Freedom of Information
Enquiry Number – FS6220197
Request and Response:
Q1. The names of the schools in your borough that contain asbestos.
Please see attached list.
Q2. The date and outcome of the last independent audit or inspection of each of these schools Asbestos Management Plans
Answer: Schools have a delegated responsibility for the creation and maintenance of asbestos management plans in line with SMBC corporate policy and procedures. The Council is aware that a number of schools procure support from external suppliers to assist.
This data is not centrally held by the Council but retained at individual school sites.
Q3. The details of any reported incidents of asbestos exposure in these schools between 2011 and 2016.
Answer: There have been two reported incidents of asbestos exposure in schools between 2011 and 2016.
In 2011 there was an incident when scoping work to replace a faulty boiler identified that there was dust and debris on boiler room floor which was found to be asbestos containing materials.
In 2013 there was an incident when work involving the removal of asbestos to enable replacement heating pipe resulted in potential exposure to asbestos due to poor containment.
Q4. Details of any improvement or prohibition notice served or guidance issued by the HSE in relation to the management of asbestos in schools in your borough in the last 5 years.
Answer: There have been no improvement or prohibition notices served on schools in our borough in the last 5 years.
Q5. The number of school employees (existing and retired staff to include teaching staff, school support staff and caretakers, etc.) and ex-pupils that have pursued a claim against you for exposure to asbestos within a school in your borough.
The Council holds claim records from 1-10-1999.
The claims report has identified one school related asbestosis claim received from 1- 10-99 to date.
Q6. The number of these claims that have been settled.
The claim was received on 26-3-2007, subsequently repudiated and finalised on 21-5- 07.
Q7. The amount of money that has been paid in settlement of these claims (with and without your authority accepting responsibility).
£0.
If you wish to receive further information in regards to this request or wish to submit a Freedom of Information Request please forward your request to contact@sandwell.gov.uk or Information Management Unit, Sandwell Council House, Freeth Street, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 3DE.
Asbestos in Sandwell Schools List Sept 2016 Primary Schools
School Name and Address Asbestos Still Present Yes/No
Abbey Infant School, YES Maurice Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 5LR.
Abbey Junior School, YES Barclay Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 5LT.
Albert Pritchard Infant School, YES Crew Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 9QG.
All Saints C.E. Primary School, YES Wilford Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 1QN.
Annie Lennard Primary School, YES The Oval, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 6LE.
Bearwood Primary School, YES Bearwood Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 4HB.
Bleakhouse Junior School, YES Bleakhouse Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 9DS.
Brandhall Primary School, YES Edinburgh Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 0ST.
Brickhouse Primary School, YES Dudhill Road, Rowley Regis, West Midlands, B65 8HS.
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Asbestos in Sandwell Schools List Sept 2016 Primary Schools
School Name and Address Asbestos Still Present Yes/No
Burnt Tree Primary School, YES Hill Road, Tividale, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 2LN.
Cape Primary School, YES Cape Hill, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 4SH.
Causeway Green Primary School , YES Penncricket Lane, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 8LX.
Christ Church CE Primary School, YES Albert Street, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 4DE.
Corngreaves Academy, YES Plant Street, Cradley Heath, West Midlands, B64 6EZ.
Devonshire Infant Academy, YES Auckland Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 7AT.
Devonshire Junior Academy, YES Auckland Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 7AT.
Ferndale PrimarySchool, YES Ferndale Avenue, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 5QF.
George Betts Academy , YES West End Avenue, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 1RF.
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Asbestos in Sandwell Schools List Sept 2016 Primary Schools
School Name and Address Asbestos Still Present Yes/No
Glebefields P rimary School, YES Sandgate Road, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 0SX.
Grace Mary Primary School, YES Hawfield Road, Tividale, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 1LD.
Grove Vale Primary School, YES Monksfield Avenue, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 6AL.
Guns Village Pr imary School, YES Hanbury Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 9NT.
