Wolverhampton Street School

Coordinates: 52°30′40″N 2°05′23″W / 52.5111°N 2.0898°W / 52.5111; -2.0898
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Wolverhampton Street School was a secondary school located in Dudley, Worcestershire (now West Midlands), England.

The school was opened in 1880 on Wolverhampton Street in the west of Dudley town centre, an area which was heavily developed for housing during the 19th century to accommodate workers drawn to the town as a result of the Industrial Revolution.

The school's most notable pupil,

Football League championship medals with Manchester United before he died in February 1958, aged 21, from injuries sustained in the Munich air disaster
.

By the start of the 1960s, the Wolverhampton Street School buildings were becoming increasingly dilapidated and unsuitable for modern standards. In response to this,

Castle High and The Coseley School and the Mons Hill buildings being taken over by Dudley College
.

Meanwhile, the Wolverhampton Street School was demolished in 1966 and the site redeveloped as a public car park, although the schoolhouse at the rear of where the school building once stood remains standing to this day.

52°30′40″N 2°05′23″W / 52.5111°N 2.0898°W / 52.5111; -2.0898