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Report - Pensnett High School, Brierley Hill, July 2017

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TranKmasT

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Originally known as the Pensnett Secondary Modern School, it was opened in 1932 for pupils aged 11 years and above in the expanding Pensnett area of the Brierley Hill district. Several modern extensions and improvements were added to the original school building over the years.

Eric Hancock was the Headmaster of Pensnett Secondary Modern School from 1956 until his retirement in 1972. Hancock had purchased the old organ from nearby St Mark's Church in Brierley Hill, for use by the school orchestra. He also made school uniform and homework compulsory, and was one of the first head teachers at secondary modern schools in the area to give pupils the chance to study O Levels. Eric Hancock died in December 1986 at the age of 79.

The retirement of Mr Hancock in 1972 coincided with the redesignation of the school as a 12-16 school in September of that year. September 1975 saw the school follow suit of all other secondary modern and grammar schools in Dudley (which Brierley Hill district became part of in 1966) by converting to comprehensive status. It retained comprehensive status until closure; however, the age range was reverted to 11-16 in September 1990.



New technology classrooms were added in the early 1990s, with the new department being officially opened in 1993.

In September 2007, the school underwent a name change from Pensnett School of Technology to Pensnett High School.

Three arson attacks at the school in spring 2010 caused hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage.


Plans were unveiled in December 2007 to merge the school by September 2010 with The Crestwood School, in nearby Kingswinford, and to create a new Academy. However, these plans were scrapped in March 2009 by Dudley Council due to financial technicalities. Dudley Council soon afterwards announced plans to close the school at the end of the 2009/10 academic year.Despite widespread opposition by pupils, staff, parents and members of the local community, the decision to close the school was made on 29 December 2009 with effect from July 2010. However, it remained open for two years as a learning centre for the oldest two year groups in the school, before completely closing in July 2012, bringing an end to 80 years of education at the site.


Just after the decision to close the school was confirmed, it was revealed that Pensnett High had once again been the lowest ranking school in the borough for pupils studying for GCSEs being completed in summer 2009. However, the total of pupils gaining 5 GCSEs at grade C or above had improved to 19% from 11% the previous year.
A new high of 32% was attained in 2010.


After laying empty for four years, In October 2014 Dudley Council announced that the former school site will be redeveloped into a centre for young people with learning disabilities. Some buildings on the site will be demolished but the recently built sports hall will be refurbished and have new facilities.



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Five.Claws

General Nuisance
28DL Full Member
I really love school explores. Seeing the desolate remains of somewhere once so thriving with life and energy, as well as all those teen emotions is really both really fascinating and somewhat unsettling.
Good photos here, surprised to see the place still so full of stuff and remnants of its’ life, and looking in overall alright condition.
 
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