Highlands School, Grange Park

Highlands School
Established 2000
Type Community school
Headteacher Vincent McInerney
Location 148 Worlds End Lane
Winchmore Hill
London
N21 1QQ
England
51°38′56″N 0°06′28″W / 51.6489°N 0.1078°W / 51.6489; -0.1078Coordinates: 51°38′56″N 0°06′28″W / 51.6489°N 0.1078°W / 51.6489; -0.1078
Local authority Enfield
DfE URN 132256 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 1504
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18
Houses Beech
Oak
Rowan
Willow
Colours Green
Website www.highlands.enfield.sch.uk

Highlands School is a comprehensive school in Grange Park in the London Borough of Enfield in 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]

Houses

Highlands School has four houses, Willow, Beech, Oak and Rowan. The students wear a green uniform with a green tie with a stripe of the colour of their house on it. Beech is blue, Willow is green, Rowan is red and Oak is purple but used to be silver (grey).

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]

References

  1. ↑ Administrator. "Highlands is a mixed, community comprehensive school". www.highlands.enfield.sch.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  2. ↑ Enfield Advertiser, Exam cheats exposed at flagship school, article from July 13th 2007 accessed July 29th 2007
  3. ↑ OFSTED Reports, accessible from Highlands website
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