Holmer Green Senior School

Holmer Green Senior School (HGSS)

Motto	"Achievement and opportunity for all"
Type	Academy
Headmaster	Mr Michael Jones
Deputy Head	Mr Peter Tang
Location	Parish Piece Holmer Green, High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP15 6SP  United Kingdom  England Coordinates: 51°39′56″N 0°41′53″W / 51.66563°N 0.69799°W
DfE number	825/4070
DfE URN	138058 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	849
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–18
Houses	4
Colours	Blue, Green, Yellow and Red
Website	www.holmer.bucks.sch.uk

Holmer Green Senior School is an coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Holmer Green, Buckinghamshire, England. The school has approximately 860 pupils. ^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3] In the same year, it also received an excellent Ofsted report which compared favourably to other secondary schools nearby.^[4]

Notable former pupils

• James Corden, actor^[5]
• Aaron Johnson, actor^[6]
• Robert Barnes

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. ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. "Schools Directory". Buckinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 2006-09-21.
2. "Specialist Schools Home". DfES. July 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-28.
3. "NACE challenge award". NACE. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
4. "Ofsted report" (PDF). Ofsted. June 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
5. "It's all down to confidence". Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
6. http://www.hgss.co.uk/default.aspx?id=373
7. "Questions and Answers for County Council Meeting" (PDF). Buckinghamshire County Council. 22 January 2004. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
8. "Is there a mast near you?". News of the World. Archived from the original on 2006-12-05. Retrieved 2007-04-16.

External links

• Department for Education Performance Tables 2011