Beacon Hill Academy, Dudley

[1] The large population growth of the Sedgley and Coseley urban districts during the interwar and early postwar years saw rising demand for secondary school places, with Sedgley and Coseley only providing secondary modern education, meaning that pupils who passed the entry examination for grammar schools had to attend establishments in neighbouring districts including Dudley and Wolverhampton.Its sixth form centre closed in July 1990 as part of a fresh reorganisation by the local authority, and from September of the following year, the age range was altered to 11–16.[5] Williams was succeeded by his deputy head Jo Manson who became the school's first female headteacher.In January 2020, Mr Mark Thorogood became the first permanent headteacher of the new Beacon Hill Academy,[7] but he resigned in May 2020 after just 3 active months in the role making him the shortest serving headteacher/Principal in the schools history.Sukhjot Dhami, who had been acting head twice before, returned to the role again as interim principal and guided the school through what was arguably its most challenging period, the COVID-19 pandemic.
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