In May 2013, it was announced that Sandwell Council was in discussions with Sandwell College regarding the potential repurposing of the arts centre 'The Public'. In November 2013, it was confirmed that Sandwell College would be moving its sixth form into the Public. The building was re-fitted over the following year and re-opened to as Central Sixth opened in September 2014. It was officially opened by Prince Edward The Earl of Wessex, on 1 October 2014. Sandwell College merger with Cadbury College in 2018 provided an additional sixth form campus to the College. The College renamed the Central Sixth campus in West Bromwich to become Saint Michaels Sixth Form occupying the same premises as the previously named Central Sixth Campus