Prevent the Demolishing of Sneyd Comprehensive/Community School for Housing Development
Prevent the Demolishing of Sneyd Comprehensive/Community School for Housing Development
The Issue
I am speaking out to all the people of the community’s of Bloxwich and Walsall and other outer towns in our area, to take a minute and help save a more than capable school from being knocked down for housing.
“I strongly believe in saving this school, with the right investment it can work, I am willing to fight this as much as I can but I need the backing of the community.”
1000 votes and I will take it to the local mayor of Walsall.
2000 and I will be on Walsall council’s back.
10,000 and I would be at number 10.
“I need your backing to be heard so please sign, share and we may have a chance.”
“Bloxwich and outer towns need the 3 secondary school options back, children are having to travel outside of their zones. It’s not right, and this needs attention.”
“This will relieve the pressure off our nearby secondary schools, both the Walsall and The Mirus (Bloxwich) Acadamy’s, that are therefore rejecting children because of space.”
“Sneyd is there and waiting!”
“Children’s Education needs to come before any housing plan that has not yet been approved, and that as far as I am aware Walsall are very much on target for housing plans by 2040”
“I have not given up, as I strongly believe in this, so please read the petition, and you DECIDE.”
“Thank you.”
Sneyd Comprehensive / Community School off Vernon Way Bloxwich was built and completed in 1978 and to this day for its age still stands as an appropriate looking building for its age compared to other buildings with it’s matching sand-colored brick uniform.
Plans have been put forward for a perfectly well-built school and community center that holds all matters of education and sports both indoors and out, to be demolished and replaced by the construction of up to 73 houses.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/petition-launched-save-former-school-29946665.amp
‘Needs more than a lick of paint’ Council say…
it’s the council that have left this building to fall into the state it’s in today, but please don’t judge a book by its cover, the school has been kept in working condition in many areas of the school thanks to Sneyd’s dedicated trusties, mainly in the sports end of the building, but the outside tells a different story, where cuts on maintenance have been made.
making the school look unsightly which I can guarantee is not the story/ condition inside.
The school has accommodated pupils from the age of 11 to 16 and also offered 6 form placements taking education to 19 in some cases, since its construction in 1978 until its downfall in 2011. And has also stood as a main community center for the community and the older generation with lots of evening and out-of-hour classes, sports both indoors and out, and in pool water activities that were sadly closed in July of last year as the boiler needed repairs, it was due to re-open at the end of October but unfortunately due to further complications, more repairs are required to the pool area.
Sneyd Community Association which has been running the building was happy to pay for the repairs so the pool that was in popular demand could reopen, but Walsall Council stated they couldn’t fund the costs of heating the pool, which meant the pool had to close immediately.
This as well as a community library, which was also a popular place for the nearby estates to use who could not travel into town.
560 children/adults passed through the swim school club every week when it was running.
Yeah hard to believe such a number, and that was when the school was a community school, so you can imagine the use the pool was in when the school was open for education… and educational P.E classes that was part of learning was in use, that and the outer ours community use too. So just think of the loss the school felt.
The pool was an essential activity for all! Both young and old including mother and baby clubs…
Nearly 2000 members of the community tried to keep their pool open, but was not heard…
https://www.change.org/p/save-our-swimming-pool-sneyd-community-association
SOMETHING I AM FINDING WITH MOST EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES TODAY THAT CALL OUT FOR HELP BUT ARE NOT HEARD…
THAT’S WHY I HAVE BECOME SO PASSIONATE ON SAVING YET ANOTHER MUCH NEEDED BUILDING.
"And for those of you who don’t know Walsall Academy does not have a swimming pool bear that in mind, a new school that replaced “T.P.Riley school” that stood on its grounds in Bloxwich, does not have a pool where children’s students can do swimming as a P.E. lesson, where children can learn not just to swim but life skills. As we have all seen on TV the sad news of the passing of children falling into the water and sadly passing."
And here are Walsall plans on knocking a building that is in a fine structural state but just needs a freshen-up, to be flattened. And that’s not to mention the outdoor water activities students and the community can and did do on the Lake that no other school in the area could do.
Sneyd Comprehensive Secondary School is situated off the main Sneyd Lane, down its own private road Vernon Way. There are two access points one from the Bloxwich area covering the Mossley, Dudley Fields, Bloxwich, and Leamore (Sneyd Lane) and the second entrance from the Willenhall area covering New Invention, Shortheath, and other Willenhall areas (Crab Land off Sneyd Land) This in itself is without doubt a huge attraction for the school, putting it off any main busy roads like most schools are in the area, and being nestled between Mossley Reservoir and the Sneyd Lake as well as acres of greenery… Making it a real hidden gem of a school that is being given up for housing.
seriously I just can’t get my head around what the council are considering..? 🤷♂️
The school was closed in August 2011 due to continuously falling behind in exam results and Ofsted reports. Which I find appalling as all it needed And still does is a second chance, and new leadership and I believe it will shine again and bring great things back before it's too late.
Since its closing, the local secondary schools in the Bloxwich area are over full meaning classes of 30 to 35 are now 40 to 50 in some cases meaning teachers and students are not getting the time they need having a significant impact on the well-being of both.
The schools are overfull and Sneyd is shouting out give me the time and resources and I will help.
A 18 million pound project was planned on a new (SEND) free school to be built on Reedswood Greenland park. The council also stated a 4.5 million in making extra classrooms at a selection of schools, all meant to help ease this problem. The Reedswood school has since been paused as the project was planned for on the greenbelt area at Reedswood Park where funny enough the late Queens trees that were planted for her jubilee were planted, given the royals love for nature the trees have become more of a memorial for the late queen than the whats been put at Walall Aburetum.
Sneyd school is there and waiting and given its location is probably one of the safest schools in Walsall not being built on a main road means children can walk home safely without having to limbo across traffic at peak times.
Give Sneyd the time and work it needs that will be a fraction of the cost of the Reedswood Project and Sneyd will hopefully allow children in the local area to go to a school in their zone without having to catch two busses or rely on parents driving, it will also have a major impact on both neighboring academies as it will ease the pressure of them allowing teaches time and space to teach and students the time to learn. Bloxwhich was always a 3-school solution and since 2011 it's been a 2… and both school ratings have dropped in both ever since because of this decision when all it needed was new leadership, let Sneyd help.
The Sports of England have shown there objection to the plans due to the sports the school has to offer both indoor and out.
The building is still open at this very time but Sneyd Trust unfortunately have been told to start winding things down and have until March 2025.
With the community side given till the End of December 2024/25
MEANING ITS A BIG ASK BUT WE ONLY HAVE A MATTER OF MONTHS TO COME-TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, AND HAVE OUR SAY!
It is still in use at this time for the over 60’s as I was suppressed as well as lucky to be at the school there on the day of the 5 side indoor football and spoke with some all of which are very disappointed with the dissension that has been given to them, as it was there get out there social a lady who I spoke to who was still going despite the pool no longer in operation was 81 years of age and she went for the social, probably the only people she sees?
This includes Britain's oldest striker is still banging in the goals for his local football team three times a week - at the grand age of 90. Mike Fisher, who goes to the club 3 days a week…
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britains-oldest-striker-90-still-32234132
Trust me this building is more than just Bricks and mortar… it’s a home, a community, a place of education…
SO WHY SHOULD SNEYD SCHOOL BE GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE APART FROM ITS LOCATION?
Because I believe in what I’m saying, and what I’m trying to get across before it’s too late. The building/ school and it’s grounds as a whole still has potential for the people and children of the surrounding towns. And if I don’t give it this one final shout from a nobody to hopefully a somebody… because once it’s gone it’s gone, then everyone will come out.
And Sneyd sits in a unique setting between a lake and a Sneyd reservoir part of the rough wood local nature reserve spreads for acres of protected greenery forest where wildlife thrives.
Sneyd is unlike any other school in the area being gifted for its location not just because of its own lake and forestry but also being literally on the boundary of the Rough Wood conservation area via Sneyd Reservoir, which is the largest body of open water within Rough Wood Chase. It was built to maintain the water levels in the area's canals before Chasewater... and Sneyd sits next door and is surrounded by wildlife of all kinds that will all be affected given the permission to build 73 houses. That means it will be open 24/7 no break from foot or car patrol at any time of the day, damage to woodlands and natural habitats by roaming people, yes Sneyd is a school but it has its breaks, come night time animals of all kinds are given the freedom of the grounds, and all cars going down Vernon way are school related, meaning there is significantly less cars as a school than an estate.
