Sam Lucas My ref: IL1/ID1-668996066 request-206786- Your ref: ID1-668996066 [email protected] Tel No: 0121 569 8358

Date: April 2014

Dear Sam Lucas,

I write further to your enquiry submitted under the Freedom of Information Act which was received on 11 April 2014

1. Clusters a) There are seven primary clusters (learning communities) within Sandwell.

Learning Community Clusters Schools within each cluster - Primary

All Saints CE Primary Ferndale Primary West Bromwich North Grove Vale Primary Hall Green Primary Lead school: Hamstead Infants  Grove Vale Primary Hamstead Junior Holy Name RC Primary Pennyhill Primary Shenstone Lodge (Special) St Margaret’s CE Primary Whitecrest Primary Yew Tree Primary

Eaton Valley Primary Guns Village Primary West Bromwich Central Hargate Primary Hateley Heath Primary Holy Trinity CE Primary King George V Primary

Simon White - Director of Children’s Services Sandwell Council House, Freeth Street, Oldbury, B69 3DE Telephone: 0845 358 2200 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sandwell.gov.uk

Learning Community Clusters Schools within each cluster - Primary

Lead schools: Lodge Primary  Hateley Heath Primary Lyng Primary  St John Bosco Catholic Newtown Primary Primary Ryders Green Primary  Guns Village Primary St John Bosco Catholic Primary St Mary Magdalene CE Primary

Glebefields Primary Great Bridge Primary Tipton Joseph Turner Primary Jubilee Park Academy Lead school: Ocker Hill Infant  Summerhill Primary Ocker Hill Academy Sacred Heart Primary St Martin’s CE Primary St Paul’s CE Primary Summerhill Primary Tipton Green Junior Victoria Infant Wednesbury Oak Primary

Albert Pritchard Infant Harvills Hawthorn Primary Wednesbury Holyhead Primary Mesty Croft Primary Lead school: Moorlands Primary  Harvills Hawthorn Old Park Primary Park Hill Primary St John’s CE Primary St Mary’s RC Primary Tameside Primary The Priory Primary Wood Green Junior

Oldbury Annie Lennard Infant Bleakhouse Junior Lead school: Brandhall Primary  Langley Primary Burnt Tree Primary 2

Learning Community Clusters Schools within each cluster - Primary

Causeway Green Primary Christ Church CE Primary Langley Primary Lightwoods Primary Moat Farm Infant Moat Farm Junior Oldbury (cont.) Perryfields Primary Primrose PRU Rounds Green Primary St Francis Xavier RC Primary St Hubert’s RC Primary St James CE Primary The Orchard (Special) Tividale Community Primary Warley Infant and Nursery

Blackheath Primary Brickhouse Primary Corngreaves Primary Academy Rowley Regis Grace Mary Primary Highfields Primary Lead school: Oakham Primary  Highfields Primary Old Hill Primary Reddal Hill Primary Rowley Hall Primary Springfield Primary Temple Meadow Primary Timbertree Primary Tividale Hall Primary

Abbey Infant Abbey Junior Smethwick Bearwood Primary Cape Primary Lead school: Crocketts Community Primary  Victoria Park Academy Devonshire Infant Devonshire Junior Galton Valley George Betts Primary Academy 3

Learning Community Clusters Schools within each cluster - Primary

Rood End Primary Shireland Hall Primary Academy St Gregory’s RC Smethwick (cont.) St Matthew’s CE Primary St Philip’s RC Primary Uplands Manor Primary Victoria Park Primary Academy

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b) There are six secondary clusters (learning communities) within Sandwell.

Learning Community Secondary Schools/Academies within each Cluster - Secondary cluster

Oldbury Oldbury Academy Perryfields High School Maths and Computing College and Sixth Form

Ormiston Forge Academy Rowley St Michael’s CE High Business and Enterprise College

Holly Lodge Foundation High School, College of Smethwick Science Shireland Academy

Tipton Alexandra High and Sixth Form Centre Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy RSA Academy

George Salter Academy West Bromwich Phoenix Collegiate, A Business, Sport & Enterprise College Q3 Academy

Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School College of Performing Arts Wednesbury Wodensborough Ormiston Academy , A Specialist College of Sport, Maths and Computing

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2. Federations There are five federations within Sandwell.

Federation Federation Lead and school in which they are based

Abbey Infant Ms P Smart 0121 429 1689 Based at both schools [email protected] Abbey Junior [email protected] 0121 429 2700

Albert Pritchard Infant Mrs C Clarke 0121 556 0858 Based at both schools [email protected] Wood Green Junior [email protected] 0121 556 0377

Devonshire Infants Miss S Philpot 0121 558 1652 Based at both schools [email protected] Devonshire Junior [email protected] 0121 558 1654

George Betts Primary Academy Mr T Latham 0121 558 0472 Shireland Hall Primary Academy Shireland Hall Primary [email protected] Academy 0121 558 6331

Holy Trinity CE Mr A Leivers Primary Grove Vale Primary 0121 553 1573 [email protected] Grove Vale Primary 0121 357 4319

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3. Primary cluster (learning community) leads

Learning Community Chair of Learning Community

Oldbury Dr Anthony James Langley Primary [email protected] 0121 552 1744

Rowley Helen Heap Highfields Primary [email protected] 0121 559 1037

Smethwick Andrew Morrish Victoria Park Academy [email protected] 0121 558 8701

Tipton Kerry Rochester Summerhill Primary [email protected] 0121 557 3282

Gary Linford Wednesbury Tameside Primary [email protected] 0121 556 0340

Elaine Stevens Hateley Heath Primary School [email protected] West Bromwich Central 0121 556 0370

Ed Masterson St John Bosco Catholic Primary [email protected] 0121 556 0228

Dawn Cooper Guns Village Primary [email protected] 0121 553 1427 7

Learning Community Chair of Learning Community

Andy Leivers West Bromwich North Grove Vale Primary [email protected] 0121 357 4319

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your request, and should be addressed to: Freedom of Information Unit Sandwell Council House Freeth Street Oldbury West Midlands B69 3DE

Email – [email protected]

If you are not content with the outcome of an internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely,

Donna Woollery Business Administration Team Leader Sandwell MBC

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