Halesowen Grammar School
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| Established | 1652 |
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| Type | Academy |
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Furnace Lane Halesowen West Midlands 420 England Coordinates: 52°27′10″N 2°03′04″W / 52.4527°N 2.0512°W |
| Local authority | Dudley |
| DfE URN | 137812 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1,156 pupils |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Cobham, Abbey, Hingley and Shenstone |
| Colours | Royal Blue, Gold and Silver |
| Website | www |
Earls High School is a secondary school with academy status on Furnace Lane near the A458 in Halesowen, West Midlands. Established in 1652 and formerly Halesowen Grammar School, it also incorporates the former Halesowen Technical School.
The school's history dates back to 1652 when a Free Grammar School was founded. There is, however, evidence that a school existed in 1632 as local men are recorded as being benefactors of a Free School in Halesowen. It is unclear whether the Free Grammar School was a new establishment or a new name for an older school.
The original decree stated that these lands and properties should.... hereafter be governed, ordered and employed towards the maintenance and erecting of a Free School within the said town of Hales-Owen and of a Schoolmaster to reach and instruct within the said School the children of the inhabitants of the said town and parish of Hales-Owen to read English Grammar and other Literature.... This is significant as the free school was one of the earliest grammar, as distinct from elementary or petty schools, to have been founded for instruction in English. Most grammar school instruction of the time was in Latin, Greek and Hebrew to facilitate knowledge and learning of Ancient History, Classical Literature and the Scriptures.
Earls High School was created in September 1972 as a result of a re-organisation of education in Halesowen which saw the grammar school merge with the adjacent technical school on Furnace Lane. It was formed at a time when Halesowen was replacing the traditional 5−7 infant, 7−11 junior and 11−16/18 secondary schools with 5−9 first, 9−13 middle and 13−18 secondary schools. Earls High School began life as a 13−18 secondary school with facilities spread between the old grammar and technical school buildings. The technical school being merged with the grammar school in 1966.
The school's facilities have been updated over the years with extensions and new teaching blocks added, along with sports halls and a dance centre, astro turf pitches and a new cricket pavilion.
Earls High School's name is derived from the area of woodland on the steep-sided valley of the River Stour which the school overlooks to the east called 'The Earls'. This land was given to the school in 1926 by Mr. T. F. Grove.
The original building present at the time of the school's foundation in 1652 was demolished in 1864 and replaced by a new building on the same site fronting Grammar School Lane. This building was positioned approximately in the centre of what is now the Earls' traffic roundabout.
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