Highdown School
and Sixth Form Centre
Welcome to Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre serving the communities of Caversham and Emmer Green to the north of Reading, Berkshire.
Headteacher, Rachel Cave
- 27SepYear 12 and 13 Drama: Research Day at The National Theatre
- 27SepYear 11: Music recital
- 03OctYear 7: Booking opens for parents' evening on 11 October
- 03OctYear 12: Booking opens for parents' evening on 11 October
- 04OctSchool closes early for students to prepare for Open Evening
- 04OctOpen Evening
- 05OctProfessional Learing Day 2: School closed to students
- 08OctOpen Morning
- 09OctYear 7: PR issued to parents
- 10OctOpen Morning
- 10OctYear 12: PR issued to parents
- 10OctRock Concert
- 11OctYear 7: Mentor evening
- 11OctYear 12: Mentor evening
- 16OctYear 11: PR1 and mentor reports issued to parents
- 16OctYear 12 Business: Visit from Maartens
- 17OctSpoken Word Poem Evening
- 19OctEnd of term 1
- 19OctYear 10 Photography: Trip to Oxford
- 29OctStart of term 2
- 01NovSixth Form Open Evening
- 06NovYear 13: PR1 issued to parents
- 06NovYear 11: Intervention evening
- 07NovBig Learning Day 1: Careers and WRL
- 07NovYear 12: Safe Drive Stay Alive Event
- 07NovCareers Fair
- 07NovYear 13: Booking opens for parents' evening on 15 November
- 08NovSixth Form Open Morning
- 12NovAnti-bullying week begins
- 12NovYear 11: MFL speaking exams begin
- 12NovYears 12 and 13: Senior Maths Challenge
- 13NovYear 10: PR1 issued to parents
- 15NovYear 13: Subject Evening
- 20NovYear 8: PR1 issued to parents
- 21NovYear 8: Booking opens for parents' evening on 29 November
- 22NovYears 11 and 12: Russell Group Meeting
- 27NovYear 10: Intervention
- 29NovYear 8: Subject Evening
- 30NovYear 11: MFL speaking exams end
- 30NovYears 12 and 13: Senior Maths Challenge
- 03DecYear 13: PPEs begin
- 04DecYear 12: PR1 issued to parents
- 05DecYear 7: PR1 issued to parents
- 10DecYear 11: PPEs begin
- 12DecYear 13: PPEs end
- 13DecChristmas Concert
- 18DecYear 12: Brookfields Party
- 18DecYear 9: PR1 and mentor reports issued to parents
- 20DecPresentation Evening
- 21DecEnd of term 2
Week B
Great to see such a large turn out at our Key Stage 4 Course Information presentation yesterday evening. Thank you for all the positive comments about the evening and how we support our students. Presentation can be found here: https://t.co/M9xKPeTBKE
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Congratulations to students for your outstanding results! https://t.co/33CCdMNfaZ https://t.co/m6KMFbNi2R
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You are warmly invited to our Open Evening on 4th October and our Sixth Form Open Evening on 1st November. Come along and find out more about what we have to offer! https://t.co/7Y0YII4rzE
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Week B is served up from 8.40am tomorrow (Monday)! https://t.co/BSBBRpIeZb
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RT @Highdown6thForm: 'What will money be like in the future?' - a #supercurricular opportunity from @bankofengland Great for all @Highdown...
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“Thank you so much for hosting us at your lovely school”
“We were thoroughly impressed by your school: the facilities, curriculum and staff, the beautiful setting and in particular the students”
“Students have strong relationships with their teachers.”
“Teaching has greatly improved since the previous inspection. It is now at least good across the school and students make good progress in a broad range of subjects.”
“Highdown makes school life as good as it could be”
“We used the Highdown School Radio equipment to create a sound effects podcast to enhance our A2 Drama examination performance. It was easy and fun to use. ”
“The behaviour of students is good. They are polite and courteous to each other and to adults. Students are punctual to their lessons and treat their school with respect.”
“You have many fine teachers at Highdown”
“Students are well presented and proud to members of the school community”
“Students feel safe and well looked after.”
“Teachers know their students well and use information about students’ progress to identify where students are underachieving. Additional help or support is then quickly provided to help these students to catch up.”
“The headteacher provides outstanding and determined leadership for this rapidly improving school.”
“Subject middle leaders have a very clear understanding of the impact of their subject on the overall outcomes for the school.”
“Pastoral middle leaders provide high quality support and guidance.”
“The school’s curriculum is broad and balanced.”
“‘’The strong leadership of the school was one of the reasons we wanted our son and future children to join. It is a fantastic school.’’ ”
“He will have gone away appreciating the professionalism of the Highdown staff and their commitment to improving the life chances of the young people at the school”
“I just loved meeting with your pupils. They were polite, cooperative, charming and interested – and I would happily have stayed all day talking to them!”
“We would like to say a huge thank you to all of you for taking my son to Rhos-y-Gwaliau. He knows how fortunate he is to have teachers who are willing to take students away for a whole week on a challenging trip like this. Thank you all again for giving up your precious time to offer our young people the chance to challenge themselves in this way. We can only imagine the amount of additional stress, organisation and hard work that goes into making a trip like this happen and we really appreciate it. ”
