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Higham Lane School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Shanklin Drive, Nuneaton CV10 0BJ · highamlaneschool.co.uk · 024 7638 8123
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · May 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 52.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Warwickshire 48, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,516
- 99% of 1,530 places
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 16.9%
- First language not English
- 17.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 217 families put the school first and 248 places were offered; 96% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 248 | 217 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 225 | 177 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 242 | 298 | 1.2▲ | 77% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 238 | 316 | 1.3▲ | 73% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 241 | 292 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 52.3, and 61.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Warwickshire it was 48, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (37.1 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲52.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲61.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲77.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲82.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.82 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 42.4 | +13.2 |
| Sixth form college | 20.8 | −17.6 |
| Further education | 23.7 | +2.5 |
| Other education | 0.8 | +0.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.9 | +2.5 |
| Employment | 1.6 | +0.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.3 | −1.1 |
| Activity not captured | 2.4 | −0.4 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 98 students | B- (37.1) | Average -0.01 | |
| 98 students | B- (37.2) | Average 0.00 | |
| 15 students | Dist+ (38.8) | Well above average +1.00 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 79 | B- (37.2) | +0.24 |
| 2022/23 | 98 | B- (36.5) | — |
| 2021/22 | 104 | B (38.7) | — |
| 2018/19 | 95 | C+ (32.3) | -0.04 |
| 2017/18 | 69 | B- (35.8) | -0.11 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 59.3 | −12.4 |
| Further education | 2.4 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 12.3 | +3.8 |
| Employment | 13.6 | +2.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.9 | +3.3 |
| Activity not captured | 2.5 | +0.6 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 May 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Higham Lane School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 13 May 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2019Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Feb 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (185 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 74%
- Replies
- 185
- 13% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 63 parents (34%) with SEND