Highfields Science Specialist School
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Highfields Science Specialist School is a secondary school in Wolverhampton
, England
. It was formed in 1957 and accommodates nearly 1,500 pupils. The school has five years (years seven to eleven), then an additional two years for sixth form which is optional. There is an environmental centre at the back of the school, which as well as lessons, holds many meetings and gatherings for astronomy or the council.
The school recently celebrated its 50th birthday.
The school is to be re-built as part of a BSF project. Building will commence in 2010 and the build is hopefully to be completed in 2012.
(As of July 2010 Highfields has remained unaffected by the government revamp of schools and building work has begun in the early stages)
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It was formed in 1957 and accommodates nearly 1,500 pupils. The school has five years (years seven to eleven), then an additional two years for sixth form which is optional. There is an environmental centre at the back of the school, which as well as lessons, holds many meetings and gatherings for astronomy or the council.
The school recently celebrated its 50th birthday.
The school is to be re-built as part of a BSF project. Building will commence in 2010 and the build is hopefully to be completed in 2012.
(As of July 2010 Highfields has remained unaffected by the government revamp of schools and building work has begun in the early stages)
Notable alumni
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- Dave HillDave HillDave Hill is an English musician, who is the lead guitarist and backing vocalist in the English glam rock group, Slade. The music journalist, Stuart Maconie, commented "he usually wore a jumpsuit made of the foil that you baste your turkeys in and platforms of oil-rig-derrick height...