Both Sneyd Lake and Sneyd Reservoir are also a main root for migrating geese that come in the spring to breed as well as ducks, and all types of protected amphibians. This along with birds of all types including Owls and kestrels, demolishing a school that has become part of the wildlife and building 73 houses will have a major migration of species from the area, and also vandalism to the green belt, the school is gated off so like I say it’s a wildlife paradise when the building is not in use, and rarely people venture to the Reservoir, but building an estate will only encourage this type of activity that will only have a negative impact on our wildlife and forestry. So you could say we are not only trying to save a school but also the greenlands that surround it as well.
Rough Wood which sits to the south of the school is a small woodland area in Willenhall, England, that includes two local nature reserves: Rough Wood and Rough Wood Chase. It's one of the few remaining ancient woodlands in the area, with a mix of tree varieties but mostly oak trees. The area is good for walking, dog walking, picnics, and watching nature. It includes meadows, ponds, marsh, and scrubland. This is also the case to the north end of the school given the foster to the west side and the M6 to the east the north beyond the lake is open Moores land all that has been said to have deer spotted.
So you could say as well as saving a school from being demolished we can also save what wildlife and greenery that is around the building as well.
The Sneyd Trust that run the building don’t want this to happen anymore than we/I do, but have been backed into a corner.
So whether you loved it or hated it lived by it or just even read about it here and now, please take the time to show your support, as now is the time and probably the last time of that.
“I don’t believe planning has been approved as of yet to have you say vote in your numbers it’s a building that will never be replaced and a building that can still give. So vote, please.”
The outer grounds have been left neglected, making a big impact of a derelict site… but this is not the case, the building is still in usable condition, and the grounds just need maintenance to bring it back to standards.
“Think of it like this, don’t maintain the exterior of you property for 5 years and see what happens… Mother Nature takes over”
All this the building has to offer with a little TLC and maintenance this school will thrive again for students. But all this can and will be lost for houses, if they ever get approved, either way December is cut off.
There are no signs of subsidence in the building, no large cracks in the walls, and the grounds have been left to go wild, but the coal mining results also show Sneyd is on firm ground and is a solid brick school and not a prefabricated concrete and mesh school like many they building will stand for another 30 years after being made watertight, it needs repairs to the roof, but tell me a school that doesn't.
And do not worry about the whispers that are going around Sneyd is not going to fall down into a coal pit, like people are saying and it is not on a raft. There are mines in the area that are open but meters down most of which are to the north of the building.
So we need to make a stand now and shout out for our children’s future!
Give Sneyd the tools and investment it needs to get it back on track and watertight again, there are no signs of subsidence in the building and the coal mining survey has come back all well meaning although there are open mines in the area Sneyd is on solid grounds. Sneyd is also built from pure brick not prefabrigated concrete and steel mesh like most schools. With the right investment that will be extremely less than the 1.5 billion pounds school that was planned for Reedswood Park in Walsall parkland which is used by the community and also another natural habitat, Walsall is losing its greenlands as it is. And to top it all off the site is where the late Queen's trees for her jubilee were planted now seen as a memorial for Walsall to her late majesty, giving her love of nature. The school planned for the area is currently on hold due to reasons, open your eyes Sneyd is there.
It has all the classrooms waiting they just need attention and the school needs to be made watertight, like most schools in the area. These things can be done and will be done given the right verdict.
1. Offering standard education for pupils, like all secondary schools do from years 7 to 11. Covering ages 11 to 16.
· Over 35 classrooms sitting and doing nothing that can be used once again
2. Six form positions and education.
3. Indoor swimming pool
· Needs a small investment to get it running once again for the community as well as possible students?
4. Outdoor water activities thanks to its very own lake on the grounds.
· Canoeing
· Powerboating
· Kayaking
· Raft building
· Sailing
5. Community library
· That is sadly missed by the elderly community that mainly used it while the school was closed.
