Highfield Humanities College

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Highfield Humanities College
Established 1933
Type Community Comprehensive
Headteacher Mr Ian Evans
Specialism Humanities College
Location Highfield Road
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY4 3JZ
 England Coordinates: 53°47′17″N 3°01′44″W / 53.7880°N 3.0290°W / 53.7880; -3.0290
Local authority Blackpool
DfE URN 119732 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 1130
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11–16
Website www.highfieldhumanities.co.uk

Highfield Humanities College is a secondary school for 11-16 year olds in Marton, Blackpool, Lancashire, England.

Highfield Humanities College, previously known as Highfield High School, is located on Highfield Road, Blackpool. In 2004 the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) awarded the school specialist school status as a Humanities College,[1] focusing on the teaching and study of History, Geography and Religious Education.

The school had a new building in 2001 which is used as the English, History and Art Department. A complete rebuild of the school is planned under the Government's Building Schools for the Future scheme.[2]

In 2007 the school featured in the DCSF list of schools that had made the best sustained improvements in their GCSE results over the last four years.[3]

Building work has now began on the school and is scheduled to finish 2013.

Notable alumni

References

  1. "Specialist Schools Home". Department for Children, Schools and Families. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
  2. "£143m for Blackpool schools". Blackpool Gazette. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
  3. "The 'most improved' schools". BBC News. 10 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 

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