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Watch: Work progressing to demolish school five years on from controversial closure

Work is well underway to demolish the former Coseley School to make way for a new primary school, more than five years since it shut its doors for the final time.

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The secondary school controversially closed in July 2017 in a decision by Dudley Council due to dwindling numbers and poor performance.

Having stood vacant for several years, workers have finally broken ground at the site off Henne Drive with plans to transform it into a new Technology Primary School led by Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust.

Aerial pictures taken on July 26 show what the site looks like as demolition is well underway

The trust runs a number of schools in the Black Country including Thorns Collegiate Academy in Brierley Hill, West Bromwich Collegiate Academy and Holyhead Primary Academy in Wednesbury.