Britannia High School

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Britannia High School
Established	1932
Closed	2002
Location	Britannia Road Rowley Regis West Midlands B65 9NF England
LEA	Sandwell
Ofsted number	104015
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11 to 16
Website	http://www.britannia-high.sandwell.sch.uk/
Coordinates: 52°28′48″N 2°02′16″W / 52.48002, -2.03771

Britannia High School was a secondary school located in Rowley Regis, West Midlands, England.^[1]

It was opened in 1932 as Rowley Regis Secondary Modern Boys School and later became a mixed school with the title Britannia High School.

Plans to close the school were first drawn up in 2001, but these were initially shelved in July of that year after a re-think by Sandwell council officials.^[2] Council officials changed their mind the following year, with all but the oldest pupils being transferred to Heathfield Foundation Technology College for the 2002-2003 academic year.^[3] However, the 2001-2002 Year 10 pupils were allowed to remain at Britannia in order to complete their GCSE studies, before the school closed completely in July 2003. The school buildings were demolished in 2004 and the site is now occupied by the new Blackheath Primary School. ^[4]