Aspiration + Determination + Success
It’s been a busy six weeks here at Longhill High School and, as always, we seem to have packed a lot into this relatively short half term. Exams for our Year 11s, sports for everybody, activities with our local primaries, fabulous language trips and a fantastic quiz night to raise money for the Saltdean Lido. … Read more
On a rather damp and chilly weekend, students from all over the county took part in the practice expedition for their Duke of Edinburgh’s award. Longhill High School students are able to work towards their D of E award through their involvement in the Longhill Combined Cadet Force. Cadets Sophie and Sadie told us about… Read more
Football is becoming increasingly popular with girls of all ages at Longhill High, as seen recently when PE staff took a group of 25 girls from years 7, 8, 9 and 10 to watch the Women’s FA Cup Final at Wembley. Longhill staff took the girls in the school minibuses and the only expense for… Read more
Over 400 parents and friends of local children came to watch An Evening of Dance recently at the Clarendon Centre in Hove. The evening of dance is organised by the Deans Sports Partnership, under the leadership of Darren Hambrook, with support from Longhill PE staff. Children from all the local Deans primaries took part in… Read more
Less than two months ago, we told you about a group of our CCF cadets gaining their St John’s Ambulance’ Young Lifesavers Award (ACFA). They probably didn’t expect to be putting their training into practice quite so soon, but this is what happened to two of our cadets earlier this week. On Wednesday (2 May),… Read more
The Junior Maths Challenge is a national competition for children in Years 6 – 8, which aims to stimulate problem-solving, based on mathematical reasoning and logic. It is the most popular mathematics competition in the UK, with over 300,000 children taking part each year. We were delighted this year to enter 40 Year 8s and… Read more
Longhill High School staff and students are always keen to be involved in local community occasions and enjoy taking part in many sporting events with our local primary schools in the Deans School Sports Partnership. One such occasion was the Commonwealth Torch Run, which took place last week. Pupils from Woodingdean, Rudyard Kipling, Saltdean, St… Read more
175 Year 12 sixth form students from across the UK came together in Cambridge as one of five Teach First Futures Easter Schools this year. Futures is a programme which supports students who don’t have family members who have been to university, or live in areas where not many young people attend university. Over 700… Read more
On a beautiful spring afternoon, friends and family gathered at Longhill High School to share their thoughts and memories of much-loved student, Jordan Jamieson. It has been a whole year since Jordan, aged 15, passed away following a tragic accident at Brighton Marina last year. It has been a difficult and emotional journey for his… Read more
Year 10 student Freya Wilson is about to take on an amazing challenge! Here she tells us about it: “On the 23rd June I am flying up to Scotland to climb Ben Nevis with a group of 15 people; we are then heading down to the Lake District to climb Scafell Pike and then to… Read more