Higham Lane School

Infobox UK school
name = Higham Lane School


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motto = "A Business and Enterprise College"
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established = 1939
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type = Comprehensive community school
religion = Secular
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head_label = Headmaster
head = Phil Kelly
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specialist = Business and Enterprise College
street = Shanklin Drive
city = Nuneaton
county = Warwickshire
country = England
postcode = CV10 0BJ
LEA = Warwickshire
ofsted = 125741
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enrollment = 1,230
gender = Co-educational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 16
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free_1 = 024 76388123
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website = http://www.highamlane.warwickshire.sch.uk/
website_name = www.highamlane.warwickshire.sch.uk

Higham Lane School is a secondary school in Weddington, Nuneaton. The current headteacher is Mr Phil Kelly who became headmaster in January 2006, replacing Dr R. Tetlow. The school teaches pupils aged eleven to sixteen (Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4) in preparation for their SATs and GCSEs. The original school building dates back to 1939 but has been extensively extended and modernised since. In 2003, after a successful bid, the school was granted Business and Enterprise College status under the specialist schools programme.

In the 1970s, and 80s, the school became well known for the smallholding established by teacher John Terry, which he wrote about in several books. When Queen Elizabeth II visited Nuneaton for the first time in December 1994 she visited the school to present a calf to the school farm and also to open the school's new science block. The school farm continued to operate successfully until Terry's retirement in the mid-1990s when it fell into a state of disrepair. The area where the school farm was originally, became a school garden(including 2 ponds) and avairy, which was closed at the end of the school year in 2008.

Links to other schools & colleges

King Edward VI College

The school has close links to both of Nuneaton's colleges, particularly since it gained its business and enterprise status. The school has offered a number of higher level students the opportunity to undertake additional courses at King Edward VI College such as a Double Award GCSE & DiDA ICT, GCSE ICT and GCSE Law.

North Warwickshire and Hinckley College

The school also offers the opportunity for pupils to undertake additional two year AVCE courses in subjects which make use of North Warwickshire and Hinckley College's facilities such as ICT, Business Studies, Photography and Art.

External links

* [http://www.highamlane.warwickshire.sch.uk/ Higham Lane School website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/125/125741.pdf Higham Lane School OFSTED reports]