Open Day 2023
Year 5 Taster Day 2023
If your child is in Year 5 and you are interested in finding out what Highsted Grammar School has to offer, just click on the image below and register your details through the on-line booking form.
HighLights Magazine
Welcome to HighLights, your personal school magazine, written by Highsted students, for Highsted students.
To download your own copy, click on the cover page above or just follow the HighLights!
To download Issues 1 - 4, please click on the cover pages below.
International Women's Day 2023
To read our students' account of Highsted's International Women's Day celebrations, please follow the link to our Student Voice webpage.
Calling all Year 4 & 5 Pupils!
Welcome to your very own High Flyers production! This journal has been designed exclusively for you by Highsted Grammar School. It is packed with ideas and information to enlighten, excite and inspire you to develop a passion for learning across a whole range of subjects, in a way that you may never have thought about before.
To download your personal online edition, just click on the cover page above or follow this link. To download earlier editions from 2022, follow the links below.
To download Issue 9, please follow this link.
To download Issue 10, please follow this link.
To download Issue 11, please follow this link.
To download Issue 12, please follow this link.
To download Issue 13, please follow this link.
To download Issue 14, please follow this link.
Reading at Highsted: a whole school commitment
At Highsted, '...Reading is actively promoted, and pupils are encouraged to read more widely.' (Ofsted, 2023.) Welcome to our latest webpage, which emphasises the importance and value of reading for life - whatever your age, whatever your ability, whatever your interest.
Please follow this link to find out why we believe that reading is so beneficial for learning, for creativity and for wellbeing.
Mad Science Saturday
On Saturday 4 February 2023, we hosted our annual event Mad Science Saturday. Fifty three boys and girls from 15 different primary schools across Swale attended Highsted to take part in interactive science workshops. To read an account of this important primary school liaison day, please follow this link.
U18 Kent Schools' Football Cup
On Monday 6th March, Highsted Grammar School U18 football team travelled away to the Marsh Academy in New Romney for the quarter finals of the Kent Cup. To read our Match Report in full, please follow this link.
Girls on Board: new webpage
To visit our new Girls on Board webpage and find out more about this exciting new programme at Highsted, please follow this link.
Highsted Careers Bulletin
Welcome to our regular Careers Bulletin! Thinking about your future? Curious about opportunities available to you? Eager to learn about exciting new careers? Download your own copy of the Highsted Careers Bulletin Winter 2022/23, Part 7 now. Just click on the cover page above.
To access Careers Bulletin Winter 2022/23, Part 6, just follow this link.
To access Careers Bulletin Autumn 2022, Part 5, just follow this link.
To access Careers Bulletin Summer 2022, Part 4, just follow this link.
To access Careers Bulletin Summer 2022, Part 3, just follow this link.
To access Careers Bulletin Spring 2022, Part 2, just follow this link.
To access Careers Bulletin Spring 2022, Part 1, just follow this link.
Awards Evening: Class of 2022
The Highsted Community were delighted to welcome students, parents and special guests to our annual Awards Evening. We were particularly pleased to welcome back so many of our past Year 13 students who were keen to regale us of their adventures in the workplace and university life. To read our reports about this evening of celebration and inspiration, please follow this link.
Local artist inspires A-level students
Highsted Art Department was delighted to welcome local artist Charles Williams to the school in late November to deliver a talk on his inspirations, techniques, works and what it’s really like to be an artist working in the industry!
Open Day 2023
Year 5 Taster Day 2023
If your child is in Year 5 and you are interested in finding out what Highsted Grammar School has to offer, just click on the image below and register your details through the on-line booking form.
HighLights Magazine
Welcome to HighLights, your personal school magazine, written by Highsted students, for Highsted students.
To download your own copy, click on the cover page above or just follow the HighLights!
To download Issues 1 - 4, please click on the cover pages below.
International Women's Day 2023
To read our students' account of Highsted's International Women's Day celebrations, please follow the link to our Student Voice webpage.
Calling all Year 4 & 5 Pupils!
Welcome to your very own High Flyers production! This journal has been designed exclusively for you by Highsted Grammar School. It is packed with ideas and information to enlighten, excite and inspire you to develop a passion for learning across a whole range of subjects, in a way that you may never have thought about before.
