Finham Park School
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| Established | 1970-71 |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy |
| Headteacher | Mr Chris Bishop |
| Location |
Green Lane Coventry West Midlands CV3 6EA England |
| Local authority | Coventry City Council |
| DfE URN | 136963 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1,500 (approx.) |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses |
Northgate Eastgate Southgate Westgate |
| Website | www.finhampark.co.uk |
Finham Park School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status. It is situated on Green Lane in Finham, Coventry, England.
In September 2003, it became the first Mathematics and Computing College in Coventry. The head teacher is Mr Chris Bishop, with Deputy Head teacher Ms S Megeney. The previous headteacher had been Mr Mark Bailie who was head between 2009 and 2017 and is now Executive Headteacher for the Finham Park Multi Academy Trust set up in 2015.
The school has 1,500 students across the five mandatory years and the two optional years of the sixth form. The student intake is from the Finham, Styvechale, Cheylesmore, Green Lane, Gibbett Hill and Fenside districts of the city, plus parts of Earlsdon.
History
Finham Park School opened in 1970, but construction of the final school buildings was not completed until late 1971. Before Finham Park School opened, pupils in the area went to a variety of Coventry schools.
A sixth-form block was opened in 2006 and the old sixth-form block became the Personalised Learning Center (PLC), used for Supportive Studies for the main school.
In 2005, Finham Park School became the first school in Coventry to offer the IB Diploma Programme, as an alternative to A Levels. Upper sixth form students, the first to take the IB diploma from the school, sat their IB examinations in May 2007; though the IB Diploma is no longer offered.
In 2007, Finham Park was one of the first schools in England to test out the 'Biometric Cashless system' when buying food and drink items from school. Students have their thumbprint scan converted into an 11 digit number, and can then pay by having their thumbprint scanned into a system. Students' parents can top-up their child's account by using ParentPay - an on-line payment system allowing payments for lunches, trips, book etc.
In 2012 the main school buildings were all painted blue.
In January 2014, the school opened a fitness suite for use by students during and after the school day as well as by staff before and after school. The suite was officially opened by Coventry born athlete, David Moorcroft OBE on Friday 17 January 2014.
Bishop Ullathorne RC School is close by, towards the A45. The school gates of the two schools are between 5 and 10 munites walking distance.
Colleges
The school now has four colleges:
| College | Colour | |
|---|---|---|
| Northgate | Blue | |
| Eastgate | Red | |
| Southgate | Yellow | |
| Westgate | Green | |
Each pupil belongs to one of the colleges and participates in intercollegiate events to earn points for their house.
These school houses were previously split into Newton, Ada, Whittle, and Galileo; but in 2008 the houses were changed as above along with a new vertical tutoring system. Originally the school was divided into eight Houses: Stretton, Leasowes, Manor, Ryton, Styvechale, Waverley, Kingswood, and Cryfield.
School buildings
- A Block - Reception, Psychology, Media, Drama, Gym and Sports Hall
- B Block - Modern Foreign Languages
- C Block - History and Religious Education
- D Block - Geography, Adult Education and the School Library
- E Block - Sixth Form Centre, Canteen, and Music
- H Block - Information Technology, Business Studies, Textiles, Art and Food Technology
- J Block - Maths and Science
- K Block - Art and Design Technology
- L Block - Science
- M Block - English, Fitness Suite and Canteen
- N Block - First Aid, Reprographics, Finance Offices and Student Lockers
- P Block - WRL, Conextions, and Careers
- R Block - Site Service Offices
- S Block - Personalised Learning Centre (PLC)
- T Block - Sixth Form Education Site
Most school buildings have two levels but D & E have 1 and A has 3.
Behaviour for learning system (BFL)
Finham Park School has a consequence system for bad behaviour and a reward system for good progress and work in class. The "consequence" system gets worse punishments as the student misbehaves C1 and C2 are both warnings, a C3 is a detention, C4 is moved to another classroom, C5 is isolation and a C6 is suspension/expulsion.