Hamstead Infant School, YES Tanhouse Avenue, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 5AS.
Hamstead Junior School, YES Hamstead Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 5BE.
Hargate Primary School, YES Hargate Lane, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 1PG.
Harvills Hawthorn Primary School, YES Wolseley Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 0NG.
Hateley Heath Primary S chool, YES Huntingdon Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 2RP.
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Asbestos in Sandwell Schools List Sept 2016 Primary Schools
School Name and Address Asbestos Still Present Yes/No
Highfields Primary School, YES Beeches Road, Rowley Regis, West Midlands, B65 0DA.
Holyhead Primary School, YES Holyhead Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 7PZ.
Holy Name Catholic Pri mary School, YES Cross Lane, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 6LN.
Holy Trinity C.E. Primary School YES Trinity Road South, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 6NF.
Joseph Turner Primary School, YES Powis Avenue, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 0RN.
Jubilee Park Academy , YES Highfield Road, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 0QS.
King George V Primary School, YES Beeches Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 6JA.
Langley Primary School, YES Titford Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 4QB.
Lightwoods Primary School, YES Castle Road East, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 9BG.
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Asbestos in Sandwell Schools List Sept 2016 Primary Schools
School Name and Address Asbestos Still Present Yes/No
Lightwoods Primary School YES Site 2 Wolverhampton Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 0LP.
Lodge Primary School, YES Oak Lane, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 8PN.
Lyng Primary School, YES Horton Street, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 7SQ.
Mesty Croft Academy , YES St. Luke’s Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 0QY.
Moat Farm Infant, YES Brookfields Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 9QR.
Moat Farm Junior Trust School, YES Brookfields Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 9QR.
Moorlands Primary School, YES Winchester Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 2NZ.
Newtown Primary School, YES Anne Close, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 0ES
Oakham Primary School, YES Darbys Hill Road, Tividale, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 1SG.
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Asbestos in Sandwell Schools List Sept 2016 Primary Schools
School Name and Address Asbestos Still Present Yes/No
Ocker Hill Infant School, YES Gospel Oak Road, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 0DS.
Ocker Hill Academy , YES Gospel Oak Road, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 0DS.
Old Hill Primary School, YES Lawrence Lane, Cradley Heath, West Midlands, B64 6DR.
Old Park Primary School, YES Old Park Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 9LX.
Park Hill Primary School, YES Coronation Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 0TJ.
Pennyhill Primary School, YES Hollyhedge Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 3BU.
Perryfields Primary School, YES Apsley Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 0QY.
Reddal Hill Primary School, YES Trinity Street, Cradley Heath, West Midlands, B64 6HT
Rood End Primary School, YES Rood End Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 8SQ
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Asbestos in Sandwell Schools List Sept 2016 Primary Schools
School Name and Address Asbestos Still Present Yes/No
Rou nds Green Primary School, YES Brades Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 2DP
Rowley Hall Primary School, YES Windsor Road, Rowley Regis, West Midlands, B65 9HU.
Ryders Green Primary School, YES Claypit Lane, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 9UJ.
Sacred H eart Primary School, YES Victoria Road, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 8SW.
Springfield Primary School, YES Doulton Road, Rowley Regis, West Midlands, B65 8JW.
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School, YES McKean Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 4BA.
St . Gregory’s Catholic Primary School, YES Park Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 5HX.
St. James CE Primary School, YES Wolverley Crescent, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 1BG.
St. John Bosc o Catholic Primary School, YES Monmouth Drive, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 2ST.
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Asbestos in Sandwell Schools List Sept 2016 Primary Schools
School Name and Address Asbestos Still Present Yes/No
St. John’s CE Primary Academy, YES Addison Terrace, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 7AL.
St. Ma rgaret’s CE Primary School, YES Birmingham Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 7AP.
St. Martin’s CE Primary School YES Lower Church Lane, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 7PG.
St. Mary Magdalene CE Primary School, YES Stanway Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 1RP.