To download your personal online edition, just click on the cover page above or follow this link. To download earlier editions from 2022, follow the links below.
To download Issue 9, please follow this link.
To download Issue 10, please follow this link.
To download Issue 11, please follow this link.
To download Issue 12, please follow this link.
To download Issue 13, please follow this link.
To download Issue 14, please follow this link.
Reading at Highsted: a whole school commitment
At Highsted, '...Reading is actively promoted, and pupils are encouraged to read more widely.' (Ofsted, 2023.) Welcome to our latest webpage, which emphasises the importance and value of reading for life - whatever your age, whatever your ability, whatever your interest.
Please follow this link to find out why we believe that reading is so beneficial for learning, for creativity and for wellbeing.
Mad Science Saturday
On Saturday 4 February 2023, we hosted our annual event Mad Science Saturday. Fifty three boys and girls from 15 different primary schools across Swale attended Highsted to take part in interactive science workshops. To read an account of this important primary school liaison day, please follow this link.
U18 Kent Schools' Football Cup
On Monday 6th March, Highsted Grammar School U18 football team travelled away to the Marsh Academy in New Romney for the quarter finals of the Kent Cup. To read our Match Report in full, please follow this link.
Girls on Board: new webpage
To visit our new Girls on Board webpage and find out more about this exciting new programme at Highsted, please follow this link.
Highsted Careers Bulletin
Welcome to our regular Careers Bulletin! Thinking about your future? Curious about opportunities available to you? Eager to learn about exciting new careers? Download your own copy of the Highsted Careers Bulletin Winter 2022/23, Part 7 now. Just click on the cover page above.
To access Careers Bulletin Winter 2022/23, Part 6, just follow this link.
To access Careers Bulletin Autumn 2022, Part 5, just follow this link.
To access Careers Bulletin Summer 2022, Part 4, just follow this link.
To access Careers Bulletin Summer 2022, Part 3, just follow this link.
To access Careers Bulletin Spring 2022, Part 2, just follow this link.
To access Careers Bulletin Spring 2022, Part 1, just follow this link.
To visit our new Girls on Board webpage and find out more about this exciting new programme at Highsted, please follow this link.
Highsted Careers Bulletin
Awards Evening: Class of 2022
The Highsted Community were delighted to welcome students, parents and special guests to our annual Awards Evening. We were particularly pleased to welcome back so many of our past Year 13 students who were keen to regale us of their adventures in the workplace and university life. To read our reports about this evening of celebration and inspiration, please follow this link.
The school’s A-level Art students had the opportunity to see Williams’ most recent and favourite works, and were invited to ask questions and engage with the artist as he explained his influences and processes. Williams’ rich medium of improvisatory storytelling through his self-described 'collage of styles' inspired the students to challenge themselves to connect with the observer. Williams emphasised the importance of evoking a 'visceral response' to one’s work, which could be accomplished by taking risks and testing the limits of the media they use.
To read this article in full, please click on the image above.
Exceptional students excel again!
We are delighted to report another year of excellent achievement by Year 11 in their GCSE Results. Students have consistently demonstrated their willingness to overcome challenges during their GCSE two-year journey and showed courage and determination to challenge whatever life threw at them and as a school we are rightly proud of their success.
To read more and see photos from GCSE results day, please follow this link.
Highsted students buck the trend!
We are delighted to report another year of excellent achievement by Year 11 in their GCSE Results. Students have consistently demonstrated their willingness to overcome challenges during their GCSE two-year journey and showed courage and determination to challenge whatever life threw at them and as a school we are rightly proud of their success.
Nationally, lower grades were expected for this year's A-levels, but once again we are delighted to report that the Class of 2022 have achieved record A-level examination results. Despite the challenges of the last two years, the students have shown tremendous determination and commitment to their studies with an amazing 80% of grades awarded at A*-B.
To read our report and view photos from the day, please follow this link.
Entry to Sixth Form: September 2023
Download your Sixth Form Student Guide 2023-25 here.