6. Large indoor sports hall
· Indoor football
· Netball
· Volleyball
· Basketball
· Being used for dog training (including police dogs)
7. Two squash courts.
8. A once-licensed bar for community functions,
· Community Partys
· Birthday functions
· Wedding and anniversaries
9. A standard hall and catering kitchen
· Used for community functions
· Drama and dance classes
· Catering events
· Meal times
· School assemblies
10. A community hub for the over 60’s and under for get-togethers.
· Still in popular use today mainly for the elderly
11. Tennis courts
· Outdoor has been left neglected like most of the outside needs investment two courts
12. Basketball courts.
· Once again outdoor and like the tennis court has been left neglected for Mother Nature to appear.
13. The hard-standing night-lit astro-playing area.
· Football
· Hockey
14. Playing field for both football and rugby.
15. Over 30 empty classrooms waiting to come alive.
· Science
· Maths
· English
· Technology
· Graphics
· Cooking
· Humanities
. Drama
. French
. Spanish
. Textiles
. Art
. Music
. Computers (IT)
(Most of these rooms have been being used by small businesses while the school has been closed, however community classes did serve the community on a selection of programs.)
16. Jobs for teachers.
(At a time when Teachers want to teach but have no position or place of work jobs can be made.)
17. Other Jobs can also come to reopen the building
· Cooks
· Cleaners
· Caretakers
· Teaching assistants
· Receptionists
(I don’t get it, people want Jobs Trained for these jobs and it’s just being ignored.)
18. Safe grounds for pupils and the community.
· Hardly any traffic
· Fenced-off areas for safety in this day and age
· Surrounded by GreenBelt land
19. Disability friendly with wheelchair access all areas.
. A newly upgraded lift replacing the original stair lift.
20. Youth club use for teens and children in out-of-term use and functions
(A new plan has been put forward for Mossley Youth club to be revamped but personally, that investment can and should be put into the school that holds youth clubs for a wider area.)
All this to be wasted, when children and teenagers that need education and spaces in schools…?
So yes have your reunion get-together in September, and make it a good one, think of the good times and the bad times as we all had them that’s part of growing up. Think on the day you first entered as a child 11 years old and left a teenager with the world at their feet.
But most of all take time and look and think of possible times that could follow for a new generation, and if it hits you the same way it hit me on that visit then do the right thing and show your support. As if it hit you like it hit me you will think what a wast this will be to see it gone.
THE REUNION WAS A SUCCESS 7/9/2024. AND MANY STUDENTS TEACHERS WENT TO SEE…
“BUT THE QUESTION IS NOW YOU HAVE SAW WHAT WE CAN LOSE DO YOU AGREE WITH WHAT I SAY? THAT SNEYD SCHOOL DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE, IT WAS BUILT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY BOTH YOUNG AND OLD, AND IT STILL CAN…”
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AS IT IS REALLY APPRECIATED TO SEE THAT PEOPLE THINK THE SAME AS ME, PLEASE SIGN AND COMENT AS IT IS SHOWS HOPE.
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SAVE OUR SCHOOL 👍
So instead of saying goodbye, let's shout out to Walsall Council to keep our school for the next generation. I for one thought it be great once school was done free to rule the world but it was not like that and it turns out school was probably the best days, days that we all had with no worry’s apart from homework.
There are a lot of young children in this area that are growing and need education and schools are filling up to fast meaning that your child has to travel outer town and when its to late the council will decide to rethink but believe me it will cost a lot more taxpayers' money to rebuild a school for overcrowding than to refresh a school with a new coat of paint and a little investment here and there because the building is there and is already standing and is waiting for the chance of opening its doors once again for students for another 30 years.
Let's wake the council up and stand together on this one, it's your children's and children's children's future you have to think about.
We used it and yes some have fond memories and some don’t but we all learned, and laughed. So now is the time to think of your children and think of their educational needs and think do they deserve the chances and opportunities you had?
Make Sneyd Comprehensive School into Sneyd Academy, or even a sports Collage, anything to see the building brought back to life, and put to use in what it was moor to educate and for the community.
So please sign up now. as tomorrow things could all be different?
THE COUNCIL ARE CUTTING BACK ON EVERYTHING THATS IN MUCH NEED AND USED, LET’S NOT WAST YET ANOTHER BUILDING THAT CAN OFFER SO MUCH MORE… FOR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, AND THE COMMUNITY.
“P.S please do not be put off by the next goal target on the signings page the more the better it updates so let’s get this petition in the thousands “
“Also it’s optional on donating you don’t have to donate to sign, so please 🙏 show your support.”
