Longhill High School
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| Type | Community school |
|---|---|
| Headteacher | Kate Williams |
| Location |
Falmer Road Rottingdean East Sussex BN2 7FR England United Kingdom 50°49′06″N 0°04′03″W / 50.8184°N 0.0676°WCoordinates: 50°49′06″N 0°04′03″W / 50.8184°N 0.0676°W |
| Local authority | Brighton and Hove |
| DfE URN | 114581 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Website | longhill.brighton-hove.sch.uk |
Longhill High School is a co-educational secondary school for 11 to 16 year-olds, which is located in Rottingdean, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex. It is led by head teacher Kate Williams.
History
The school was officially opened in 1964, although took its first intake in 1963. The school originally had six houses named after castles in Sussex: Arundel, Bramber, Chichester, Hastings, Lewes and Pevensey.
On 16 September 2010, officially it opened its new block, named "Vaughan Block" after one of the longest-serving teachers, after a campaign on the social networking site Facebook.[1]
In 2018 the school implemented a new house system named after local landmarks: Brighton Dome, Brighton Lanes, Brighton Pavilion and Brighton Pier. They also updated their school motto to “Apsiration, Determination, Success”.
Initiatives and projects
Longhill High School is involved in many different projects, some of which are listed below.
- Shortlisted for Learning through Landscapes' Fruit-ful Schools[2] project.
- Many pupils are part of the Young Gifted and Talented Programme.
- Some students are part of the Aim Higher scheme.
Sports and clubs
Longhill High School offers a wide variety of clubs. Autumn to spring teams include football, year 7–11, both male and female teams; and rugby, year 7–9, boys' and girls' (girls' teams generally have fewer participants). Summer sports include cricket (years 7–9), tennis club (years 7–10), athletics (including field and track events) and girls' rounders as well as dance. Longhill also has a Combined Cadet Force (CCF), running all year long, which has won several awards, such as best drill team and best first aid team.
Longhill also offers music facilities, such as lessons in a wide variety of instruments from violin to drums, practice rooms to book at lunch and after school, a mixed choir and a variety of bands of different genres.
Homework groups (years 7–9) and revision sessions ( years 10 and 11) run frequently after school and at lunch times.
Controversies
On the hottest day of the year in 2016, several boys had their education suspended due to wearing shorts. This was in violation to the school's policy with the head teacher commenting, “Students have access to water in order to keep themselves hydrated."[3]
References
- ↑ "Local newspaper article".
- ↑ Fruit-ful Schools
- ↑ "Boys excluded from lessons after wearing shorts on hottest day of the year". The Argus. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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