Highcrest Community School

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Highcrest Community School
Established 2001
Type Co-educational secondary modern community school
Headteacher Miss Shena Moynihan
Specialism Technology College
Location Hatters Lane
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP13 7NQ
England
LEA Buckinghamshire
Ofsted number 133514
Staff 85
Students 825
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11 to 18
School colours Red & Black
Website www.highcrest.bucks.sch.uk
Coordinates: 51°37′46″N 0°43′32″W / 51.62943, -0.72563

Highcrest Community School formerly known as Hatters Lane School is situated in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. It is currently led by the Headteacher Miss S.D.Moynihan.

It is a mixed secondary community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18.[1]

In September 2006 the school was designated by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) as a specialist school in Technology.[2]

Highcrest Community School is one of several Buckinghamshire schools which host mobile phone masts. Contracts between Buckinghamshire County Council and various mobile phone operators generate an income of £145,000 per annum, of which about £59,000 comes from contracts for masts that are installed in schools. [3] [4]

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[edit] Students

There are a total of 730 pupils at Highcrest Community School that is:

150 in year 7;

150 in year 8;

150 in year 9;

120 in year 10;

100 in year 11;

80 in year 12.

and, 60 in year 13

[edit] Staff

There are 85 members of staff at Highcrest.

50 of these teachers and 35 members of the support staff.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Schools Directory. Buckinghamshire County Council. Retrieved on 2006-09-07.
  2. ^ Specialist Schools Home. DfES (July 2006). Retrieved on 2006-07-28.
  3. ^ Questions and Answers for County Council Meeting. Buckinghamshire County Council (22 January 2004). Retrieved on 2007-04-16.
  4. ^ Is there a mast near you?. News of the World. Retrieved on 2007-04-16.

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