So please share, share on Facebook TikTok, Twitter X, instagram the more shares the more chance that we the people will make history and not the council. We can do this 👌
https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/434593200/sneyd-community-association/
Thank you,
Talk amongst yourselves to the community as we stand not for today, but tomorrow’s future.
Let’s do this…
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The Issue
I am speaking out to all the people of the community’s of Bloxwich and Walsall and other outer towns in our area, to take a minute and help save a more than capable school from being knocked down for housing.
“I strongly believe in saving this school, with the right investment it can work, I am willing to fight this as much as I can but I need the backing of the community.”
1000 votes and I will take it to the local mayor of Walsall.
2000 and I will be on Walsall council’s back.
10,000 and I would be at number 10.
“I need your backing to be heard so please sign, share and we may have a chance.”
“Bloxwich and outer towns need the 3 secondary school options back, children are having to travel outside of their zones. It’s not right, and this needs attention.”
“This will relieve the pressure off our nearby secondary schools, both the Walsall and The Mirus (Bloxwich) Acadamy’s, that are therefore rejecting children because of space.”
“Sneyd is there and waiting!”
“Children’s Education needs to come before any housing plan that has not yet been approved, and that as far as I am aware Walsall are very much on target for housing plans by 2040”
“I have not given up, as I strongly believe in this, so please read the petition, and you DECIDE.”
“Thank you.”
Sneyd Comprehensive / Community School off Vernon Way Bloxwich was built and completed in 1978 and to this day for its age still stands as an appropriate looking building for its age compared to other buildings with it’s matching sand-colored brick uniform.
Plans have been put forward for a perfectly well-built school and community center that holds all matters of education and sports both indoors and out, to be demolished and replaced by the construction of up to 73 houses.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/petition-launched-save-former-school-29946665.amp
‘Needs more than a lick of paint’ Council say…
it’s the council that have left this building to fall into the state it’s in today, but please don’t judge a book by its cover, the school has been kept in working condition in many areas of the school thanks to Sneyd’s dedicated trusties, mainly in the sports end of the building, but the outside tells a different story, where cuts on maintenance have been made.
making the school look unsightly which I can guarantee is not the story/ condition inside.
The school has accommodated pupils from the age of 11 to 16 and also offered 6 form placements taking education to 19 in some cases, since its construction in 1978 until its downfall in 2011. And has also stood as a main community center for the community and the older generation with lots of evening and out-of-hour classes, sports both indoors and out, and in pool water activities that were sadly closed in July of last year as the boiler needed repairs, it was due to re-open at the end of October but unfortunately due to further complications, more repairs are required to the pool area.
Sneyd Community Association which has been running the building was happy to pay for the repairs so the pool that was in popular demand could reopen, but Walsall Council stated they couldn’t fund the costs of heating the pool, which meant the pool had to close immediately.
This as well as a community library, which was also a popular place for the nearby estates to use who could not travel into town.
560 children/adults passed through the swim school club every week when it was running.
Yeah hard to believe such a number, and that was when the school was a community school, so you can imagine the use the pool was in when the school was open for education… and educational P.E classes that was part of learning was in use, that and the outer ours community use too. So just think of the loss the school felt.
The pool was an essential activity for all! Both young and old including mother and baby clubs…
Nearly 2000 members of the community tried to keep their pool open, but was not heard…
https://www.change.org/p/save-our-swimming-pool-sneyd-community-association
SOMETHING I AM FINDING WITH MOST EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES TODAY THAT CALL OUT FOR HELP BUT ARE NOT HEARD…
THAT’S WHY I HAVE BECOME SO PASSIONATE ON SAVING YET ANOTHER MUCH NEEDED BUILDING.
"And for those of you who don’t know Walsall Academy does not have a swimming pool bear that in mind, a new school that replaced “T.P.Riley school” that stood on its grounds in Bloxwich, does not have a pool where children’s students can do swimming as a P.E. lesson, where children can learn not just to swim but life skills. As we have all seen on TV the sad news of the passing of children falling into the water and sadly passing."
And here are Walsall plans on knocking a building that is in a fine structural state but just needs a freshen-up, to be flattened. And that’s not to mention the outdoor water activities students and the community can and did do on the Lake that no other school in the area could do.
