Established 2009 Principal Ms Marie McMahon Ages 11–18 Number of students 800 | Type Academy Gender Co-educational Phone +44 121 552 5501 Founded 2009 | |
Location Lower City Road
Tividale
Oldbury
West Midlands
B69 2HE
England Address Lower City Rd, Tividale, Oldbury B69 2HE, UK Similar Ormiston Forge Academy, George Salter Academy, Sandwell Academy School, Oldbury Academy, Holly Lodge High Sch Profiles | ||
Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy (formerly Tividale Comprehensive school, Tividale high School and Tividale Community Arts College) is an academy for secondary aged pupils located in Tividale, Sandwell, in the West Midlands of England.
The school was built in 1956 as The Tividale School to serve the expanding Tividale area which by this date had expanded beyond Tipton's borders into Dudley., and since then has undergone several changes of status and name alongside building expansion. On its opening, it was one of the first comprehensive schools in Britain.
As of 2009, the school became an academy sponsored by the Ormiston Academies Trust. The school was then renamed Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy. Today, the school serves pupils living in the Oldbury, Tipton and Rowley Regis areas of Sandwell.
In 2013 the academy started a 2-year build programme which saw over £10 million spent on a mixture of new build, remodelling and refurbishment as well as enhancing IT provision and student areas.
The School has been full and oversubscribed for new students starting in year 7 for two years running. Its post 16 Provision, OSCA Sixth, is also rapidly expanding having doubled in size since over the last two years.
As of May 2015, the school is rated as 'Good' by Ofsted.
Paul Cavell attended this school.