Open Day 2023
Daughter in Year 6 of primary school? Looking for a grammar school place from September 2024? Come and find out what Highsted has to offer at our Open Evening on Thursday 12 October. To download further information please follow this link. To book your guided tour, use the QR code below, or open the booking form here.
Class of 2023: GCSE
Highsted Grammar School is delighted to report another year of success by students receiving their GCSE results. Students have consistently demonstrated their willingness to overcome challenges during their schooling and showed focus and determination following the interrupted years of the pandemic and as a school we are rightly proud of them!
It is particularly pleasing to note the significant cohort of students who achieved the very top grades across all their subjects. These exceptional students included: Samantha A, Anjie A, Saffron B, Katherine B, Hannah C, Rachel C, Ellie F, Evie G, Sophie H, Phoebe H, Dara J, Esther M, Bethany M, Rosie-May M, Sydney S and Sophie T.
We are full of admiration and pride for all our students who thoroughly deserve this considerable level of success and we would like to thank their parents and teachers for their continued support to enable them to achieve these results.
To see more photos of celebration, please follow this link.
A-level Results Day 2023
Highsted Grammar School is pleased to report that the Class of 2023 have maintained the high standard of achievement at A-level. Despite the continued challenges associated with the last three years, the students have shown tremendous determination and commitment to their studies with 74% of grades awarded at A*-B.
Students have strived to achieved the very top grades across a range of facilitating subjects, with over a third of the cohort grades awarded as A*/A. Exceptional performances of three A*/A grades were awarded to Sienna D, Grace D, Oakleigh F, Bethany F, Alex F, Rosie G, Elena I, Madeline K, Ellie L, Olivia M, Karine M, Neve R, Brooke S, Ria T and Ilana W.
The school is grateful to the teachers and parents who have supported our students in their journey to success, and proud of the outstanding individuals they have each become. We wish them every success in their future careers.
To see more photographs from this morning’s special day of celebration, please follow this link.
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. Earlier editions from the past year are available by following the links below.
To download Issue 12, please follow this link.
To download Issue 13, please follow this link.
To download Issue 14, please follow this link.
To download Issue 15, 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 Summer 2022/23 now. Just click on the cover page above. To download earlier issues, please follow this link to our Events: Newsletters page.
School Games Gold Mark Award 2023
We are delighted to announce that Highsted Physical Education department has achieved the School Games Gold Mark Award for the 2022/23 academic year!
The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success. To read more about this scheme and Highsted's achievement within it, please download the full-sized poster by clicking on the image above or following this link.
September 2024 Admissions
Please follow this link to our Admissions webpage for full information about entry procedures to the school for September 2024.
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.
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.
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.
Open Day 2023
Daughter in Year 6 of primary school? Looking for a grammar school place from September 2024? Come and find out what Highsted has to offer at our Open Evening on Thursday 12 October. To download further information please follow this link. To book your guided tour, use the QR code below, or open the booking form here.
Class of 2023: GCSE
Highsted Grammar School is delighted to report another year of success by students receiving their GCSE results. Students have consistently demonstrated their willingness to overcome challenges during their schooling and showed focus and determination following the interrupted years of the pandemic and as a school we are rightly proud of them!
It is particularly pleasing to note the significant cohort of students who achieved the very top grades across all their subjects. These exceptional students included: Samantha A, Anjie A, Saffron B, Katherine B, Hannah C, Rachel C, Ellie F, Evie G, Sophie H, Phoebe H, Dara J, Esther M, Bethany M, Rosie-May M, Sydney S and Sophie T.
We are full of admiration and pride for all our students who thoroughly deserve this considerable level of success and we would like to thank their parents and teachers for their continued support to enable them to achieve these results.
To see more photos of celebration, please follow this link.
A-level Results Day 2023
Highsted Grammar School is pleased to report that the Class of 2023 have maintained the high standard of achievement at A-level. Despite the continued challenges associated with the last three years, the students have shown tremendous determination and commitment to their studies with 74% of grades awarded at A*-B.
Students have strived to achieved the very top grades across a range of facilitating subjects, with over a third of the cohort grades awarded as A*/A. Exceptional performances of three A*/A grades were awarded to Sienna D, Grace D, Oakleigh F, Bethany F, Alex F, Rosie G, Elena I, Madeline K, Ellie L, Olivia M, Karine M, Neve R, Brooke S, Ria T and Ilana W.
