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. The school was formed in September 2010 from the merger of Menzies High School and Manor High School, both located in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell. Originally operating from both former school sites, the Phoenix Collegiate has been based entirely at the former Menzies High School site in Clarke's Lane, West Bromwich. This follows the closure of the former Manor High School buildings on the Friar Park estate in

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History

The origins of the school can be traced to West Bromwich Municipal Secondary School at th
West Bromwich Institute
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at this site for five years, becoming a comprehensive school in September 1969 when West Bromwich borough council (which merged with Warley five years later to form Sandwell) decided to make comprehensive education universal. The Menzies buildings were used as one of the filming locations for the 1986 film ''

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'', starring John Cleese. Manor High School opened in 1968 on the Friar Park estate, but exam results attained by school leavers were constantly low, and demand for places was falling by the 1990s as many pupils living in the catchment area chose to attend other schools. The two schools merged in September 2010 to form The Phoenix Collegiate, although the new school operates from both sites for two years until the Manor High buildings were closed in July 2012. From 1986/1987 the school had a mural by the artist Paula Woof.

Notable former pupils

West Bromwich Grammar School

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References

External links

The Phoenix Collegiate homepage

Old Throstles Association
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