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371:. The original Tettenhall arms had three trees, representing the three great forests of southern Staffordshire which met at Tettenhall: the forests of Kinver, Brewood and Cannock. The school badge adapted this into a tree composed of four circles, representing the four houses of the school, which were named after the new Universities of Lancaster, Sussex, Warwick and York, founded around the same time as the school. The badge also contains allusions to other features of the Tettenhall arms: the 24: 322:) in 2004 for outstanding success in Drama & the Arts. Smestow has a wide variety of sporting facilities including a gymnasium, swimming pool, PE hall, four separate changing rooms, a fitness suite/gym, a small dance/aerobics area (also used for drama room) a set of tennis courts and two large playing fields as well as the new sports hall. 808: 307:. It was incorporated within Wolverhampton by the boundary changes accompanying local government reform in 1974, which brought Castlecroft and Tettenhall into Wolverhampton. 568: 813: 671: 823: 561: 304: 636: 769: 818: 692: 661: 296: 554: 107: 656: 611: 577: 41: 646: 641: 88: 601: 503: 481: 210: 45: 60: 729: 596: 713: 292: 67: 336:
In January 2015 a new Sixth Form Study Centre and library opened to promote and support students studying at Smestow.
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Multi-Academy Trust. In January 2023 Smestow School was rebrokered, and was renamed Smestow Academy.
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The school was founded in 1964 under the authority of
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