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Albion in the Community and American Express recently offered some of our business studies students a fantastic opportunity to spend a day at the Amex Stadium taking part in a Business Masterclass. Year 9 student, Laith Abbas, has written the following impressive account which we hope you will enjoy reading. Laith also took all the… Read more
Every year, a group of Year 8 students apply to become part of Longhill’s Peer Mentor Programme, which aims to help nominated primary school children with their transition into life at senior school. This year has seen a bumper crop of students wanting to join the programme and a record 27 have been offered a… Read more
Staff at the Longhill Sports Centre have been enjoying a busy start to the year as people look forward to the months ahead, planning their summer holidays and putting their fitness resolutions into practice at the Centre. So why not come down to the Longhill Sports Centre and try one of their classes or the… Read more
Growing up can be a positive time for many. However, there are hundreds of thousands of young people across England and Wales for whom the experience is very different. The #IAMWHOLE campaign aims to combat mental health stigma and seeks to offer a platform for young people to tell their stories and be heard, without… Read more
Restorative Justice (RJ) – it’s a term you may not be familiar with, but it’s happening in schools every day behind the scenes and Longhill Restorative Co-ordinator, Tom Cannell, is something of an authority on the subject. Tom, who is based in Longhill’s Focus Centre, has spent the last six years working on and… Read more
Year 8 students were extremely proud to welcome some very important visitors into Longhill just before Christmas for an extra special assembly. Back at the end of the summer term, when the students were still in Year 7, they had taken part in a fun run around Ovingdean to raise money for three different… Read more
We hope that everyone had a lovely Christmas and New Year break. We welcome all our staff and students back to Longhill, refreshed and ready to start the new term, working our way towards the Spring! If you haven’t done so already, please click on the link to view the latest newsletter newsletter-dec-2016
A delighted and delightful audience of local Deans primary school children gave CinderAbba the thumbs up this week. Around 150 children and staff joined us for their very own special matinee of the pantomime, performed by Longhill students and staff. One primary Head said, “The children thoroughly enjoyed the show, and their teacher said it… Read more
Year 10 students will complete Work Experience during the week beginning Monday 26th June 2017. Details of this process will be available during the Spring Term.
Cadets and officers of the Longhill contingent of the Combined Cadet Force have broken all previous records this year with the money they’ve raised for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal. Members of the contingent collected money from Asda shoppers on the two Saturdays prior to Remembrance Sunday, as well as collecting on the… Read more