Haven High Technology College
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Haven High Technology College is a comprehensive school located on Marian Road in the north of Boston
, Lincolnshire
, England
. HHTC offers a broad and flexible curriculum to students of most abilities. The college combines its distinctive approach to the education of young people with the added value of working in partnership with parents and the local community. The college's GCSE results have shown a consistent improvement over the past years. Haven High School came into being in September 1992 as the result of a merger of the then Kitwood Girls School and Kitwood Boys School
. But now it is set across two sited the tolfield campus and the marian campus
Haven High Technology College initially catered 11-16 year olds but became a federation in partnership with Carlton Road Primary School in May 2006 and also in later years merging with Staniland primary school and St.Bedes Catholic science college.
The college does not provide a sixth form facilities at this point in time but with the recent changes in the 14-19 curriculum, post-16 provision is now a distinct possibility. Over the past three years, the college has added excellent facilities for motor vehicles (recently greatly expanded), construction and salon services. If post-16 provision was possible, some students would undoubtedly choose to remain with the college environment rather than join other post-16 providers within the local area.
in October 2006 as No Place at School If You're British. It was thought local parents had been surprised that the children from immigrant families had been given obvious precedence.
As of March 2009, approximately 17% of the college roll are foreign nationals with the trend now being that new arrivals tend to be from Eastern Europe, primarily Poland and Lithuania as opposed to Portugal, where the many of the initial arrivals came from.
Boston, Lincolnshire
Boston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. It is the largest town of the wider Borough of Boston local government district and had a total population of 55,750 at the 2001 census...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
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, England
England
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. HHTC offers a broad and flexible curriculum to students of most abilities. The college combines its distinctive approach to the education of young people with the added value of working in partnership with parents and the local community. The college's GCSE results have shown a consistent improvement over the past years. Haven High School came into being in September 1992 as the result of a merger of the then Kitwood Girls School and Kitwood Boys School
Kitwood Boys School
Kitwood Boys School was a Secondary modern school for boys which began life in the early 1950s as part of the new Attlee Labour government's education programme . Initially the school provided an education to those not attaining higher Grammar School standards...
. But now it is set across two sited the tolfield campus and the marian campus
Haven High Technology College initially catered 11-16 year olds but became a federation in partnership with Carlton Road Primary School in May 2006 and also in later years merging with Staniland primary school and St.Bedes Catholic science college.
The college does not provide a sixth form facilities at this point in time but with the recent changes in the 14-19 curriculum, post-16 provision is now a distinct possibility. Over the past three years, the college has added excellent facilities for motor vehicles (recently greatly expanded), construction and salon services. If post-16 provision was possible, some students would undoubtedly choose to remain with the college environment rather than join other post-16 providers within the local area.
Prefects
In year 11 students may wish to put their names down to become prefects. These people are assistants to staff and help out when the school is open to the public e.g. Open evenings. These students wear grey coloured jumpers, rather than the usual black. Amongst these prefects there are four senior prefects: Head Boy, Head Girl and two deputies. Their jumpers change annually. In 2005 they were red, in 2006 they were dark blue, in 2007 they were royal blue and now in 2009-2011 they a naval green. These students may choose the colour of the jumper.The NT Club/The Loft
The school has recently had a new facility installed: The NT club, the only school in the county that offers this facility. Students in KS4 can go up freely at break and lunch times during the week and play pool, play on the X Box/Nintendo Wii, listen to music and make food and drink. The club is in a room on a second floor which can be accessed by either the stairs or the lift for the disabled. Out of school hours, the room is a youth club run by local youth workers. This session costs £2.00 a turn and is available Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 3:30pm to 6:00pm, which is most convenient if parents do not finish work until late. This after-school facility is available to anyone who attends a secondary school in the area. This club was officially opened on Friday 2 November by Mark Simmons, the local MP, of which there was a small party during the day in the club.Immigrant education
Under normal circumstances, the school would take 135 new pupils each year as its Pupil Admission Number. However, the rules were anomalously adjusted to allow 20 more pupils in as they were from immigrant families, most of whom had little English language knowledge. Some lessons in the school, to allow for immigrant families, have translators for Portuguese speakers. This rudimentary policy was featured on the front page of the Daily ExpressDaily Express
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in October 2006 as No Place at School If You're British. It was thought local parents had been surprised that the children from immigrant families had been given obvious precedence.
As of March 2009, approximately 17% of the college roll are foreign nationals with the trend now being that new arrivals tend to be from Eastern Europe, primarily Poland and Lithuania as opposed to Portugal, where the many of the initial arrivals came from.
See also
- St Bede's Catholic Science College on Tollfield Road - Boston's other secondary modern.