We welcomed Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School Highdown School Langtree School Maiden Erlegh School Slough and Eton School The Piggott School to our Girls in STEM event at Reading College on 14/03/24.

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Our sites were busy supporting Red Nose Day last Friday, the best way we know how - baking! 🍰🔴

#RedNoseDay #bakingforacause #charitybaking #communitysupport

Who can fix England's teacher recruitment & retention crisis & how?

Put your views to our panel Cambridge Festival on 20 March: Clare Brooks, Jim Knight, Andy Love Highdown School, Loic Menzies, Stef Sullivan UoN Teacher Training, & Cathy Tooze Herts & Essex School

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And on 28 March, they head to Highdown School to where Adele Parks will be 'in conversation' to discuss her new book 'Just Between Us'
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We are really excited to announce that the following authors will be joining Highdown School for our Literary Festival on Tuesday 16 July 2024.

Ele Fountain
Leo Hunt
Claire Rees

More details in the summer term.

Yr9 Learning Conference: What makes success?
As Year 9 are at a pivotal stage in their school life, having chosen their GCSE options but not yet knowing which subjects they have, it is an ideal time to talk to them about how they can make their next steps successful.

Happy Pancake Day! To celebrate here is a tasty pancake recipe to try at home. What are your favourite toppings?🥞

#AccentCatering #Pancakes #CrepeDayCelebration #Homemadepancakes #shrovetuesday #FavouriteToppings #pancakeheaven #pancakeday

We are looking for people to join our Support Team at Highdown. There are some great opportunities to bring skills you have to our school and learn new ones. If you are interested in joining us please look at our website for details of the roles. highdown.reading.sch.uk/support-staff-…

Following on from our 'Mandarin in Excellence' success, this week we hosted 20 teachers of Chinese who were looking to improve their good practice in the classroom. Visitors came from London, Peterborough and so far as Newcastle. Well done to our MFL teachers.

Dr Capaldi and Ms Cave were proud to attend the PTI leadership symposium last week, taking inspiration from world renowned educationalists. We were delighted that our philosophy of professional improvement practice is aligned with some great thinkers.

Highdown School is extremely pleased to announce that we are one of only 10 schools in the country who have achieved the Mandarin in Excellence Programme for A level; this follows our huge success at Key Stage 3 and GCSE. Congratulations to both our students and MFL teachers.

Hide message historyThe superb RAF Brass Quintet came to perform to our GCSE Music students today. They gave them the lowdown on all their instruments and an insight into a career in music. #rafmusic #NoOrdinaryJob

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Year 10 D&T GCSE Lamp Project

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Yr8 Learning Conference: The Science of Learning

All Year 8 listened to two of our wonderful Yr11 students at their Learning Conference on Wednesday this week. In this conference, Year 8s learnt about scientifically proven methods of learning.

Here are a few snippets from our Christmas bakeoff today. Some wonderful creations here, thank you to all the staff who took part!🍬

Christmas came early! Today our canteen made a delicious Christmas inspired lunch. What are your favourite parts of a roast dinner?🍴