High Arcal School
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| Motto | Wisdom & Service |
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| Established | 1961 |
| Type | Academy |
| Headteacher | Joanne Bull |
| Location |
High Arcal Drive Sedgley Dudley West Midlands DY3 1BP England 52°32′01″N 2°06′34″W / 52.5336°N 2.1095°WCoordinates: 52°32′01″N 2°06′34″W / 52.5336°N 2.1095°W |
| Local authority | Dudley |
| DfE URN | 137705 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1213 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Houses | Attingham, Himley, Boscobel, Wightwick |
| Publication | The Arcalian (former grammar school) |
| Website | High Arcal School |
High Arcal School is a secondary school in Dudley in the West Midlands of England. It has academy and specialist science college status. It was opened in 1961 as a grammar school and became comprehensive in 1975.
The school is located between the A457 (Tipton Road) and the A459 (Dudley Road) in Woodsetton, to the east of Sedgley.
High Arcal was opened as a grammar school for 11- to 18-year-olds in the Sedgley and Coseley areas who had passed the 11-plus examination, but is now a comprehensive school. After nearly two decades serving the 12-18 age range, it is once more an 11-16 school. The school draws most of its pupils from Bramford Primary School, Foxyards Primary School, Hurst Hill Primary School and Cotwall End Primary School. Sycamore Green Primary School was also a feeder school until its closure in 2006. High Arcal has also been a popular school for former Tipton Green Junior School pupils since 1990.
The large growth of Sedgley and Coseley urban districts during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s saw rising demand for school places in the borough, resulting in Dormston Secondary Modern School being built during the 1930s, along with several primary schools for younger pupils. By the 1950s, Sedgley Urban District Council was planning to build a grammar school within its boundaries to serve the two urban districts; work was underway by 1960, and High Arcal Grammar School opened in September 1961. In April 1966, control of the school passed to Dudley Council as a result of the absorption of Sedgley Urban District into Dudley.
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