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What’s happened to my school in September 2007?

Most of the schools in Kidderminster, Stourport and Bewdley will have changed in September 2007. There are no longer any middle schools and instead there are new primary schools for children from age 4 to 11 and new secondary schools from age 11 to 18.

Will the new secondary schools be different from the old High Schools?

Some things will be different and some things will be the same.

The school buildings for the new secondary schools will be the same buildings that the High Schools used but, because the new schools will have to be bigger to have enough classrooms for pupils from age 11, the new schools will also use some of the middle school buildings:

• Baxter Community Secondary School will use Baxter College and St John’s Middle school buildings;
• Bewdley Community Secondary School will use Bewdley High and Wribbenhall Middle school buildings;
• King Charles I Secondary School will use King Charles I High and Comberton Middle school buildings;
• Stourport Community Secondary School will use Stourport High and Burlish Middle school buildings;
• Wolverley (Church of England) Secondary School will use the Wolverley High School building with either Sion Hill Middle or extra temporary classrooms on the high school site.

Some of the staff will also be different from the High Schools at the moment and, when they start to make decisions about the new schools, the governors and headteacher of the new school might decide to change the name of the school or the uniform.

Do you want to know more?

You can find out more about the changes in your school by choosing your school from the drop down menu above.Or if you have a particular question, you can email us with your name and current school and we will put your question and the answer on this website (please let us know if you don’t want us to put your name on the website)

Your questions...

Question:

Will the new schools still have a sixth form?

Answer:

Yes, all the secondary schools will have a sixth form offering a wide range of subjects for you to study after your GCSEs.

Do you have any ideas how we can develop this website?

The aim of this website is to make sure that you know what’s happening to the schools in Bewdley, Kidderminster and Stourport. We’ve started by including some basic information but we need your help if we’re going to make sure that we tell you what you want to know. If you have any ideas on how we can develop this website, we want to hear from you. So why not email us now with your suggestions and ideas?