Higham Lane School

State-Funded School

higham-lane-school-warwickshire-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

WarwickshireLocal Authority

NuneatonConstituency

CV10 0BJPostcode

9.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Higham Lane School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Warwickshire, West Midlands.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 1,516 pupils. Higham Lane School is part of CENTRAL ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 52.3
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 61.6%
EBacc average point score: 4.82

Ethnicity

White

71%

Asian

17%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,516

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

15%

England average

27%

First language not English

18%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 1,516
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: CENTRAL ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 14 May 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
13 Jun 2019	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.