and rugby. The students in each house had a head of house and a student support manager, which gave students a member of staff who they could talk to about any concerns either with school life or specific subjects. Each house also had student leaders with the roles of house captain and sports captain. Each house had two house captains, two sports captains, two deputy sports captains and two deputy house captains (one male and one female in each role). These roles were given to suitable year 11 students. From September 2019, the house system was disbanded, along with heads of houses. The school is now broken down into year groups with each group being assigned their own learning manager (head of year). Notable former pupils Lorely Burt, Baroness Burt of Solihull, Liberal Democrat politician (attended High Arcal 1966–1971) Chris Eaton (UK musician), singer-songwriter, a student at the school who returned to open the school's newly built music building in 1999 Andrew Griffiths, Conservative politician Chris Wood, diplomat (attended High Arcal 1970–1977) References Academies in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley Educational institutions established in 1961 1961 establishments in England Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley