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Sussex University, in conjunction with Longhill Science Department, ran a series of fantastic Science Workshops last weekend at Longhill High School. Children came from all over the county to enjoy the opportunity of practising some science in Longhill’s well-equipped science labs. Many children in years 4, 5 and 6 came from our Deans Partnership… Read more
Longhill students were lucky enough to visit the University of Brighton at their Eastbourne campus recently to take part in their Student Leadership Day. Fifteen Year 10 students were selected for the trip, which aimed to help students build and enhance their leadership skills. The day involved many different activities, including street surfing, team building,… Read more
It’s time for our half-termly newsletter, so please take a look to see what’s been happening at Longhill over the past six weeks. We hope that you enjoy the half term break and look forward to welcoming everyone back on 21st February. Please note that Monday 20th is an INSET day, so the school is… Read more
The University of Sussex held its annual ‘Stargazing’ event recently and a group of Longhill students were lucky enough to spend the day there enjoying an outing to the stars, amongst other exciting activities. The event, hosted by the Department of Physics and Astronomy, showed students that a physicist’s job is to understand nature from… Read more
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