Higham Lane School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 2 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Warwickshire
Unique reference
137767
Address
Shanklin Drive, CV10 0BJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1425 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
49.1%
Girls
50.9%
First language not English
16.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.5%
Persistent absence
20.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.3%
Indian 9.5%
Mixed 4.6%
Other Asian 3.2%
Other White 2.5%
Pakistani 2.2%
African 1.8%
Other 1.1%
Chinese 1%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.56
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 67%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.8
Local authority average 48.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.57
Local authority average 4.22
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE38
BiologyGCSE44
Business Studies:SingleGCSE76
ChemistryGCSE44
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE47
English LanguageGCSE241
English LiteratureGCSE235
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE41
FrenchGCSE30
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Higham Lane School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
242
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
298
2nd preference
224
3rd preference
96
From another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
230
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
250
131
119
Year 8
253
126
127
Year 9
247
135
112
Year 10
247
113
134
Year 11
245
131
114
Year 12
104
34
70
Year 13
79
30
49
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
87.0%
86.5%
Further education
16.0%
32.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
37.0%
45.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
35.0%
7.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
82.0%
64.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
31.0%
23.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
28.0%
20.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
3.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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