Higham Lane School

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Higham Lane School
Motto A Business and Enterprise College
Established 1939
Type Comprehensive community school
Religious affiliation Secular
Headmaster Phil Kelly
Specialism Business and Enterprise College
Location Shanklin Drive
Nuneaton
Warwickshire
CV10 0BJ
England
LEA Warwickshire
Ofsted number 125741
Students 1,230
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11 to 16
Telephone 024 76388123
Fax 024 76370550
Website www.highamlane.warwickshire.sch.uk

Higham Lane School is a secondary school in Weddington, Nuneaton. The current headteacher is Mr P. 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.


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[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

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