Highlands School, Grange Park

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Highlands School
Address
Highlands School, Grange Park
148 Worlds End Lane

London
,
N21 1QQ

England
Coordinates 51°38′56″N0°06′28″W / 51.6489°N 0.1078°W / 51.6489; -0.1078
Information
Type Community school
Established2000
Local authority Enfield
Department for Education URN 132256 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherVincent McInerney
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1558
HousesBeech
Oak
Rowan
Willow
Colour(s)Green  
Website http://www.highlands.enfield.sch.uk/

Highlands School is a comprehensive school in Grange Park, Enfield, London, England. The school opened in 2000 in new purpose-built accommodation. From September 2006 the school has been full with pupils from Years 7 - 13 including a large sixth form. [1]

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Houses

Highlands School has four houses, Willow, Beech, Oak and Rowan. The students wear a dark green uniform with a dark green tie that has stripes of white.

International Baccalaureate

It has been an International Baccalaureate World School since December 2004, and sixth form students may take the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) instead of A-level examinations. Since the sixth form opened in September 2005, the first year of IB students took their exams in 2007, and 55% failed. Seven students were disqualified for alleged malpractice. [2] Bruce Goddard, the headteacher at the time, was quoted as saying, "In some cases we are currently lodging appeals against this." The school has since decided to drop the IB and switch to A-levels.

BTEC

Highlands also offers a variety of BTEC courses, all of which are fully coursework (both practical and written) and include BTEC Media and Business Studies. Unlike the IB, Highlands has decided to continue this course.

OFSTED

Highlands has received two OFSTED Outstanding Ratings: One in 2011 and one in 2014. [3]

Inspection record:March 2003November 2006January 2009March 2011February 2014July 2021
Ofsted [4] SatisfactoryN/ASatisfactoryOutstandingOutstandingN/A

Results

Track Record:201720182019
5+ GCSEs (or equivalent) A*-C incl. English & Maths

Note: 2017, 2018, 2019 involve 9-1 exams [5]

53%58%58%
Track Record:201720182019
Progress 8 Benchmark [6] 0.170.340.44
Progress DescriptionAbove AverageAbove AverageAbove Average

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References

  1. ↑ Administrator. "Highlands is a mixed, community comprehensive school". www.highlands.enfield.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Enfield Advertiser, Exam cheats exposed at flagship school, article from July 13th 2007 accessed July 29th 2007
  3. ↑ Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine OFSTED Reports, accessible from Highlands website
  4. ↑ Ofsted Communications Team (8 October 2020). "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Find and compare schools in England" . Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Highlands School - GOV.UK". Find and compare schools in England.
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