Kineton High School


Kineton High School is a mixed secondary school located in South Warwickshire, England within the village of Kineton. It is a non-selective academy school with a sixth form. Pupils are aged between eleven and nineteen.

History

The school opened in 1958. In October 1998, a cobweb was found to be covering the 4.54 hectare playing field, giving it the world record for the largest spider web outdoors. The school gained specialist Sports College status in 2003. The school celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2008. There was a fire in the sports centre in 2009. The school became an academy in September 2019, having been a community school previously.

Headteachers

There have been several headteachers since the school opened.
These include:
In 2013 the school was in the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust list of top 20 per cent of schools for high attainment in end of Key Stage 4 and the Financial Times’ top 1,000 schools list for post 16 performance.

International links

The school is partnered with Sanghamitta Balika Vidyalaya, a girls' school in Sri Lanka.

Notable former pupils