Highsted Grammar School

Open Day 2022 Daughter in Year 6 of primary school? Looking for a grammar school place from September 2023? Come and find out what Highsted is all about at our Open Day on Tuesday 13 October. No booking required Please contact the school for further details. Tel: 01795 424223         email: [email protected] For the most recent information about our selection procedures, please follow this link to take you to our Admissions page. Exceptional students excel again! We are delighted to report another year of excellent achievement by Year 11 in their GCSE Results. Students have consistently demonstrated their willingness to overcome challenges during their GCSE two-year journey and showed courage and determination to challenge whatever life threw at them and as a school we are rightly proud of their success. To read more and see photos from GCSE results day, please follow this link. Highsted students buck the trend! Nationally, lower grades were expected for this year's A-levels, but once again we are delighted to report that the Class of 2022 have achieved record A-level examination results. Despite the challenges of the last two years, the students have shown tremendous determination and commitment to their studies with an amazing 80% of grades awarded at A*-B. To read our report and view photos from the day, please follow this link.  Welcome to HighLights!   Welcome to HighLights, your new school magazine, written by Highsted students, for Highsted students. To download your own copy, click on the cover page above or just follow the HighLights!  To download Issue 1 or Issue 2, please click on the cover page below.      Athletics Roundup Summer 2022 Highsted's annual Athletics Track & Field Event 2022 took place on Friday 15 July, accompanied by fantastic weather throughout the course of the day. All year groups took part in the events through a variety of running and throwing activities, and it was a pleasure to see the students competing in their forms for a medal, particulalry after the limited opportunities over the past two years due to the Covid pandemic. To read about this tremendously successful day and see photographs from the  event, please follow the link to take you to our new webpage: Athletics Event 2022.  On Saturday 11 June 2022 nine of our athletes represented Highsted at the Kent Schools Track and Field Athletics event at Medway Park.  On Thursday 19 May, the Year 7 athletics team competed in the Swale District Athletics Competition at the Sittingbourne School; Thursday 5 May, saw the Year 9 team taking part in their age-related event; and Thursday 28 April began this year's District Competitions with the Year 10 athletes. Overall this year has been our largest field of competitors to date, and it particularly pleasing to see Highsted girls competing against the rest of Kent after such a long absence from schools' competetive athletic events.     To read more about each competition, please follow the link to our Highsted Match Reports page. Additionally, this summer, we congratulate Katie (Year 12) for her representation and success in the UK Athletics Championships. Click here to access our Extra-Curricular Achievements page.  Calling all Year 4 & 5 Pupils! Welcome to your very own High Flyers production! This journal has been designed exclusively for you by Highsted Grammar School. It is packed with ideas and information to enlighten, excite and inspire you to develop a passion for learning across a whole range of subjects, in a way that you may never have thought about before. To download your personal online edition, just click on the cover page above or follow this link. To download Issue 1, please follow this link. To download Issue 2, please follow this link. To download Issue 3, please follow this link. To download Issue 4, please follow this link. To download Issue 5, please follow this link. To download Issue 6, please follow this link. To download Issue 7, please follow this link. To download Issue 8, please follow this link. To download Issue 9, please follow this link. To download Issue 10, please follow this link. To download Issue 11, please follow this link. Year 10 Maths Events During the first week of July, teams from Year 10 took part in ‘Maths in Action’ at University of Greenwich and competed in the London & South East Maths Team Tournament. To read about the workshops and challenges in which the students participated, please follow this link to our STEM - Making Learning Fun! page.  ICGS Conference 2022 Having been selected to represent our school, a number of Year 12 & 10 students attended the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools (ICGS) conference on Tuesday 12 July. This year’s theme was social justice, with a focus on progressing towards true equality in both education and the wider society. Key concepts, such as unconscious bias, diversity & inclusion, and activism were covered, allowing for deep consideration and passionate discussions. Bouncing off of other students’ remarks and experiencing a strong sense of female empowerment gave us an unexplainable sense of pride, and we left each session feeling inspired and motivated to be an ‘agent of change.’ Please follow this link to our Student Voice page to read Millie M's account of the day and download a full copy of her report. Sister Act: Student Review To read a detailed review and see a collection of photographs from our latest school production, Sister Act, just follow this link to our Student Voice page. The performance was received with great acclaim and appreciation by packed audiences during the last week of June, and our review is written by talented Year 10 student, Chik O-N. Highsted Travels back in Time On Saturday 18 June Highsted hosted its annual Taster Saturday event, this year themed ‘Highsted Travel Back in Time,’ when 125 pupils from across 34 local primary schools participated in a range of interactive workshops. To read about this and see our photos, please follow the link to our Community Events page. Something Wicked This Way Comes On Tuesday 28 June, Highsted held its second Shakespeare Day, inviting local primary school pupils to attend a series of English and Drama workshops. To read the report on our exciting way to learn about Macbeth, please follow this link to our Community Events page. Mathletics 2022 On Wednesday 8 June, 65 children from six different primary schools came to Highsted for Year 5 Mathletics. The pupils arranged themselves into teams of five and competed in four different activities using their mathematical knowledge, problem solving skills and team work. To read about this inter-school event and other scientific activities at Highsted, please follow this link to our STEM page.

