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  Motto ''A Business and Enterprise College''
  Established 1939
  Type Comprehensive Community School
  Religion Secular
  Head Label Headmaster
  Head Phil Kelly
  Specialist Business And Enterprise College
  Street Shanklin Drive
  City Nuneaton
  County Warwickshire
  Country England
  Postcode CV10 0BJ
  LEA Warwickshire
  Ofsted 125741
  Enrollment 1,230
  Gender Co-educational
  Lower Age 11
  Upper Age 16
  Free Label 1 Telephone
  Free 1 024 76388123
  Free Label 2 Fax
  Free 2 024 76370550
  Website http://wwwhighamlanewarwickshireschuk/
  Website Name wwwhighamlanewarwickshireschuk


Higham Lane School is a Secondary School in Weddington , Nuneaton . The current headteacher is Mr P. Kelly who became headmaster in September 2005 , 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 (shortly before John Terry retired) she visited the school to present a calf to the school farm and also opened 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 school is equipped with a considerable PA system and theatrical lighting system in one of their main halls. This PA System was funded by the PTA and was fitted in 2003. The students are head controllers and technicians of the systems and rotate every year.


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 to undertake additional courses at 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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