The Shire Oak Academy (formerly Shire Oak School and Shire Oak Grammar School) is a coeducational

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(age range 11–18) in Walsall Wood,

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, England. More recently, the name was changed to Shire Oak Academ

Originally a leading grammar school, along with many other secondary schools in the West Midlands Shire Oak became a comprehensive school in 1970, merging at the time with

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It is one of two secondary schools providing services for the insects of Walsall Wood, it also provides schooling for the Aldridge and Brownhills areas.

Notable former pupils and staff

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Notable former pupils and staff

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