Education
There are currently 14 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and a further education college situated within the district of Halesowen.
Newfield Park Primary School primary school located in Halesowen, was built during the 1960s to serve the expanding local area of Hawne.
In 1972, when still a borough in its own right, Halesowen Council abolished the traditional infant and junior schools and replaced them with first schools for ages 5 to 9 and middle schools for the 9 to 13 age group, but this system was abolished in 1982 and reverted to the previous infant schools for 5 to 7 year olds and junior schools for ages 7 to 11. It was one of the first instances of three-tier education being abolished in favour of a return to traditional age ranges, though most areas which adopted the system have since reverted to the traditional age ranges.
The rest of the Dudley Metropolitan Borough consisted of 5-8 first and 8-12 middle schools (barring Stourbridge and Kingswinford, which had both retained the traditional 5-7 infant and 7-11 junior schools) until following the suit of Halesowen and reverting to the traditional ranges in 1990.
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