Highcrest Academy, formerly known as Highcrest Community School and before that as Hatters Lane School, is situated on Hatters Lane Hill in

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. The headteacher is Mr G Burke; the previous headteacher was Sheena Moynihan. In November 2010 it was judged to be an 'outstanding' school by

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. In July 2011 the school became an

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and was renamed to reflect its new status. It is a mixed

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, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. In September 2006 the school was designated by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) as a

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. Highcrest Community School is one of several Buckinghamshire schools which host

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masts. Contracts between

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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. There are 1,090 pupils at Highcrest Community School: 190 in each of years 7, 8, and 10; 160 in year 9; and 100 in each of years 11, 12 and 13. The school has 55 teachers and 35 support staff.

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Department for Education Performance Tables 2011
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