Higham Lane School | School performance

78%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

62%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

52.3

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

82%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1166.2

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,477

Pupils · 2024/25

17%

EAL · 2024/25

16%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

78%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

62%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

52.3

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

82%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1166.2

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,477

Pupils · 2024/25

17%

EAL · 2024/25

16%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

78%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

62%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

52.3

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

82%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1166.2

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,477

Pupils · 2024/25

17%

EAL · 2024/25

16%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

Ofsted inspection · 01/05/2019

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityWarwickshire

PhaseSecondary with sixth form with sixth form

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio19.1:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Higham Lane School · Secondary with sixth form · Warwickshire

Part ofCENTRAL ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths

78%

-5pp

83%80%78%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 78%

GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths

62%

-3pp

68%65%62%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 62%

Attainment 8

52.3

-1.7

54.853.552.3

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 52.3

EBacc entry

82%

+60pp

82%51%19%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 82%

EBacc APS

1166.2

+53.2

1166.21126.81087.4

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 1166.2

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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS

37.1

-0.1

38.735.532.2

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 37.1

A-level value added

-0.01

-0.2

+0.2+0.1-0.1

'18'19'24'25

'25 · 0.0

AAB+ in facilitating subjects

14%

+1pp

19%15%12%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 15%

Average A-level grade

B-

BB-C+

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · B-

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

1,477

Pupil : teacher ratio

19.1

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

17%

FSM eligible

17%

SEN

12%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

16%

Contact

Address

Shanklin Drive, Nuneaton, CV10 0BJ

Local authority

Warwickshire

Website

http://www.highamlaneschool.co.uk/

Telephone

02476388123

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

Year	GCSE 9–4	GCSE 5+	Attainment 8	Progress 8	EBacc entry	EBacc APS	EBacc lang entry	Cohort
2024/25	78%	62%	52.3	Not applicable	82%	1166.2	83%	1,477
2023/24	83%	64%	54.0	+0.59	22%	1113.0	25%	1,425
2022/23	83%	67%	53.8	+0.56	25%	1114.7	25%	1,418
2021/22	82%	68%	52.4	+0.11	19%	1087.4	24%	1,451
2018/19	82%	62%	54.8	+0.35	36%	1160.0	40%	1,413
2017/18	72%	50%	52.9	+0.46	44%	1118.2	53%	1,391
2016/17	78%	59%	53.7	+0.31	42%	—	49%	1,319

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

Year	A-level APS	Avg grade	VA progress	AAB+	Cohort
2024/25	37.1	B-	-0.01	14%	104
2023/24	37.2	B-	+0.24	14%	86
2022/23	36.5	B-	—	18%	105
2021/22	38.7	B	—	17%	110
2018/19	32.2	C+	-0.04	12%	95
2017/18	35.8	B-	-0.11	15%	69
2016/17	Not eligible	Not eligible	Not applicable	Not eligible	Not eligible

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	1,477	19.0	12%	17%	17%	7%	16%
2023/24	1,425	17.0	8%	16%	16%	8%	19%
2022/23	1,418	16.5	8%	14%	15%	9%	24%
2021/22	1,451	17.9	9%	13%	14%	8%	21%
2020/21	1,446	16.8	9%	12%	12%	—	—
2018/19	1,413	19.0	8%	11%	13%	5%	9%
2017/18	1,391	15.7	9%	10%	12%	4%	6%
2016/17	1,319	16.1	11%	11%	13%	4%	6%