Visit our Sixth Form with a virtual tour
Please click here to begin your journey to Highsted. Remember to open the link using a computer to view the full presentation.
For further information direct from our specialist subject staff and for anything else you need to know...
Sister Act: Student Review
To read a detailed review and see a collection of photographs from our latest school production, Sister Act, just follow this link to our Student Voice page. The performance was received with great acclaim and appreciation by packed audiences during the last week of June, and our review is written by talented Year 10 student, Chik O-N.
Highsted Travels back in Time
On Saturday 18 June Highsted hosted its annual Taster Saturday event, this year themed ‘Highsted Travel Back in Time,’ when 125 pupils from across 34 local primary schools participated in a range of interactive workshops. To read about this and see our photos, please follow the link to our Community Events page.
Something Wicked This Way Comes
On Tuesday 28 June, Highsted held its second Shakespeare Day, inviting local primary school pupils to attend a series of English and Drama workshops. To read the report on our exciting way to learn about Macbeth, please follow this link to our Community Events page.
Mathletics 2022
On Wednesday 8 June, 65 children from six different primary schools came to Highsted for Year 5 Mathletics. The pupils arranged themselves into teams of five and competed in four different activities using their mathematical knowledge, problem solving skills and team work. To read about this inter-school event and other scientific activities at Highsted, please follow this link to our STEM page.
Highsted Digital Leaders: Safer Internet Day
Please click here to go to our Online Safety at Home webpage for more information about the Digital Leadership Programme. To download our Digital Leaders' account of their activities to date and the proposals for their Safer Internet Day assembly, please follow this link.
Highsted Sixth Form: 10 Days of Action
Inspired by the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence, Highsted Grammar School’s Sixth Form has created its very own 10 Days of Action to raise awareness of key issues that matter most to our community. As form groups, students have produced a daily focal point for all students to consider and discuss.
To see more about this initiative, please follow this link to our Student Voice webpage.
To download your own copy of their presentation, please click here.
Mad Science Saturday 2022!
Saturday 5 February saw Highsted Grammar School host its annual STEM activity, Mad Science Saturday 2022. The event was a morning of fun-filled, engaging scientific experiments aimed at inspiring Year 5 girls and boys to be enthralled with Science! To read the full report and see photos from the day, please follow this link to our STEM page.
Ready to be a Highsted Girl?
Visit our school with a virtual tour
Click here to access our Open Day Presentation. Please open the link using a computer to view the full presentation.
Mental Health Update
In support of students and parents, at Highsted we work in conjunction with the Mental Health charity, Place2Be.
Parenting Smart offers practical advice for parents and carers of children aged 5-11. All of the content is created by Place2Be's parenting experts. It is based on evidence and their experiences working with children, young people and their families. Please follow this link to our Health & Wellbeing webpage, where you will find further information and access to the services offered by this important Parental Support site.
Health & Wellbeing webpage
In Mental Health Awareness week we have created a new webpage to draw together support materials for all in the Highsted community. To access the latest information please go to Our School: Health & Wellbeing by following this link.
Online Safety at Home
To support the Highsted community through school closures and to enable everyone to continue their education by working safely online, we have collected together a range of new resources for students and their parents/carers. Information sheets and activities are available now by following this link.
Super-Curriculum
The new Highsted Super-Curriculum activities are now available for all Key Stage 3 students, by opening the tab at the top of this page or by following this link.
A new suite of Pre-A-level Bridging Materials, A-level Enrichment Materials and Pre-University Extension Materials are currently being developed for Year 11 & Post-16 students. A range of these activity sheets are now available by following this link.
Important Safeguarding Update
Safeguarding Procedures During School Closure
During school closures, it is more important than ever that you report concerns linked to a child’s wellbeing.
Please report your concerns as follows:
During normal school hours, contact the school team at: safeguarding@highsted.kent.sch.uk
Outside School Hours, contact Social Services on:
03000 41 11 11 (text relay 18001 03000 41 11 11) or email social.services@kent.gov.uk
If you feel a child is in immediate danger, call 999.
