Schoolfile
Search

Academy converter · Warwickshire

Higham Lane School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,516Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137767URN

Shanklin Drive, Nuneaton, CV10 0BJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded OutstandingMay 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · May 2025
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
close to Warwickshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WarwickshireSelective

627 applications for 248 places · 21st of 39 in Warwickshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
51.0of 90
9th of 37 in Warwickshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded OutstandingMay 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · May 2025

Inspection history

  1. 14 May 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 1 May 2019
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.5applications per place, Year 7
close to Warwickshire median (2.6) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

627 applications · 248 places offered · 217 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Warwickshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.6; Warwickshire median median 2.5
  3. 2024 2.8; Warwickshire median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.9; Warwickshire median median 2.5
  5. 2022 2.2; Warwickshire median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.2; Warwickshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.9; Warwickshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.0; Warwickshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.2; Warwickshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.1; Warwickshire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.9; Warwickshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.9; Warwickshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 2.0; Warwickshire median median 1.6
  • This school
  • Warwickshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262486272.52170.88
Sep 20252255752.61770.79
Sep 20242426682.82981.23
Sep 20232386822.93161.33
Sep 20222415392.22921.21
Sep 20212435342.22851.17
Sep 20202434611.92621.08
Sep 20192444912.02731.12
Sep 20182465312.23071.25
Sep 20172435132.13341.37
Sep 20162424631.92861.18
Sep 20152414451.92831.17
Sep 20142334562.02871.23

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

244 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)51.09th of 37 in Warwickshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths54%12th of 37 in Warwickshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths75%
  • This school
  • Warwickshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.59
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)24451.054%75%–
2024/2524252.362%78%–
2023/2424554.065%83%+0.59
2022/2324453.867%83%+0.56

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137767 · 937/4153
Trust
Central England Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,530 pupils · 1,516 on roll
Free school meals
16.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2012
Replaced
Higham Lane School, A Business & Enterprise College (URN 125741)
Address
Shanklin Drive, Nuneaton, CV10 0BJ
Local authority
Warwickshire · Nuneaton and Bedworth

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources