Higham Lane School
January 7, 2026
•[ cyberattack, operational disruption, IT outage ]
Cybernews reported that Higham Lane School, a secondary school in Nuneaton, England, temporarily closed due to a cyberattack. According to the headteachers message to parents cited in the article, the school took all IT systems and digital services completely offline as a precaution, including telephones, email, servers, and the schools management system. The report does not identify the threat actor, method of intrusion, or whether data was accessed; the primary confirmed impact is operational disruption and loss of communications/management systems while the school responded.
