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HIGHAM LANE SCHOOL Issue 45 July 2019 Welcome To Our Outstanding Summer Edition! DEAR Parents/Carers/Students, photographs from the Year 11 Prom, Welcome to our bumper July 2019 edition Summer Music Concert, the School of HLS Express! production of The Witches, Sponsored I’m sure you will all enjoy reading about Walk, plus a string of achievements by the School’s outstanding Ofsted our sporting students! inspection, 80th birthday celebrations, We wish you a wonderful summer! our new Junior Leadership Team, PHIL KELLY, Headteacher OUTSTANDING! FOLLOWING a rigorous two-day Ofsted by the Headteacher, share a powerful inspection, Higham Lane School was delighted commitment to an ambitious vision for all to hear it had been judged as `Outstanding’ — aspects of the School’s work. As a result, they the highest rating possible. have created a culture that enables pupils and Overall, the inspection team judged that the staff to excel. Teachers are determined that effectiveness of leadership and management; pupils do well and they have high expectations the quality of teaching, learning and for pupils’ outcomes. Pupils love learning, are assessment; the personal development, resilient to failure and thrive in lessons. They behaviour and welfare of pupils and outcomes are confident, articulate learners’. for pupils were all outstanding. The Ofsted inspectors also identified that: During the inspection, on May 1-2, inspectors ● Leaders and governors provide inspirational noted that: `Leaders and governors, inspired Please turn to P2 Higham Lane School celebrates its 80th birthday on September 20 this year. Please turn inside to pages 8/9/10/11 for a special four-page trip down memory lane! ● TOP REPORT! Proud Headteacher, Phil Kelly, and members of the new Junior Leadership Team, celebrate the official news that Higham Lane School is outstanding! Higham Lane School, Shanklin Drive, Nuneaton, CV10 0BJ Tel: 024 7638 8123 Email: [email protected] Fax: 024 7637 0550 www.highamlaneschool.co.uk 2 HLS EXPRESS July 2019 Councillor offers his congratulations! HIGHAM Lane School was delighted to receive a visit on July 8 from Councillor Colin Hayfield, who is the Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Education and Learning for Warwickshire County Council. Councillor Hayfield met Phil Kelly (Headteacher) and Ben Elliott (Director of Corporate Services) to discuss the School's performance and future development plans and took part in a tour of the School. Councillor Hayfield commented: "I'd like to congratulate the School on its outstanding Ofsted inspection judgement. It is wonderful to see that the School is doing so ● FIRM HANDSHAKE! Councillor Hayfield is welcomed to Higham Lane School well". by Headteacher, Phil Kelly. Outstanding Ofsted inspection! From P1 pupils. Consequently, pupils make ● There is a strong culture of leadership which is valued by staff, substantial progress in their learning safeguarding. Parents, staff and pupils pupils and parents. They are across subjects and in their personal agree that pupils are kept safe in school. uncompromising in their ambition for the development. Pupils are taught how to manage risks School and pupils’ outcomes. They have and keep themselves safe. a deep and accurate understanding of ● Behaviour in lessons and around the the School’s effectiveness and act School is exemplary. Pupils have a Inspectors judged Higham Lane’s new quickly to address any mature attitude to each other and to the Sixth Form as solidly good. `Sixth Form underperformance they identify. staff. The School has a strong family students are highly motivated to achieve. atmosphere. The School is a calm, As a result, students make good ● The School has a broad and balanced orderly environment. Pupils’ impeccable progress from their starting points in the curriculum that supports pupils’ conduct reflects the School’s effective Sixth Form. The Head of Sixth Form has academic and social development strategies to promote high standards of high expectations for students’ extremely well. Leaders’ focus on behaviour. outcomes. Teaching, learning and developing the curriculum is strongly assessment in the post-16 provision are rooted in meeting the needs of all pupils. of a high quality’. As a result, pupils are very well prepared `Where every for the next stage of their education. The Delighted Headteacher Phil Kelly and very rich range of additional opportunities pupil is valued Chair of Governors, David Buckle, promotes strong spiritual, moral, social, commented: ``Everyone connected with cultural and emotional development. This and cared for in Higham Lane School is so proud that is a real strength of the school. Ofsted has recognised the outstanding a strong family quality of our School and its wonderful ● Pupils in Key Stages 3 and 4 are pupils, staff and governors. making sustained and substantial ``Our success is based on excellent progress in all subjects. The progress atmosphere’ relationships between pupils, staff and made by disadvantaged pupils and those parents/carers, fantastic team work by with SEND at least matches, or exceeds, ● Pupils’ excellent attitudes to learning staff at all levels and governors and a the progress made by other pupils with have a positive impact on their progress. determination to do our best, celebrate the same starting points. The provision Pupils are confident, articulate learners. our successes and address any areas for pupils with special educational needs They are friendly, courteous and that need improving. and/or disabilities (SEND) is exceptional. respectful of each other and adults. ``We always say to our students and As a result, SEND pupils are making Pupils are proud of their School, value staff: `Be the best you can be!’ It is sustained progress across all year their education and rarely miss a day at wonderful that the pupils can see that the groups and subjects. School. School is living up to its own high expectations. ● Teachers have a deep knowledge and ● Pupils, parents and staff ``We would also like to thank our understanding of the subjects they teach. overwhelmingly praise the help, support parents/carers for their fantastic support They have high expectations and make and guidance pupils receive when they and commitment. They are an integral academic demands that challenge need it. part of the School’s success.’’ HLS EXPRESS July 2019 3 ``Massive congratulations to HLS gaining ``I simply wanted to offer my congratulations on an outstanding Ofsted inspection! Thoroughly your Ofsted rating of `Outstanding’. What a deserved! It’s what we have all known for a fantastic achievement for the School and long time, but has now been officially students . and a real lift to the local confirmed. Working somewhere else has made community. It is wonderful to see your hard work me appreciate Higham Lane even more; the rewarded and I know that this will give a real hard working staff, the excellent policies and boost to everyone locally. On behalf of the procedures and outstanding teaching and County Council — well done and please do pass learning. I still feel proud that I have worked at on my congratulations to the whole team.’’ Higham and was part of that in some way!’’ MONICA FOGARTY LAURA BLUNT (Chief Executive, (Former Assistant Subject Leader for PE) Warwickshire County Council) ``We would like to congratulate ``Dear Mr Kelly. I would like to congratulate you on your you and the staff on the recent most recent Ofsted report. You have demonstrated your Outstanding inspection report. It is ability to create and maintain educational excellence and fantastic to see the hard work and shown your commitment towards delivering the best for the dedication of everyone being fully young people who attend your school.’’ acknowledged.’’ ANDREW WARREN MR & MRS THURMAN (Parents) (West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner) ``Dear Mr Kelly. May I take this opportunity to congratulate you and ``Just wanted to say well done, you did it! Outstanding at last. your staff with regards to the outcome Congratulations — you must all be so happy. Best wishes. I’m of your recent Ofsted inspection. I am also very happy!’’ delighted that your school is now JAYNE HALES (Former Subject Leader for Mathematics) classed as an outstanding school. This is a major recognition of the school’s ethos and approach to teaching, learning and wellbeing. Thank you to you and your colleagues ``Congratulations. That is ``Absolutely fab! Well done! for the commitment, endeavour and great news. The leadership You deserve that outcome!’’ professionalism that has brought the team, teachers and pupils NATHAN MORLAND school to its current position.’’ deserve the recognition.’’ (Former HLS Assistant IAN BUDD MRS NELSON (Parent) Headteacher) (Assistant Director of Education Services, Warwickshire County Council) ``To all staff at Higham Lane School. We are all so pleased for you, what an achievement! Your hard work has paid off ``My name is James and I’m and you have made such a difference to so many lives. writing to you today from Renaissance Well done to you all.’’ Learning, we provide Higham Lane THE GEORGE ELIOT SCHOOL School’s Accelerated Reader and Star Reading programmes. I speak on behalf of all of my colleagues when I ``I would like to send you and your staff and students say that it is so reassuring and many congratulations on your superb Ofsted outcome. You gratifying knowing that we are working must be extremely proud! Thank you for your in partnership with schools who are providing such with CTE, University of Warwick, in the training and an incredibly effective education and education of our future teachers.’’ amazing opportunities to their pupils.’’ KATE IRELAND JAMES WILLATS (Director, Centre for Teacher Education, (Market Executive, University of Warwick) Renaissance Learning) ``Hello. Please pass on my ``Dear Mr Kelly. I just want to congratulate you on the outcome of the congratulations to Phil Kelly Ofsted inspection. It’s a great achievement, so well done to all and all the staff.’’ involved.
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