Parkfield High School
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Parkfield High School was a secondary school located in Wolverhampton
, West Midlands
, England
.
Opened in April 1962, it was situated in the Parkfield area of the city (which was part of Coseley
until 1966) and also serves the neighbourhoods of Lanesfield
, Woodcross
and Ettingshall
. The school had a high percentage of ethnic minority students, who are mostly of Asia
n and African origin.
But the school from 2004 onwards saw an increase in white, British people attending the school. The last headmaster before the change into the "South Wolverhampton and Bilston Academy" Mr was Arthur Thompson, who retired in July 2009 . The two sites which Parkfields maintained, both joined together on the Wolverhampton Road East site from September 2009.
It was built during the 1950s, with extensions following during the 1970s, and around 1980 the main building was extensively renovated due to mining subsidence.
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, England
England
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.
Opened in April 1962, it was situated in the Parkfield area of the city (which was part of Coseley
Coseley
Coseley is a town located mostly within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the English West Midlands. Part of the Black Country, it lies south east of Wolverhampton and north of Dudley....
until 1966) and also serves the neighbourhoods of Lanesfield
Lanesfield
Lanesfield is a district now within the boundaries of Wolverhampton, specifically in the city council's Spring Vale ward. Lanesfield lies within the Ancient Manor of Sedgley and was a rural village for many years until the growth of the Black Country's industries. Lanesfield's name originates from...
, Woodcross
Woodcross
Woodcross is a residential area of Bilston, West Midlands, England. It is set within the borough of Wolverhampton, though the area existed within the boundaries of Sedgley and finally Coseley until 1966.History=...
and Ettingshall
Ettingshall
Ettingshall is an area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, and is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council.-History:Ettingshall was mentioned as an ancient manor in the Domesday Book of 1086...
. The school had a high percentage of ethnic minority students, who are mostly of Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
n and African origin.
But the school from 2004 onwards saw an increase in white, British people attending the school. The last headmaster before the change into the "South Wolverhampton and Bilston Academy" Mr was Arthur Thompson, who retired in July 2009 . The two sites which Parkfields maintained, both joined together on the Wolverhampton Road East site from September 2009.
It was built during the 1950s, with extensions following during the 1970s, and around 1980 the main building was extensively renovated due to mining subsidence.