Sneyd Comprehensive Secondary School is situated off the main Sneyd Lane, down its own private road Vernon Way. There are two access points one from the Bloxwich area covering the Mossley, Dudley Fields, Bloxwich, and Leamore (Sneyd Lane) and the second entrance from the Willenhall area covering New Invention, Shortheath, and other Willenhall areas (Crab Land off Sneyd Land) This in itself is without doubt a huge attraction for the school, putting it off any main busy roads like most schools are in the area, and being nestled between Mossley Reservoir and the Sneyd Lake as well as acres of greenery… Making it a real hidden gem of a school that is being given up for housing.
seriously I just can’t get my head around what the council are considering..? 🤷♂️
The school was closed in August 2011 due to continuously falling behind in exam results and Ofsted reports. Which I find appalling as all it needed And still does is a second chance, and new leadership and I believe it will shine again and bring great things back before it's too late.
Since its closing, the local secondary schools in the Bloxwich area are over full meaning classes of 30 to 35 are now 40 to 50 in some cases meaning teachers and students are not getting the time they need having a significant impact on the well-being of both.
The schools are overfull and Sneyd is shouting out give me the time and resources and I will help.
A 18 million pound project was planned on a new (SEND) free school to be built on Reedswood Greenland park. The council also stated a 4.5 million in making extra classrooms at a selection of schools, all meant to help ease this problem. The Reedswood school has since been paused as the project was planned for on the greenbelt area at Reedswood Park where funny enough the late Queens trees that were planted for her jubilee were planted, given the royals love for nature the trees have become more of a memorial for the late queen than the whats been put at Walall Aburetum.
Sneyd school is there and waiting and given its location is probably one of the safest schools in Walsall not being built on a main road means children can walk home safely without having to limbo across traffic at peak times.
Give Sneyd the time and work it needs that will be a fraction of the cost of the Reedswood Project and Sneyd will hopefully allow children in the local area to go to a school in their zone without having to catch two busses or rely on parents driving, it will also have a major impact on both neighboring academies as it will ease the pressure of them allowing teaches time and space to teach and students the time to learn. Bloxwhich was always a 3-school solution and since 2011 it's been a 2… and both school ratings have dropped in both ever since because of this decision when all it needed was new leadership, let Sneyd help.
The Sports of England have shown there objection to the plans due to the sports the school has to offer both indoor and out.
The building is still open at this very time but Sneyd Trust unfortunately have been told to start winding things down and have until March 2025.
With the community side given till the End of December 2024/25
MEANING ITS A BIG ASK BUT WE ONLY HAVE A MATTER OF MONTHS TO COME-TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, AND HAVE OUR SAY!
It is still in use at this time for the over 60’s as I was suppressed as well as lucky to be at the school there on the day of the 5 side indoor football and spoke with some all of which are very disappointed with the dissension that has been given to them, as it was there get out there social a lady who I spoke to who was still going despite the pool no longer in operation was 81 years of age and she went for the social, probably the only people she sees?
This includes Britain's oldest striker is still banging in the goals for his local football team three times a week - at the grand age of 90. Mike Fisher, who goes to the club 3 days a week…
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britains-oldest-striker-90-still-32234132
Trust me this building is more than just Bricks and mortar… it’s a home, a community, a place of education…
SO WHY SHOULD SNEYD SCHOOL BE GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE APART FROM ITS LOCATION?
Because I believe in what I’m saying, and what I’m trying to get across before it’s too late. The building/ school and it’s grounds as a whole still has potential for the people and children of the surrounding towns. And if I don’t give it this one final shout from a nobody to hopefully a somebody… because once it’s gone it’s gone, then everyone will come out.
And Sneyd sits in a unique setting between a lake and a Sneyd reservoir part of the rough wood local nature reserve spreads for acres of protected greenery forest where wildlife thrives.
Sneyd is unlike any other school in the area being gifted for its location not just because of its own lake and forestry but also being literally on the boundary of the Rough Wood conservation area via Sneyd Reservoir, which is the largest body of open water within Rough Wood Chase. It was built to maintain the water levels in the area's canals before Chasewater... and Sneyd sits next door and is surrounded by wildlife of all kinds that will all be affected given the permission to build 73 houses. That means it will be open 24/7 no break from foot or car patrol at any time of the day, damage to woodlands and natural habitats by roaming people, yes Sneyd is a school but it has its breaks, come night time animals of all kinds are given the freedom of the grounds, and all cars going down Vernon way are school related, meaning there is significantly less cars as a school than an estate.