Highsted Careers Bulletin

Welcome to our all new Careers Bulletin! Thinking about your future? Curious about opportunities available to you? Eager to learn about exciting new careers? Download your own copy of the Highsted Careers Bulletin Summer 2022, Part 3 now. Just click on the cover page above.

To access Careers Bulletin Spring 2022, Part 2, just follow this link. 

To access Careers Bulletin Spring 2022, Part 1, just follow this link.

British Science Week 2022

At the beginning of March, Highsted took part in an intense week of activities to celebrate British Science Week. There were special in-class challenges to practise the engineering and design skills of the students. To read our report of this exciting journey across the range of STEM activities, please follow this link to our new British Science Week page.

Number Day 2022

On Friday 4 February, Highsted Grammar School took part in NSPCC Number Day. Eighteen members of staff proudly wore numbers for the day and the students engaged in a hunt around the school to find them.

To find out how they all got on, follow the link to our STEM - Making Learning Fun! page. 

Kent Schools' Swimming Competitions

On Saturday 15 January a team of Highsted students travelled to Hartsdown Leisure Centre Swimming Pool in Margate, for the Kent Schools’ Swimming Championships.

To read the full account of this highly successful day, please click here.

Highsted Lecture Series 2022

To download further information and to register your interest in this talk, please follow this link

Highsted Digital Leaders: Safer Internet Day

Please click here to go to our Online Safety at Home webpage for more information about the Digital Leadership Programme. To download our Digital Leaders' account of their activities to date and the proposals for their Safer Internet Day assembly, please follow this link.

Children's Mental Health Week 2022

For updates on Children's Mental Health issues and support, please follow this link to our Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 webpage.

Highsted Sixth Form: 10 Days of Action

Inspired by the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence, Highsted Grammar School’s Sixth Form has created its very own 10 Days of Action to raise awareness of key issues that matter most to our community. As form groups, students have produced a daily focal point for all students to consider and discuss.

To see more about this initiative, please follow this link to our Student Voice webpage.

To download your own copy of their presentation, please click here.

Entry to Sixth Form: September 2022

Download your Sixth Form Student Guide 2022-24 here

Visit our Sixth Form with a virtual tour 

Please click here to begin your journey to Highsted. Remember to open the link using a computer to view the full presentation.

For further information direct from our specialist subject staff and for anything else you need to know...

Including our Virtual Immersion Talks if you are an external applicant or were unable to attend a particular presentation during our live event in December and January. 

...just follow this link to our detailed information page!

Ready to be a Highsted Girl?

Visit our school with a virtual tour

Click here to access our Open Day Presentation. Please open the link using a computer to view the full presentation.