Activities at Highsted
Please follow the links below to read more about a varied range of our activities and achievements:
- Highsted Presents at ASGS 2020 Conference
- Heroes and Heroines - World Book Day 2020
- Highsted Gains Champion School Award
- Year 7 Discovery Park Trip 2020
- Year 10 'Maths Feast 2020' Competition
- Kent Schools' Table Tennis Competition
- Mad Science Saturday 2020
- Chanel House Charity Event
- Kent Schools' Games - U15 Basketball Competition
- Year 7 English Reading Aloud Competition Final
- Education for Life Focus Day 4
- Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu visits Highsted
- Under-12 Football: English Schools' Cup
- County Careers Fair 2020
- Kent Schools' Swimming Championships
- Red Ribbons & Tiny Penguins Win Festive Cake Competition
- Students Read Aloud: Years 7 & 8 Reading Competition
Severe Weather
In the event of severe weather conditions or other emergencies that may result in school closure, information will be posted on the Kent County Council website: kent.gov.uk/winter or kentclosures.co.uk
Information will also be broadcast by BBC Radio Kent (96.7 / 104.2 fm), Heart FM (103.1 / 102.8 fm) and KMFM (Medway) (107.9 / 100.4 fm). You can also check kmfm.co.uk/ (Medway area) or bbc.co.uk/kent. Please note that if such weather seems imminent, further details will be issued at that time.
In these circumstances, the school website will be updated as soon as possible. Please watch this space for specific instructions or information relating to school activities.
New Vacancies
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....
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Awards Evening: Class of 2022
The Highsted Community were delighted to welcome students, parents and special guests to our annual Award’s evening....
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Highsted Remembers 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....
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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.
To obtain further information about any of these current vacancies, please follow this link to our Vacancies & Teacher Training page.
Teaching posts
Head of Design & Technology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Teacher of Mathematics (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Teacher of French (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Teacher of German (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Head of Psychology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Teacher of Biology (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role, plus possible recruitment & retention payment
Teacher of Religious Education (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Support staff posts
Learning Mentor (Pastoral) (37 hours weekly; term time plus four weeks)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 6: £21,801 - 23,262 per annum, pro rata
Examination & Data Officer (37 hours weekly; all year round)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 8: £26,598 - £30,333 per annum
Teaching posts
Head of Design & Technology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Teacher of Mathematics (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Teacher of French (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Teacher of German (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Head of Psychology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Teacher of Biology (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role, plus possible recruitment & retention payment
Teacher of Religious Education (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Support staff posts
Learning Mentor (Pastoral) (37 hours weekly; term time plus four weeks)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 6: £21,801 - 23,262 per annum, pro rata
Examination & Data Officer (37 hours weekly; all year round)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 8: £26,598 - £30,333 per annum
Teaching posts
Head of Design & Technology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Teacher of Mathematics (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Teacher of French (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Teacher of German (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Head of Psychology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Teacher of Biology (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role, plus possible recruitment & retention payment
Teacher of Religious Education (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Support staff posts
Learning Mentor (Pastoral) (37 hours weekly; term time plus four weeks)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 6: £21,801 - 23,262 per annum, pro rata
Examination & Data Officer (37 hours weekly; all year round)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 8: £26,598 - £30,333 per annum
Teaching posts
Head of Design & Technology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Teacher of Mathematics (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Teacher of French (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Teacher of German (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Head of Psychology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Teacher of Biology (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role, plus possible recruitment & retention payment
Teacher of Religious Education (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Support staff posts
Learning Mentor (Pastoral) (37 hours weekly; term time plus four weeks)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 6: £21,801 - 23,262 per annum, pro rata
Examination & Data Officer (37 hours weekly; all year round)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 8: £26,598 - £30,333 per annum
Teaching posts
Head of Design & Technology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Teacher of Mathematics (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Teacher of French (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Teacher of German (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Head of Psychology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Teacher of Biology (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role, plus possible recruitment & retention payment
Teacher of Religious Education (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Support staff posts
