Highlands School, Grange Park
| Established | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Type | Community school |
| Headteacher | Bruce Goddard |
| Location |
148 Worlds End Lane Winchmore Hill London N21 1QQ England Coordinates: 51°38′56″N 0°06′28″W / 51.6489°N 0.1078°W |
| Local authority | Enfield |
| DfE URN | 132256 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1307 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses |
Beech Oak Rowan Willow |
| Colours | green |
| Website |
www |
Highlands School is a comprehensive school in Grange Park in the London Borough of Enfield in England.
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). In July 2009, at the regular sports day event, Willow house took first place followed by Rowan house in second and beech house took third spot whilst Oak house came last. A lot of rowan's success was somewhat down to Year 7's winning Team A football and 2nd place in football b team; they also won Basketball A and B, Tennis, Rounders and got 3rd in netball and table tennis. This is somewhat not true as they scored over 6000 point,200 behind willow. Also in July 2009 The house cup scores came in. Now in order to get house points you have to behave, work well and receive awards from teachers. Rowan House had come 4th, Oak house 3rd, Beech house 2nd and willow house 1st. Willow won both cups that year.
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.[1] Bruce Goddard, the headteacher, 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 range from BTEC Media to Child Care. Unlike the IB, Highlands has decided to continue this course.
References
- ↑ Enfield Advertiser, Exam cheats exposed at flagship school, article from July 13th 2007 accessed July 29th 2007