St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School, YES Manor House Road, Wednesbury West Midlands, WS10 9PN.
St. Matthew’s CE Primary School, YES Windmill Lane, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 3LX.
St. Paul’s C hurch of England Academy , YES Robert Road, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 9BH.
St. Philip’s Catholic Primary School, YES Messenger Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 3DU.
Summerhill Prima ry School, YES Upper Church Lane, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 9FF.
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Asbestos in Sandwell Schools List Sept 2016 Primary Schools
School Name and Address Asbestos Still Present Yes/No
Tameside Primary School, YES Price Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 0EZ
Temple Meadow Primary School, YES Wrights Lane, Cradley Heath, West Midlands, B64 6RH.
Timbertree Academy , YES Valley Road, Cradley Heath, West Midlands, B64 7LT
Tividale Community Primary School, YES Dudley Road West, Tividale, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 2HT.
Tividale Hall Primary School, YES Regent Road, Tividale, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 1TR
Uplands Man or Primary School, YES Addenbrooke Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 6HT.
Victoria Park Primary Academy , YES Ballot Street, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 3HH.
Wednesbury Oak Primary School, YES Greenacre Road, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 0AR.
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Asbestos in Sandwell Schools List Sept 2016 Primary Schools
School Name and Address Asbestos Still Present Yes/No
Whitec rest Primary YES Whitecrest, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 6HQ
Wood Green Junior School, YES Hobs Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 9BW.
Yew Tree Primary School, YES Birchfield Way, Yew Tree Estate, Walsall, West Midlands, WS5 4DX.
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Asbestos in Sandwell Schools List Sept 2016 Secondary Schools
School Name and Address Asbestos Still Present Yes/No
ACE Academy BSF – Managed School Alexandra High School and YES Sixth Form Centre, Alexandra Road, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 7NR.
Bristnall Hall Academy, YES Bristnall Hall Lane, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 9PA.
George Salter Collegiate Academy, YES Claypit Lane, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 9UW.
Holly Lodge High School , BSF Managed school - YES Holly Lane, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 7JG.
Oldbury Academy , BSF Managed School - YES Upper School Pound Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 8NE.
Ormi ston Forge Academy, YES Wrights Lane, Cradley Heath, West Midlands, B64 6QU.
Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy , YES Lower City Road, Tividale, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 2HE.
Perryfields High School and Sixth Form YES Specialist Maths and Computing College, Oldacre Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 0RG.
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Asbestos in Sandwell Schools List Sept 2016 Secondary Schools
School Name and Address Asbestos Still Present Yes/No
Phoenix Collegiate - Vacated site YES North Campus, Friar Park Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 0JS.
Phoenix Collegiate, YES South Campus, Clarkes Lane, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 2BX.
Shireland Collegiate Academy, YES Waterloo Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 4ND.
Stuart Bathurst Catholic High YES School College of Performing Arts, Wood Green Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 9QS
Wodensborough Ormiston Academy BSF Managed School -YES Technology College, Hydes Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 0DR.
Wood Green Academy – College of Sport, Maths and YES Computing, Wood Green Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 9QU.
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Asbestos in Sandwell Schools List Sept 2016 Special Schools ______
School Name and Address Asbestos Still Present Yes/No
The Brades Lodge , YES Lower City Road, Tividale, Oldbury, B69 2HA.
Shenstone Lodge School, YES (Residential), Shenstone, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 0LB.
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Asbestos in Sandwell Schools List Sept 2016 Residential Schools ______
School Name and Address Asbestos Still Present Yes/No
Edgmond Hall Outdoor Education Centre, YES 41, High Street, Edgmond, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 8JY.
Frank Chapman Outdoor YES Education Centre, Park End, Bewdley, Worcestershire, DY12 2TY.
Ingestre Hall Arts Centre, YES Ingestre, Stafford, ST18 0RF.
Plas Gwynant Outdoor YES Education Centre, Nantgwynant, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL55 4NR.
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