Aspiration + Determination + Success
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
Once again Longhill High School showed what a generous community it is, when students, parents, carers and staff collected 264 Easter eggs for the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital Rockinghorse Appeal. We hoped that this generous gesture would benefit many local children, but were surprised to learn this week that one of those children was someone… Read more
At the beginning of the year, we told readers about a group of Year 9 students from Longhill High School who had been offered a fantastic opportunity to take part in the Premier League Enterprise scheme, which is delivered by Premier League football clubs in partnership with Sport Relief. The award-winning enterprise scheme aims to… Read more
It’s been a busy half term again and there is lots to tell you about. We have a bumper edition of the newsletter for you here, which gives you a flavour of the many and varied activities taking place at Longhill High. Please take a look inside – we hope you enjoy it!
Some of our most able students in Year 10 and 11 have been working with the brightest and best of Rodean’s girls to attend masterclasses, team building activities and enrichment sessions at Roedean School. Every Wednesday evening for six weeks, 20 of our girls completed a normal school day at Longhill, often also attending catch… Read more
Some of our Year 9 and Year 10 history students went on a historic trip to the Battlefields of Belgium last week. Here is an account of the trip, written by history teacher Ms Kenward. “On Friday 16th March, at a horribly early time for teenagers, the History department took 20 Year 9 and 20… Read more
It’s been a memorable week for science, as we celebrate British Science Week, which coincides ironically with the death of one of our greatest scientists, Stephen Hawking. No doubt he would have found amusement in the timing of these events and delight to know that his beloved science is enthralling and captivating young students here… Read more
On 22nd February 2018, Longhill High School received a ‘section 8’ Ofsted monitoring inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspector, Janet Pearce. We have now received the report from this inspection and we are pleased to tell you that our journey to becoming a ‘good’ school is firmly on the right track. Whilst the report points out… Read more
A group of talented art students from Longhill High School were given the opportunity recently to take part in a life drawing class at nearby Roedean School. Year 11 student Indigo explained, “I’m planning to study art at ‘A’ level and possibly beyond that and I was delighted when I was chosen to take part. … Read more
For the last half term, Capt Tester, of Longhill Combined Cadet Force, has been running the St John’s Ambulance’ Young Lifesavers Award (ACFA) for a number of the school’s cadets. They took part in many, many hours or both theoretical and practical training in varied areas of first aid such as dealing with electric shocks,… Read more