| Official name | Haven High Technology College |
| Established | September 1992 |
| Headmaster | Adrian Reed |
| Website | www.hhtc.org.uk |
| Badge | 2 H's. A badge is a device, patch or accoutrement which is presented or displayed to indicate some feat of service a special accomplishment a symbol of authority granted by taking One Black and One Red. |
Haven High Technology Collegeis a secondary modern school located on Marian Road in the north of Boston, Lincolnshire. A Secondary Modern School is a type of Secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s under the Tripartite System Boston ( is a town and small Port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. HHTC offers a comprehensive board 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. Although claiming to have comprehensive status (since 1994), the school's GCSE results are more in keeping with a secondary modern. The site of the school used be called Kitwood Girls' School, although this former school was also merged with 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 Atlee Labour government's education programme (as
HHTC was an 11-16 school but had recently joined in partnership with Carlton Road Primary School and is now an 4-16 school.
The school is one of the few schools in the Boston area that doesn't provide a sixth form education, and thus the pupil may have to go to college, Boston Grammar School or Boston High School if they wish to attend university. Boston Grammar School is a selective school for boys aged 11 to 18 recently admitting girls aged 16 to 18 in Boston Lincolnshire. Boston High School, also known as Boston High School for Girls, is an all-female selective state secondary school for ages 11-18 in the north of Boston in
It is known that Adrian Reed has possible plans for the school to implement sixth form education in the future, to further the already large amount of work that has so far been done by the school.
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Prefects
In year 11 students may wish to put there 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 and this year from 2007-08 they are royal blue. 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 2nd 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 Express in October 2006 as No Place at School If You're British. The Daily Express is a conservative Middle-market British Tabloid Newspaper. It was thought local parents had been surprised that the children from immigrant families had been given obvious precedence.
See also
- St Bede's Catholic Science College on Tollfield Road - Boston's other secondary modern.
External links
- Haven High Technology College official website
- Introduction to the school
- Rate My Teachers
- Daily Express October 9th 2006 article
- October 2006 Telegraph article