Holmer Green Senior School
Holmer Green Senior School (HGSS) | |
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Address | |
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Parish Piece , , HP15 6SP England | |
Coordinates | 51°39′56″N 0°41′53″W / 51.66563°N 0.69799°WCoordinates: 51°39′56″N 0°41′53″W / 51.66563°N 0.69799°W |
Information | |
Type | Academy |
Motto | ‘Achievement and opportunity for all’ |
Specialist | Business and Enterprise school |
Department for Education URN | 138058 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headmaster | Ed Hilyard |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrolment | 849 |
Houses | 4 |
Colour(s) | Blue, green, yellow and red |
Website | www |
Holmer Green Senior School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Holmer Green, Buckinghamshire, England. The school has approximately 860 pupils.[1] The school shares a common catchment area with the nearby Sir William Ramsay School.
In September 2006 the school was designated by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) as a specialist school in Business & Enterprise.[2]
In 2008, the school was one of 34 UK secondary schools to win the NACE challenge award for its approach to able, gifted and talented children.[3] In the same year, it also received an excellent Ofsted report which compared favourably to other secondary schools nearby.[4]
In 2016 the school was inspected by Ofsted and awarded a 'good' rating with inspectors saying pupils were 'exceptionally well prepared for life in modern Britain'.
Notable former pupils[]
- James Corden, actor[5]
- Aaron Johnson, actor[6]
Phone masts[]
Holmer Green Senior School is one of several Buckinghamshire schools which host mobile phone masts. Contracts between Buckinghamshire County Council and various mobile phone operators generate an income of £145,000 per annum, of which about £59,000 comes from contracts for masts that are installed in schools. [7]
References[]
- ^ "Schools Directory". Buckinghamshire County Council. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-09-21.
- ^ "Specialist Schools Home". DfES. July 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-08-03. Retrieved 2006-07-28.
- ^ "NACE challenge award". NACE. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
- ^ "Ofsted report" (PDF). Ofsted. June 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-28.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "It's all down to confidence". Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2015-04-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Questions and Answers for County Council Meeting" (PDF). Buckinghamshire County Council. 22 January 2004. Retrieved 2007-04-16.[dead link]
External links[]
- Secondary schools in Buckinghamshire
- Academies in Buckinghamshire
- Buckinghamshire school stubs