Holmer Green Senior School

Infobox UK school
name = Holmer Green Senior School


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specialist = Business and Enterprise College
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street = Parish Piece
city = Holmer Green, High Wycombe
county = Buckinghamshire
country = England
postcode = HP15 6SP
LEA = Buckinghamshire
ofsted = 110499
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enrollment = 849
gender = Coeducational
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upper_age = 18
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Holmer Green Senior School is a mixed secondary modern or 'upper school' in Holmer Green, Buckinghamshire. It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 860 pupils. [cite web
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publisher=Buckinghamshire County Council
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url=http://apps.buckscc.gov.uk/eforms/schools/schoolDetails.aspx?DFEE=4070
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accessdate=2006-09-21] 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. [cite web
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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. [cite web
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date=2008
url=http://www.nace.co.uk/nace/challenge_award/nace_challenge_award_achieving_schools.htm
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accessdate=2008-07-28] In the same year, it also received an excellent Ofsted report which compared favourably to other secondary schools nearby. [cite web
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Notable alumni

*James Corden, actor holmer green is cool

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. [cite web
title=Questions and Answers for County Council Meeting
publisher=Buckinghamshire County Council
date=22 January 2004
url=http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/cabinet_papers/council/bcc_20040122_questions.pdf
accessdate=2007-04-16] [cite web
title=Is there a mast near you?
publisher=News of the World
url=http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/masts.shtml
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References

External links

* [http://www.holmer.bucks.sch.uk/ School website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/110/110499.pdf Ofsted Report]
* [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x1_05.pl?School=8254070&Mode=Z DfES Performance Tables]