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
Well, here we are! Last week of the academic year and it's week A! https://t.co/rCK6cfYVLC
@HighdownSchool Jul 15Follow Us
RT @HighdownEnglish: What a fantastic Literary Festival! Fascinating guest speakers, fun fringe activities and a great time had by all! @jg...
@HighdownSchool Jul 13Follow Us
Our first Literary Festival is underway! Guest authors, workshops and fringe activities spell out a great day for Highdowners! https://t.co/KX26j5nh2j
@HighdownSchool Jul 13Follow Us
RT @amebuckley: Looking forward to joining @HighdownSchool today for their first Lit Fest, where I'll be talking to Year 9 about murder! #t...
@HighdownSchool Jul 13Follow Us
What a cracking afternoon of sport! So many fantastic athletes at Highdown. Winning house to be announced next week! https://t.co/pEvLIL6D78
@HighdownSchool Jul 12Follow Us
“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. ”
