West Midlands, England. The schools has specialist status as a Mathematics and Computing college. The school has approximately 1,100 pupils aged 11 to 16 on the roll, and approximately 80 members of staff (including non-teaching staff). The school's capacity is set to increase even further in September 2016 when it takes in some of the pupils of The Coseley School, although there are no immediate plans for any permanent classrooms to be built.

The school has five year groups, each of which contain eight classes of approximately 28 children, with some 224 pupils starting the school every year. The tutor groups are split into 'X' and 'Y' populations, but within lessons they are split again into higher and lower ability classes for most subjects, while some subjects are taught in mixed ability sets. Pupils are normally taught separately for their lessons when entering the school, although pupils mix for many subjects at GCSE level.

The school has extensive playing fields, which include two football pitches and a multi-purpose outdoor sports area for sports including netball and hockey.

Dormston School was established in 1935. The original site consisted of a single two-storey building that contained 19 classrooms as well as a dining hall, gymnasium, assembly hall and library. This building remains in existence to this day, although substantial alterations have taken place since the mid 1990s and several completely new buildings have been added since the late 1960s. The school was built by Sedgley Urban District council, but since 1966 has existed within the Borough of Dudley

In July 1996, the National Lottery granted the Dormston School £4 million to build the Arts and Sports Center, which was completed nearly four years later. The construction of this complex saw the demolition of the old staff room and toilets, as well as the loss of a playground.

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