Both Sneyd Lake and Sneyd Reservoir are also a main root for migrating geese that come in the spring to breed as well as ducks, and all types of protected amphibians. This along with birds of all types including Owls and kestrels, demolishing a school that has become part of the wildlife and building 73 houses will have a major migration of species from the area, and also vandalism to the green belt, the school is gated off so like I say it’s a wildlife paradise when the building is not in use, and rarely people venture to the Reservoir, but building an estate will only encourage this type of activity that will only have a negative impact on our wildlife and forestry. So you could say we are not only trying to save a school but also the greenlands that surround it as well.
Rough Wood which sits to the south of the school is a small woodland area in Willenhall, England, that includes two local nature reserves: Rough Wood and Rough Wood Chase. It's one of the few remaining ancient woodlands in the area, with a mix of tree varieties but mostly oak trees. The area is good for walking, dog walking, picnics, and watching nature. It includes meadows, ponds, marsh, and scrubland. This is also the case to the north end of the school given the foster to the west side and the M6 to the east the north beyond the lake is open Moores land all that has been said to have deer spotted.
So you could say as well as saving a school from being demolished we can also save what wildlife and greenery that is around the building as well.
The Sneyd Trust that run the building don’t want this to happen anymore than we/I do, but have been backed into a corner.
So whether you loved it or hated it lived by it or just even read about it here and now, please take the time to show your support, as now is the time and probably the last time of that.
“I don’t believe planning has been approved as of yet to have you say vote in your numbers it’s a building that will never be replaced and a building that can still give. So vote, please.”
The outer grounds have been left neglected, making a big impact of a derelict site… but this is not the case, the building is still in usable condition, and the grounds just need maintenance to bring it back to standards.
“Think of it like this, don’t maintain the exterior of you property for 5 years and see what happens… Mother Nature takes over”
All this the building has to offer with a little TLC and maintenance this school will thrive again for students. But all this can and will be lost for houses, if they ever get approved, either way December is cut off.
There are no signs of subsidence in the building, no large cracks in the walls, and the grounds have been left to go wild, but the coal mining results also show Sneyd is on firm ground and is a solid brick school and not a prefabricated concrete and mesh school like many they building will stand for another 30 years after being made watertight, it needs repairs to the roof, but tell me a school that doesn't.
And do not worry about the whispers that are going around Sneyd is not going to fall down into a coal pit, like people are saying and it is not on a raft. There are mines in the area that are open but meters down most of which are to the north of the building.
So we need to make a stand now and shout out for our children’s future!
Give Sneyd the tools and investment it needs to get it back on track and watertight again, there are no signs of subsidence in the building and the coal mining survey has come back all well meaning although there are open mines in the area Sneyd is on solid grounds. Sneyd is also built from pure brick not prefabrigated concrete and steel mesh like most schools. With the right investment that will be extremely less than the 1.5 billion pounds school that was planned for Reedswood Park in Walsall parkland which is used by the community and also another natural habitat, Walsall is losing its greenlands as it is. And to top it all off the site is where the late Queen's trees for her jubilee were planted now seen as a memorial for Walsall to her late majesty, giving her love of nature. The school planned for the area is currently on hold due to reasons, open your eyes Sneyd is there.
It has all the classrooms waiting they just need attention and the school needs to be made watertight, like most schools in the area. These things can be done and will be done given the right verdict.
1. Offering standard education for pupils, like all secondary schools do from years 7 to 11. Covering ages 11 to 16.
· Over 35 classrooms sitting and doing nothing that can be used once again
2. Six form positions and education.
3. Indoor swimming pool
· Needs a small investment to get it running once again for the community as well as possible students?
4. Outdoor water activities thanks to its very own lake on the grounds.
· Canoeing
· Powerboating
· Kayaking
· Raft building
· Sailing
5. Community library
· That is sadly missed by the elderly community that mainly used it while the school was closed.
