Kineton High School

Academy in Kineton, Warwickshire, England

Black, Red and White.Websitehttp://www.kinetonhighschool.org.uk/

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.

History

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]

Headteachers

There have been six headteachers since the school opened:^[2]

Headteacher	Duration
Mr M H Turner	1958–1978
John M Baker	1978–1990?
Paul Logan	1990?–2002^[10]
Julia Morris	2002–2014^[4]
Siona Robson	2014–2018
Helen Bridge	2018–present^[11]

Rebuild

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]

Academic performance

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]

International links

The school is partnered with Sanghamitta Balika Vidyalaya, a girls' school in Sri Lanka.^[14]

Notable former pupils

William Beck (actor)^[15]
Andy Palmer (former CEO of Aston Martin)
Sarah Ann Kennedy (actor, animation director, & educator)

References

^ ^a ^b "Kineton Village Appraisal & Plan Report 2003" (PDF). Stratford-on-Avon District Council. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Kineton High School Turns 50". Warwick Courier. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
^ "Largest spider web outdoors". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kineton's Headteacher is Sad to Leave". Kenilworth Weekly News. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
^ "823765". Ofsted. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ "Fire at Kineton School". Leamington Courier. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
^ "Kineton High School Science Block". lungfish-architects.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
^ "Kineton High School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ "BBC Midlands Today". Twitter. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
^ "New head for school - at last. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
^ "Kineton High School". Kineton High School website. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
^ "School Rebuilding Programme: first 50 schools". Retrieved 19 May 2021.
^ "Redevelopment Factsheet" (PDF). Retrieved 19 May 2021.
^ "Jet-setting Kineton Pupils Go On Two Contrasting Trips Abroad". Leamington Courier. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
^ "Notable Facts". The William Beck Website. Retrieved 4 January 2015.