It opened in September 2009 to replace Parkfield High School, which occupied a building at Bilston town centre and another at Lawnswood Avenue in the Lanesfield area of Wolverhampton.

However, in September 2012, SWB Academy moved to a £25 million new build in Bilston.

The academy's houses are Attwood, Brindley, Weston, Sanderson and Sixth (for 16-19 year old sixth-form students only).

They are named after Richard Attwood, James Brindley, Simon Weston and Tessa Sanderson.

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