Learning Mentor (Pastoral) (37 hours weekly; term time plus four weeks)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 6: £21,801 - 23,262 per annum, pro rata
Examination & Data Officer (37 hours weekly; all year round)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 8: £26,598 - £30,333 per annum
Teaching posts
Head of Design & Technology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Teacher of Mathematics (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Teacher of French (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Teacher of German (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Head of Psychology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Teacher of Biology (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role, plus possible recruitment & retention payment
Teacher of Religious Education (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Support staff posts
Learning Mentor (Pastoral) (37 hours weekly; term time plus four weeks)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 6: £21,801 - 23,262 per annum, pro rata
Examination & Data Officer (37 hours weekly; all year round)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 8: £26,598 - £30,333 per annum
Teaching posts
Head of Design & Technology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Teacher of Mathematics (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Teacher of French (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Teacher of German (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Head of Psychology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Teacher of Biology (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role, plus possible recruitment & retention payment
Teacher of Religious Education (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Support staff posts
Learning Mentor (Pastoral) (37 hours weekly; term time plus four weeks)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 6: £21,801 - 23,262 per annum, pro rata
Examination & Data Officer (37 hours weekly; all year round)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 8: £26,598 - £30,333 per annum
Teaching posts
Head of Design & Technology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Teacher of Mathematics (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Teacher of French (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Teacher of German (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Head of Psychology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Teacher of Biology (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role, plus possible recruitment & retention payment
Teacher of Religious Education (M/UPR)
TLR 2c available to suitable candidate for Head of Year role
Support staff posts
Learning Mentor (Pastoral) (37 hours weekly; term time plus four weeks)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 6: £21,801 - 23,262 per annum, pro rata
Examination & Data Officer (37 hours weekly; all year round)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 8: £26,598 - £30,333 per annum
Learning Mentor (Pastoral) (37 hours weekly; term time plus four weeks)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 6: £21,801 - 23,262 per annum, pro rata
Examination & Data Officer (37 hours weekly; all year round)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 8: £26,598 - £30,333 per annum
Learning Mentor (Pastoral) (37 hours weekly; term time plus four weeks)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 6: £21,801 - 23,262 per annum, pro rata
Examination & Data Officer (37 hours weekly; all year round)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 8: £26,598 - £30,333 per annum
Highsted Grammar School
Welcome to Highsted Grammar School. Highsted is a happy and cohesive community and an environment which liberates young women to take the risks and embrace the challenges that will prepare them for their future roles and responsibilities as leaders in tomorrow’s society.
Our success is as a consequence of striking a fine balance between tradition and innovation. Our values are traditional ones and we offer an unashamedly academic curriculum. We are keenly aware, however, that we are preparing our students for a working life none of us can yet anticipate. Our focus, therefore, is on developing the skills, attributes and habits of mind that will equip our young women as life-long learners. Our aim is to launch them into the world as self-starters, focused but flexible, armed with the courage to grasp opportunities and the resilience and humour to negotiate setbacks along the way.
We encourage and support our students in exploring their own potential, nurturing existing talents and interests and discovering new ones along the way. To ensure we enable each and every girl to fulfil her potential, an emphasis is placed on personalisation, on proactive mentoring and on pastoral care. Our students will embark upon adult life conscious of their worth, ambitious for their futures and aware that they are lucky indeed to have been educated here.
Highsted is a very special school. If you want to see how special, you are warmly invited to pay us a visit.
Anne Kelly, Headteacher
Highsted Remembers
To find out more about how we honour Remembrance, please follow this link.
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Important message for young people and parents/carers
CEOP is a command of the National Crime Agency and is here to help children and young people. We are here to help if you are a young person and you or your friend (up to age 18) has been forced or tricked into taking part in sexual activity with anyone online, or in the real world. We also have advice and links to support for other online problems young people might face, such as cyberbullying and hacking. Visit our Safety Centre for information, advice and to report directly to CEOP, by clicking on the Click CEOP button on the top right of our website.
If you are an adult stakeholder and require further information, advice or wish to report concerns directly to CEOP, visit the Safety Centre, by clicking on the Click CEOP button.
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Highsted Grammar School Privacy Notice
We collect and use pupil information under section 537A of the Education Act 1996, and section 83 of the Children Act 1989. We also comply with Article 6(1)(e) and Article 9(2)(b) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). To access our Privacy Notice please follow this link.