Mental Health Update

In support of students and parents, at Highsted we work in conjunction with the Mental Health charity, Place2Be.

Parenting Smart offers practical advice for parents and carers of children aged 5-11. All of the content is created by Place2Be's parenting experts. It is based on evidence and their experiences working with children, young people and their families. Please follow this link to our Health & Wellbeing webpage, where you will find further information and access to the services offered by this important Parental Support site.

Highsted Students in British Taekwondo Championship

On Sunday 28 November 2021, two Highsted students, Chloe and Sophie, represented Sittingbourne’s TSA Taekwondo club in the PUMA British Taekwondo Championships in Bristol. To read their report, please follow this link. 

GCSE Students Show Grit & Determination!

Please follow this link for our examinations summary and first images of the Class of 2021 students receiving their GCSE results.

The Photos Say It All!

Please follow this link for our examinations summary and first images of the Class of 2021 students receiving their A-level results.

International Women's Day 2021

As part of International Women's Day 2021, students have been exploring a range of activities under the slogan #ChooseChallenge.

Year 13 have been leading workshops for Lower School girls on the presence of gender inequality and our need as women to build a positive mindset that captures the idea of Brave, not Perfect. Year 12 have produced a video which champions Courageous Women. To view this thought-provoking piece of work, please follow this link.

More events are planned, so watch this page for further updates.

Super-Curriculum 2021/22

Our new Super-Curriculum provision for Pre-GCSE and GCSE is now live online. To access our Pre-GCSE materials for Year 9 students who are preparing to begin their GCSE courses in September and our GCSE Enrichment and Extension materials for Key Stage 4 students, please follow this link to the Super-Curriculum 2021 webpage.

Remote Education Provision

During the current Coronavirus pandemic, Highsted Grammar School is providing a comprehensive package of curriculum materials, teaching and support for all our students. To read how this provision is organised and see the answers to frequently asked questions, please follow this link to our new information page.

Holocaust Memorial Day 2021 

Please click here to view our tribute to Holocaust Memorial Day,27 January 2021

Health & Wellbeing webpage

In Mental Health Awareness week we have created a new webpage to draw together support materials for all in the Highsted community, particularly throughout the current Coronavirus pandemic.

To access the latest information please go to Our School: Health & Wellbeing by following this link.  

Online Safety at Home

To support the Highsted community through the Covid-19 school closures and to enable everyone to continue their education by working safely online, we have collected together a range of new resources for students and their parents/carers.

NEW information sheet and activities are available now by following this link.  

Super-Curriculum

The new Highsted Super-Curriculum activities are now available for all Key Stage 3 students, by opening the tab at the top of this page or by following this link.

A new suite of Pre-A-level Bridging Materials, A-level Enrichment Materials and Pre-University Extension Materials are currently being developed for Year 11 & Post-16 students. A range of these activity sheets are now available by following this link.

Important Safeguarding Update - March 2021

Safeguarding Procedures During School Closure

At this difficult time, it is more important than ever that you report concerns linked to a child’s wellbeing.

Please report your concerns as follows:

During normal school hours, contact the school team at: [email protected]

Outside School Hours, contact Social Services on:

03000 41 11 11 (text relay 18001 03000 41 11 11) or email [email protected]

If you feel a child is in immediate danger, call 999. 

Activities at Highsted

Please follow the links below to read more about our pre-Covid activities and achievements:

Severe Weather

In the event of severe weather conditions or other emergencies that may result in school closure, information will be posted on the Kent County Council website: kent.gov.uk/winter or kentclosures.co.uk

Information will also be broadcast by BBC Radio Kent (96.7 / 104.2 fm), Heart FM (103.1 / 102.8 fm) and KMFM (Medway) (107.9 / 100.4 fm). You can also check kmfm.co.uk/ (Medway area) or bbc.co.uk/kent. Please note that if such weather seems imminent, further details will be issued at that time.

In these circumstances, the school website will be updated as soon as possible. Please watch this space for specific instructions or information relating to school activities.