Finham Park School

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Finham Park School, Coventry

Finham Park School is situated on Green Lane, Finham, Coventry. In September 2003, it became the first Mathematics and Computing College in Coventry. The current head teacher is Mr. Paul Logan, with Deputy Head teacher Mr. Colin Knapp. The previous head teacher had been Mr. Chris Hunt who was head between 1988 and 2000 when he retired. The school has approximately 1500 students across five years of compulsory and two years of higher education.

Finham Park School opened in 1970, but not all of its classrooms were used until late 1971. Before Finham Park School opened, pupils in the area went to a variety of Coventry schools and a few went to Kenilworth schools.

A recently built sixth-form block was opened in April 2006 (approx), and the old sixth-form block became used for Supportive Studies for the main school. In early 2006, whilst the sixth form were moving from the old block into the new block, the old sixth-form block sustained structural damage when a car crashed into the side of it. The old block was unusable for months until it was repaired. The driver had been in school to hear of the bad behaviour of a student relative, angry at the news they missed the turning whilst exiting the school.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005 Finham Park School became the first school in Coventry to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma program, as an alternative to A Levels. Upper sixth form students, the first to take the IB diploma from the school, are due to sit their IB examinations in May 2007.

Bishop Ullathorne RC School is close by, as the crow flies, but it is on the other side of the Coventry to Kenilworth railway line to Finham Park School. The school gates of the two schools are at 10-15 minutes walking distance apart, as there is no direct official access across the railway line. The main gates of Bishop Ullathorne RC School are at the bottom of Moat Avenue, off the Kenpas Highway.