Aspiration + Determination + Success
This week we’ve had 19 visitors from a school in Madrid, Spain, as part of our on-going partnership with the UK High School Immersion Programme. The students have been a wonderful part of the Longhill family, attending lessons with their buddies as well as a workshop about personal safety and even participating in mock exams…. Read more
Red Nose Day 2019 took place on Friday the 15th of March. Comic Relief is a charity event that helps people living tough lives across the UK and internationally. Our staff celebrated with an all-day non-stop cycling and rowing challenge. The aim was to see how far our staff could cycle/row as a team, signing… Read more
On Wednesday 6th March, Longhill held the “Mini Mile” event, where children from local Primary Schools come to Longhill to compete in a competitive one mile race. The event brought over 250 students from our fantastic feeder schools to Longhill High School to take part in the race on our field. The weather was grey… Read more
Longhill High School’s dancers are keeping busy this term, practicing their skills in rehearsals to ready themselves for a performance at the in the “Let’s Dance” show at Brighton Dome on the 14th of March. The largest celebration of schools dance in the country, Let’s Dance brings together youth dance from 78 schools, groups, universities… Read more
Longhill High School was lucky enough to host a performance of Macbeth by Box Clever Theatre, a theatre company dedicated to the creation of contemporary theatre for young people. Macbeth is our key Shakespeare text for English Literature GCSE. Year 10s are currently reading the play, whilst Year 11s will be examined in May on… Read more
There has been a lot happening at Longhill High School in the past few weeks, so please take a look at our newsletter to find out more!
The weekly LGBT club are getting involved in a very exciting project, starting a TV link with Latest TV where some of our students will be writing, producing and starring in a TV show which interviews politicians and local celebrities. The project started with Lloyd Russell-Moyle coming in to speak to a group of students… Read more
Sussex Police and Brighton and Hove Youth Team are working with children across the city and are visiting a number of schools to run sessions focusing on criminal exploitation, knife/weapon related crime, sex and the law. The Police Youth Team introduced themselves last term with a hard-hitting assembly about youth crime and are continuing their… Read more
The Roedean Academy Programme was created in 2018, offering an academic enrichment programme for our most able Year 10 and 11 students. Nearly 50 students from Roedean, Blatchington Mill School, Longhill High School, and Peacehaven Community School are taking part in the programme this year. Students attend classes at Roedean every Wednesday evening for seven… Read more
Along with January exams, revision sessions and preparing for the end of year exams, Year 11 students are looking forward to their next steps after Longhill. Lots of events are happening to guide students and help them figure out their futures. Apprenticeship workshops are starting on the 7th of February to help students find out… Read more