The school is grateful to the teachers and parents who have supported our students in their journey to success, and proud of the outstanding individuals they have each become. We wish them every success in their future careers.
To see more photographs from this morning’s special day of celebration, please follow this link.
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. Earlier editions from the past year are available by following the links below.
To download Issue 12, please follow this link.
To download Issue 13, please follow this link.
To download Issue 14, please follow this link.
To download Issue 15, 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 Summer 2022/23 now. Just click on the cover page above. To download earlier issues, please follow this link to our Events: Newsletters page.
School Games Gold Mark Award 2023
We are delighted to announce that Highsted Physical Education department has achieved the School Games Gold Mark Award for the 2022/23 academic year!
The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success. To read more about this scheme and Highsted's achievement within it, please download the full-sized poster by clicking on the image above or following this link.
We are delighted to announce that Highsted Physical Education department has achieved the School Games Gold Mark Award for the 2022/23 academic year!
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.
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.
Awards Evening: Class of 2022
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!
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.
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.
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 Sociology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Head of Psychology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Deputy SENCO (M/UPR + TLR 2a)
Support staff posts
Science Technician (35 hours weekly; term time & staff development days)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 4: £21,389 per annum, pro rata
Finance Officer - Maternity Cover (37 hours weekly; full time)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 9: £30,485 - £33,850 per annum
Teaching posts
Head of Sociology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Head of Psychology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Deputy SENCO (M/UPR + TLR 2a)
Support staff posts
Science Technician (35 hours weekly; term time & staff development days)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 4: £21,389 per annum, pro rata
Finance Officer - Maternity Cover (37 hours weekly; full time)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 9: £30,485 - £33,850 per annum
Teaching posts
Head of Sociology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Head of Psychology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Deputy SENCO (M/UPR + TLR 2a)
Support staff posts
Science Technician (35 hours weekly; term time & staff development days)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 4: £21,389 per annum, pro rata
Finance Officer - Maternity Cover (37 hours weekly; full time)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 9: £30,485 - £33,850 per annum
Teaching posts
Head of Sociology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Head of Psychology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Deputy SENCO (M/UPR + TLR 2a)
Support staff posts
Science Technician (35 hours weekly; term time & staff development days)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 4: £21,389 per annum, pro rata
Finance Officer - Maternity Cover (37 hours weekly; full time)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 9: £30,485 - £33,850 per annum
Teaching posts
Head of Sociology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Head of Psychology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Deputy SENCO (M/UPR + TLR 2a)
Support staff posts
Science Technician (35 hours weekly; term time & staff development days)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 4: £21,389 per annum, pro rata
Finance Officer - Maternity Cover (37 hours weekly; full time)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 9: £30,485 - £33,850 per annum
Teaching posts
Head of Sociology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Head of Psychology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Deputy SENCO (M/UPR + TLR 2a)
Support staff posts
Science Technician (35 hours weekly; term time & staff development days)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 4: £21,389 per annum, pro rata
Finance Officer - Maternity Cover (37 hours weekly; full time)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 9: £30,485 - £33,850 per annum
Teaching posts
Head of Sociology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Head of Psychology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Deputy SENCO (M/UPR + TLR 2a)
Support staff posts
Science Technician (35 hours weekly; term time & staff development days)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 4: £21,389 per annum, pro rata
Finance Officer - Maternity Cover (37 hours weekly; full time)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 9: £30,485 - £33,850 per annum
Teaching posts
Head of Sociology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Head of Psychology (M/UPR + TLR 2b)
Deputy SENCO (M/UPR + TLR 2a)
Support staff posts
Science Technician (35 hours weekly; term time & staff development days)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 4: £21,389 per annum, pro rata
Finance Officer - Maternity Cover (37 hours weekly; full time)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 9: £30,485 - £33,850 per annum
Science Technician (35 hours weekly; term time & staff development days)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 4: £21,389 per annum, pro rata
Finance Officer - Maternity Cover (37 hours weekly; full time)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 9: £30,485 - £33,850 per annum
Science Technician (35 hours weekly; term time & staff development days)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 4: £21,389 per annum, pro rata
Finance Officer - Maternity Cover (37 hours weekly; full time)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 9: £30,485 - £33,850 per annum
Finance Officer - Maternity Cover (37 hours weekly; full time)
Highsted Academy Trust pay band 9: £30,485 - £33,850 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.
