Highsted News
New Vacancies: teaching & support posts
As a result of ongoing development, exciting opportunities arise from time to time for experienced or newly qualified teachers and support staff at our highly successful girls' grammar school. 28/03/2024
Awards Afternoon: Class of 2023
Awards Afternoon for the Class of 2023 was held on Tuesday 4 January and proved to be a very motivating and inspiring event. 07/02/2024Awards Evening: Class of 2022
The Highsted Community were delighted to welcome students, parents and special guests to our annual Award’s evening. 13/01/2023Remembrance 2020
The Highsted community continues to remember and pay homage to Remembrance Day with an installation of ceramic and acrylic poppies, artfully positioned at the entrance to the school site. 07/11/2020Class of 2020 - a Force for Change
Further to their outstanding success in 2018, Highsted Grammar School are pleased to report that the Class of 2020 have maintained their aspirations through to this year's A-level results. 25/08/2020Highsted Presents at ASGS Conference
Following on from the success of last year’s attendance at the ASGS (Association of State Girls’ Schools) Conference and the visit of Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu to Highsted in January 2020, Year 12 students were thrilled to be asked to not only participate but present their own workshop, Shake the Snow Globe, to other students from girls’ schools across the UK. 05/06/2020Heroes and Heroines – World Book Day
On Friday 6 March, Highsted celebrated World Book Day with staff and students honouring the world of comic book and graphic novel characters by wearing costumes for the day to raise money for charity. 26/03/2020Dr Shola Inspires Student Admiration
On Friday 17 January, Highsted Grammar School was honoured to have Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu come and address our Sixth Form. 05/02/2020County Careers Fair
On the Friday 17 January, Highsted Grammar School, working in collaboration with Rainham Mark Grammar School, hosted a County Careers Fair at Detling Showground in Kent. 29/01/2020Highsted Students Inspired to ‘Take That First Step’
On Wednesday 11 December, staff, students, governors, parents and representatives from the local community at Highsted celebrated the incredible success of the school’s GCSE and A-level results. 14/12/2019Christmas Musical Events 2019
Highsted Christmas Concert 13/12/2019House Drama 2019: Pandora's Box Sure is Heavy...
Tuesday 26 November was Highsted’s annual House Drama Competition. 30/11/2019Year 7 Celebration Tea Party
On Thursday 14 November Year 7 held its annual Tea Party, an event to celebrate the transition from primary to secondary school, as well as promoting and raising awareness of the important work done by the Wisdom Hospice charity. 26/11/2019Highsted Student Awarded First Prize by Oxford University
Year 13 student Rebecca Scholefield has been awarded First Prize by the judges of the German Classic Essay Writing Competition, run by All Souls College at Oxford University, for Sixth Form students. 19/10/2019Highsted Team Takes on Bomb Disposal
From October 2018 to May 2019, the Year 12 Engineering Team took on the Engineering Education Scheme task, set by their mentor partner company BAE Systems in Rochester, to look for ways to improve robotic arms used in bomb disposal robots. 11/07/2019Glee Club Challenge Performance
The fantastic vocal harmony group The Origin performed at the regional final of the Glee Club Challenge on Sunday 27 January. 31/01/2019Highsted Students Encouraged to Follow their Dreams
On Wednesday 12 December, Highsted Grammar School’s staff, students, governors, parents and representatives from the local community came together to celebrate the outstanding success of the school’s GCSE and A-level results. 21/12/2018Review of Splendid Productions
The Drama Department were delighted to invite the well-reviewed theatre production company Splendid Productions to Highsted Grammar School on Friday 14 December, and we were certainly not disappointed. 20/12/2018A Week of Festive Music: Lights for Love; Christmas & Festival Concerts
Lights for Love 19/12/2018'Hey-Ho, Hey-Ho, it's off to Highsted we go!' - Roddick wins House Drama
Thursday 22 November was Highsted’s annual House Drama Competition. 18/12/2018Highsted Hosts Swale Youth Forum
On Tuesday 2 October, Highsted hosted this year's first Swale Youth Forum with the School Council representing our student body. 09/10/2018Lower School Awards
The Lower School Awards ceremony is a time for celebrating all of the hard work the students have put into this academic year. 19/07/2018Grease is the Word
Highsted’s school production this year was the musical Grease. 29/06/2018Imani Cheers for England
From Thursday to Saturday 3 – 5 May, Imani Irinoy, along with her cheerleading team Lime Crush, represented England and her club – Intensity Cheer Extreme – in Orlando, Florida at the Cheerleading International Competition: the Summit. 05/05/2018Lessons from Auschwitz
Highsted remains deeply committed to the Lessons from Auschwitz project. 19/03/2018Highsted's Marvellous Book Day!
On Thursday 8 March, Highsted celebrated World Book Day with staff and students celebrating the life and works of Roald Dahl by wearing costumes for the day to raise money for charity. 08/03/2018Mad Science Saturday 2018
On Saturday 24 February, budding scientists visited Highsted to participate in a day of fantastic activities. 24/02/2018Students Inspired to 'Reach Blind Summits'
On Wednesday 14 December, Highsted Grammar School’s staff, students, governors and parents came together to celebrate the outstanding success of individuals across key stage four and within the sixth form. 14/12/2017Highsted Christmas Fair
On Saturday 25 November, Highsted held its annual Christmas Fair, inviting students, staff and the local community to purchase a range of Christmas gifts on sale. 25/11/2017Props disappearing, actors vanishing, what could possibly go wrong?
Thursday 23 November: props disappearing, actors vanishing, what could possibly go wrong? It must be Highsted’s annual House Drama competition! 23/11/2017Year 8 Charity Bazaar
A Highsted tradition continued on the 22 November as Year 8 students staged their annual charity bazaar. 22/11/2017Rachael is National Champion!
Rachael Page, Year 13, has recently been awarded the title of National Beam Champion, making her top in the country in this sporting event. 20/11/2017Remembrance at Ypres
On Saturday 11 November, a small group of Highsted students and staff visited Ypres to commemorate the Armistice, along with representatives from other local secondary schools in Swale, Swale Borough Council and the Mayor and Mayoress. 11/11/2017Tea Party Supports Transition
On Tuesday 7 November, Highsted held its annual Tea Party, celebrating a successful transition for Year 7 students from primary to secondary school and raising money for the Wisdom Hospice charity. 07/11/2017Mathletics at Highsted!
On Wednesday 1 November, Highsted hosted Mathletics Day – a whole day event where pupils from four different primary schools participated in various mathematical challenges. 01/11/2017Harvest Dreams for Food Bank
Highsted celebrated its annual Harvest Festival event on Monday 16 and Wednesday 18 of October. 18/10/2017Supporting the British Heart Foundation
Recently, Highsted was able to secure funding from the British Heart Foundation offering schools the chance to apply for a CPR training kit, worth £1500. 16/10/2017Annabel's Charity Challenge
During the summer, Annabel Barker, Year 8, raised a fantastic £345.06 for Macmillan – a charity that supports and funds research for people living with cancer. 10/10/2017Funds for Demelza
In September, the Music Department received a communication from Demelza Hospice that we had raised a total of £928.19 for our Music for Maddie Open Mic Night event in July, bringing the total amount raised by Highsted Grammar School for the charity to £6,992.28 since 1999. 03/10/2017Class of 2017: A-level & GCSE results
Year 13 A-level Overview Once again we have achieved 100% A-level pass rate! Our students have worked extremely hard to produce these excellent results and we are very proud of all that they have achieved – they are a credit to themselves and the school. 24/08/2017