History
The school was founded in 1966 with Dr Frost the first headmaster. It was originally to be called either Rookery Lane School or Holbrook High, but the assassination of President John F Kennedy during the approval stage resulted in the school being named after President John F. Kennedy and was founded in 1966. The catchment area of the School is in the northwest of Coventry and includes the Holbrooks and Whitmore Park areas of the city. The first intake of pupils were drawn from Whitemoor Secondary Modern which was subsiding and thus created the need for a new school. Notwithstanding that the majority of initial pupils came from Whitemoor School the opening of President Kennedy School saw an influx of pupils drawn from other nearby schools such as Copthorne School in Keresley.
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