Higham Lane North Academy
Higham Lane North Academy is a free school in Nuneaton for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 154 pupils and room for 920. About 19 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.
Upper Farm Drive, Nuneaton, CV11 6YN024 7510 6910hlna.co.ukMrs Kirstie Robinson headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
The last child to get a place lived 4.0 miles away in 2025. Those cut-offs are for children living outside the catchment area; every child inside it got a place. Brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups are placed first. Type in your postcode to see how far away you are.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2025. Every child in the catchment area who applied got a place. Outside the catchment, the last place went to a child living 4.0 miles away.
| Entry | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Secondary | 4.0 miles (distance, outside the catchment area) | LA |
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) with 4 pupils, for autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Warwickshire with autism provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Autistic spectrum disorder (25), Moderate learning difficulty (10), emotional and mental health (6), Specific learning difficulty (3), language and communications needs (3).
Staff
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higham Lane School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 1,516 | Not inspected | 86 | Compare |
| Etone College | Academy | 1.3 miles | 1,164 | Good 2022 | 66 | Compare |
| St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College | Academy | 2.2 miles | 1,067 | Good 2023 | 51 | Compare |
| George Eliot Academy | Academy | 2.5 miles | 815 | Report card 2025 | 44 | Compare |
| Hartshill Academy | Academy | 2.8 miles | 988 | Requires improvement 2023 | 10 | Compare |
| Redmoor Academy | Academy | 2.9 miles | 990 | Report card 2026 | 68 | Compare |
| Nuneaton Academy | Academy | 2.9 miles | 977 | Report card 2026 | 34 | Compare |
| Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy | Academy | 2.9 miles | 731 | Not inspected | 85 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Higham Lane North Academy a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Higham Lane North Academy yet.
How many pupils does Higham Lane North Academy have?
154 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 920 places, so it is 17% full.
Is Higham Lane North Academy oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?
Yes. For September 2025 the last place went to a child living 4.0 miles away. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.
How big are the classes at Higham Lane North Academy?
The average class had 22.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 22.8. 14% of classes had more than 30 pupils.
Does Higham Lane North Academy have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) for autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
Does Higham Lane North Academy have a sixth form?
No. Pupils leave after Year 11 for a sixth form elsewhere, a college or an apprenticeship.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Upper Farm Drive, Nuneaton, CV11 6YN
- Telephone
- 024 7510 6910
- Website
- www.hlna.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kirstie Robinson
- Type of school
- Free school (Free schools, free schools)
- Phase
- Secondary school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- Central England Academy Trust (7 schools)
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Ward
- Milby
- Constituency
- Nuneaton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2025 (academy free school)
- URN
- 151700 · LAESTAB 9374018 · UKPRN 10098677
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Admissions outcomes: Warwickshire council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2025.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.