Highfield Humanities College
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Highfield Humanities College is a secondary school
for 11-16 year olds in Marton
, Blackpool
, Lancashire
, England
.
Highfield Humanities College, previously known as Highfield High School, is located on Highfield Road, Blackpool. In 2004 the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)
awarded the school specialist school
status as a Humanities College
, focusing on the teaching and study of History
, Geography
and Religious Education
.
The school had a new building in 2001 which is used as the English, History and Art Department. A complete rebuild of the school is planned under the Government's Building Schools for the Future
scheme.
In 2007 the school featured in the DCSF list of schools that had made the best sustained improvements in their GCSE results over the last four years.
Building work has now began on the school and is scheduled to finish 2013.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
for 11-16 year olds in Marton
Marton, Blackpool
Marton is a settlement on the coastal plain of the Fylde in Lancashire, England, most of which is now part of the seaside town of Blackpool. Marton, which consisted of Great Marton, Little Marton, Marton Fold and The Peel, was originally part of the parish of Poulton-le-Fylde, before the...
, Blackpool
Blackpool
Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester...
, Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Highfield Humanities College, previously known as Highfield High School, is located on Highfield Road, Blackpool. In 2004 the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)
Department for Children, Schools and Families
The Department for Children, Schools and Families was a department of the UK government, between 2007 and 2010, responsible for issues affecting people in England up to the age of 19, including child protection and education...
awarded the school specialist school
Specialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...
status as a Humanities College
Humanities College
Humanities Colleges were introduced in 2004 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, humanities. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Humanities...
, focusing on the teaching and study of History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
, Geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
and Religious Education
Religious Education
Religious Education is the term given to education concerned with religion. It may refer to education provided by a church or religious organization, for instruction in doctrine and faith, or for education in various aspects of religion, but without explicitly religious or moral aims, e.g. in a...
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The school had a new building in 2001 which is used as the English, History and Art Department. A complete rebuild of the school is planned under the Government's Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future is the name of the previous UK Government's investment programme in secondary school buildings in England. The program is very ambitious in its costs, timescales and objectives, with politicians from all English political parties supportive of the principle but...
scheme.
In 2007 the school featured in the DCSF list of schools that had made the best sustained improvements in their GCSE results over the last four years.
Building work has now began on the school and is scheduled to finish 2013.
Notable alumni
- Steven Croft - cricketer
- David ThewlisDavid ThewlisDavid Thewlis is an English actor of stage and screen. His most commercially successful role to date has been that of Remus Lupin, in the Harry Potter film series...
- actor - Shelly WoodsShelly WoodsShelly Woods is an elite British Paralympic athlete from the suburb of Layton in Blackpool, Lancashire.Shelly started using a wheelchair at the age of 11 after a heavy fall which injured her spinal cord...
- paralympian - Anna JobartehAnna JobartehAnna Sophie Jobarteh is an English actress, best known for playing the role of Ruth Kirby on the British television series Waterloo Road. She also played a role in thriller series Paradox in 2009, when she played the role of Dionne Hudson...
- actress