Tividale High School

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Tividale Community Arts College
Established	1956
Type	Comprehensive community school
Religious affiliation	Secular
Headteacher	Miss J. Farrell
Chair of the Governors	Paul Thompson
Specialism	Arts College
Location	Lower City Road Tividale Oldbury West Midlands B69 2HE England
LEA	Sandwell
Ofsted number	104014
Students	1,074
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	11 to 18
Website	www.tividaleartscollege.co.uk

Tividale Community Arts College is a secondary school located in Tividale, Sandwell, in the West Midlands of England. It was built by Tipton County Borough Council in 1956 to serve the expanding Tividale area which by this date had expanded beyond Tipton's borders into Dudley.

The school was controlled by Warley CB council from 1966 to 1974, despite existing within the Tipton council area that was almost entirely placed in West Bromwich. Since 1974, it has been controlled by Sandwell council. Its identity is even more complicated by the fact that it exists in the modern Oldbury B69 postal district, rather than the Tipton DY4 postal district.

The school's initial title was The Tividale School, but it changed to Tividale High School in 1997 and received Art College specialist status in 2006 becoming Tividale Community Arts College. That year also saw a 19% of GCSE students attain 5 grades at C or above - making it the third worst performing school in the whole of Sandwell.

Results improved in 2007, when 40% of GCSE students gained 5 grades at C or above.

It hosts annual trips for well behaved students, including trips to Alton Towers and Drayton Manor theme parks.