6. Large indoor sports hall
· Indoor football
· Netball
· Volleyball
· Basketball
· Being used for dog training (including police dogs)
7. Two squash courts.
8. A once-licensed bar for community functions,
· Community Partys
· Birthday functions
· Wedding and anniversaries
9. A standard hall and catering kitchen
· Used for community functions
· Drama and dance classes
· Catering events
· Meal times
· School assemblies
10. A community hub for the over 60’s and under for get-togethers.
· Still in popular use today mainly for the elderly
11. Tennis courts
· Outdoor has been left neglected like most of the outside needs investment two courts
12. Basketball courts.
· Once again outdoor and like the tennis court has been left neglected for Mother Nature to appear.
13. The hard-standing night-lit astro-playing area.
· Football
· Hockey
14. Playing field for both football and rugby.
15. Over 30 empty classrooms waiting to come alive.
· Science
· Maths
· English
· Technology
· Graphics
· Cooking
· Humanities
. Drama
. French
. Spanish
. Textiles
. Art
. Music
. Computers (IT)
(Most of these rooms have been being used by small businesses while the school has been closed, however community classes did serve the community on a selection of programs.)
16. Jobs for teachers.
(At a time when Teachers want to teach but have no position or place of work jobs can be made.)
17. Other Jobs can also come to reopen the building
· Cooks
· Cleaners
· Caretakers
· Teaching assistants
· Receptionists
(I don’t get it, people want Jobs Trained for these jobs and it’s just being ignored.)
18. Safe grounds for pupils and the community.
· Hardly any traffic
· Fenced-off areas for safety in this day and age
· Surrounded by GreenBelt land
19. Disability friendly with wheelchair access all areas.
. A newly upgraded lift replacing the original stair lift.
20. Youth club use for teens and children in out-of-term use and functions
(A new plan has been put forward for Mossley Youth club to be revamped but personally, that investment can and should be put into the school that holds youth clubs for a wider area.)
All this to be wasted, when children and teenagers that need education and spaces in schools…?
So yes have your reunion get-together in September, and make it a good one, think of the good times and the bad times as we all had them that’s part of growing up. Think on the day you first entered as a child 11 years old and left a teenager with the world at their feet.
But most of all take time and look and think of possible times that could follow for a new generation, and if it hits you the same way it hit me on that visit then do the right thing and show your support. As if it hit you like it hit me you will think what a wast this will be to see it gone.
THE REUNION WAS A SUCCESS 7/9/2024. AND MANY STUDENTS TEACHERS WENT TO SEE…
“BUT THE QUESTION IS NOW YOU HAVE SAW WHAT WE CAN LOSE DO YOU AGREE WITH WHAT I SAY? THAT SNEYD SCHOOL DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE, IT WAS BUILT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY BOTH YOUNG AND OLD, AND IT STILL CAN…”
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AS IT IS REALLY APPRECIATED TO SEE THAT PEOPLE THINK THE SAME AS ME, PLEASE SIGN AND COMENT AS IT IS SHOWS HOPE.
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SAVE OUR SCHOOL 👍
So instead of saying goodbye, let's shout out to Walsall Council to keep our school for the next generation. I for one thought it be great once school was done free to rule the world but it was not like that and it turns out school was probably the best days, days that we all had with no worry’s apart from homework.
There are a lot of young children in this area that are growing and need education and schools are filling up to fast meaning that your child has to travel outer town and when its to late the council will decide to rethink but believe me it will cost a lot more taxpayers' money to rebuild a school for overcrowding than to refresh a school with a new coat of paint and a little investment here and there because the building is there and is already standing and is waiting for the chance of opening its doors once again for students for another 30 years.
Let's wake the council up and stand together on this one, it's your children's and children's children's future you have to think about.
We used it and yes some have fond memories and some don’t but we all learned, and laughed. So now is the time to think of your children and think of their educational needs and think do they deserve the chances and opportunities you had?
Make Sneyd Comprehensive School into Sneyd Academy, or even a sports Collage, anything to see the building brought back to life, and put to use in what it was moor to educate and for the community.
So please sign up now. as tomorrow things could all be different?
THE COUNCIL ARE CUTTING BACK ON EVERYTHING THATS IN MUCH NEED AND USED, LET’S NOT WAST YET ANOTHER BUILDING THAT CAN OFFER SO MUCH MORE… FOR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, AND THE COMMUNITY.
“P.S please do not be put off by the next goal target on the signings page the more the better it updates so let’s get this petition in the thousands “
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