Tividale High School

Infobox UK school
name = Tividale Community Arts College


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established = 1956
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type = Comprehensive community school
religion = Secular
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head = Miss J. Farrell
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chair_label = Chair of the Governors
chair = Paul Thompson
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specialist = Arts College
street = Lower City Road
city = Tividale
Oldbury
county = West Midlands
country = England
postcode = B69 2HE
LEA = Sandwell
ofsted = 104014
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enrollment = 1,074
gender = Co-educational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
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website = http://www.tividaleartscollege.co.uk
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Tividale Community Arts College is a secondary school located in Tividale, Sandwell, in the West Midlands of England. It was built by Tipton County Borough Council in 1956 to serve the expanding Tividale area which by this date had expanded beyond Tipton's borders into Dudley.

The school was controlled by Warley CB council from 1966 to 1974, despite existing within the Tipton council area that was almost entirely placed in West Bromwich. Since 1974, it has been controlled by Sandwell council. Its identity is even more complicated by the fact that it exists in the modern Oldbury B69 postal district, rather than the Tipton DY4 postal district.

The school's initial title was "The Tividale School", but it changed to "Tividale Comprehensive School" and then "Tividale High School" in 1997 and received Art College specialist status in 2005 becoming "Tividale Community Arts College". 2006 saw 26% of GCSE students attain 5 grades at C or above. Results improved in 2007, when 40% of GCSE students gained 5 grades at C or above, which was the school's highest ever results, which have risen again in 2008, with 47% of pupils gaining 5 or more GCSE's at grade C or above.

It hosts annual trips for well behaved students, including trips to Alton Towers and Drayton Manor theme parks.

The front of the school, including the main entrance, is pictured below.

External links

* [http://www.tividaleartscollege.co.uk School website]