Higham Lane North Academy, Nuneaton
Higham Lane North Academy is a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16 in Nuneaton, part of Central England Academy Trust.
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close in 5 days
Deadline Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply to Warwickshire (the council where you live). Offers on 1 March.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Higham Lane North Academy in detail
Higham Lane North Academy in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "We are fully committed to ensuring that everyone will excel because we have high expectations for all pupils and we provide high levels of care and support to ensure that they are the happy and successful people that we all want them to be."
Headteacher's welcome (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting a place at Higham Lane North Academy
For September 2026 entry, 158 families put Higham Lane North Academy as their first choice and 436 named it as one of their preferences, for 142 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 20 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Higham Lane North Academy
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Higham Lane North Academy are Higham Lane School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 51); Etone College (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.2); St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.9); and George Eliot Academy (2.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.9).
Higham Lane SchoolEtone CollegeSt Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form CollegeGeorge Eliot Academy
The trust
Higham Lane North Academy is one of 7 schools run by Central England Academy Trust, an academy trust.
Who goes there
3.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are White British (79%) and Asian (10%).
In 2026, 36 pupils (23.4%) received SEN support and 11 (7.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.
Higham Lane North Academy has a resourced provision for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, physical disability and moderate learning difficulties: 8 places, 8 pupils on roll.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Nuneaton Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Milby Drive (opposite), 370 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Higham Lane North Academy are Milby Primary School (0.3 miles), Lower Farm Academy (0.5 miles), Weddington Primary School (0.5 miles) and St Nicolas CofE Academy (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.
Milby Primary SchoolLower Farm AcademyWeddington Primary SchoolSt Nicolas CofE Academy
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
No inspection data available
At a Glance
18.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
Resourced provision: SpLD, Vision, Other +5
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
22.0
Avg class size
7
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby secondary schools
Keep up with Higham Lane North Academy
Term dates
Higham Lane North Academy is a free school, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Warwickshire's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Higham Lane North Academy from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Higham Lane North Academy is in Warwickshire; for families living there:
- Warwickshire's school travel policy: Free school transport for students under the age of 16
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Warwickshire is 7 (the median across 286 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at Higham Lane North Academy
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- Applications, first choices and offers at Higham Lane North Academy for 2026 entry.
- How many families in Warwickshire got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
- The nearest state schools to your home, with Ofsted rating, demand and last distance offered where published.
- Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
17%
Available places
154 pupils
920 places
766 spare places
as recorded on GIAS
Area Demand Pressure - Nuneaton
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Nuneaton
Across Warwickshire council
Places available
7,662
Applications
6,716
Got 1st preference
82.3%
Got preferred school
97.2%
All secondary applications across Warwickshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
36
SEN Support
11
EHC Plans
30.5%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Higham Lane North Academy has a resourced provision for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, physical disability and moderate learning difficulties: 8 places, 8 pupils on roll.
Source: GIAS, Department for Education.
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
154
Total Pupils
71
Boys
83
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
10
Teachers
15.4:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£51,082
Mean salary
2026 data
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Higham Lane North Academy
Questions parents ask about Higham Lane North Academy
What is the catchment area for Higham Lane North Academy?
No fixed boundary. When Higham Lane North Academy is oversubscribed, Warwickshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How big are the classes at Higham Lane North Academy?
Classes at Higham Lane North Academy average 22 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Higham Lane North Academy?
Higham Lane North Academy has around 154 pupils on roll. 19% are eligible for free school meals.
Does Higham Lane North Academy have specialist SEN provision?
Higham Lane North Academy has a resourced provision for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, physical disability and moderate learning difficulties: 8 places, 8 pupils on roll.
How do I apply to Higham Lane North Academy?
Apply through Warwickshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Higham Lane North Academy on your application. Applications for Year 7 places starting in September 2027 close on Saturday 31 October 2026, and offers are made on Monday 1 March 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Higham Lane North Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Warwickshire is 7 (the median across 286 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Higham Lane North Academy?
Higham Lane North Academy is at Upper Farm Drive, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 6YN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)