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Academy in Kineton, Warwickshire, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kineton High School is a mixed secondary school located in South Warwickshire, England within the village of Kineton. It is a non-selective academy school with a sixth form.
Kineton High School | |
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Address | |
Banbury Road , , CV35 0JX | |
Coordinates | 52°09′24″N 1°30′08″W |
Information | |
Type | Academy |
Motto | Achieving personal best |
Established | 1957 |
Local authority | Warwickshire |
Department for Education URN | 147432 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Helen Bridge |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrolment | 1090 |
Houses | Adlington, Ainslie, Hoy and Redgrave |
Colour(s) | Black, Red and White. |
Website | http://www.kinetonhighschool.org.uk/ |
Prior to the school's construction, the village school had moved from premises to premises to meet the growth in enrolment.[1] Students from Kineton and surrounding villages transferred to the newly built school when it opened.[1] The school building has remained largely the same since then.[2] A swimming pool was built with help from the local community in 1972 with money raised by students doing a sponsored walk.[2] In October 1998, a cobweb was found to be covering the 4.54 hectare playing field, giving it the world record for the largest spider web outdoors.[3] Specialist Sports College status was obtained in 2003.[4][5] The school celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2008.[2] There was a fire in the sports centre in 2009.[6] An artificial turf pitch for use in P.E. was built on the field in the early 2010s. A new science block was completed in 2017, replacing seven dilapidated mobile classrooms, the most significant development at the school in 40 years.[7] The school became an academy in September 2019, joining Stowe Valley Multi Academy Trust, having been a community school run by Warwickshire County Council previously.[8] BBC Midlands Today interviewed students for a report on schools staying open during the COVID-19 pandemic in November 2020.[9]
There have been six headteachers since the school opened:[2]
The school is to be rebuilt after being named one of the first 50 schools chosen as part of the Government's School Rebuilding Programme.[12] All the school buildings are set to be demolished with the exception of the science block, which was completed in 2017, and replaced by a new three-storey teaching block and sports hall.[13]
In 2013 the school was in the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust list of top 20 per cent of schools for high attainment in end of Key Stage 4 and the Financial Times’ top 1,000 schools list for post 16 performance.[4]
The school is partnered with Sanghamitta Balika Vidyalaya, a girls' school in Sri Lanka.[14]
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