14R Students thoroughly enjoyed their residential trip to Kingswood    Activity Centre in Kent! For some of our students it was a new experience to stay overnight away from families, however they all coped extremely well with the change. Some of the activities that our students took park in included: Crate…

Dear parents and carers,   You will have read my letter earlier this week and know that I am planning to retire at the end of the Summer term. I shared this news with pupils in our assembly today. It will be very hard to leave but I’m looking forward…

Dear parents and carers,   Today we are supporting Comic Relief and taking part in red nose day. The school is a sea of red! Pupils enjoyed a special assembly, red nose challenge and a disco this afternoon. Thanks go to DJ Anabela! Teacher members of the NEU took part…

Dear parents and carers, Please read my letter, sent out today, regarding industrial action by members of the NEU next week. We are able to open on Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th March and expect pupils to attend as normal. Kindly note: there will be no after school clubs running…

Dear parents and carers,   OFSTED visited our school on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. It was a very busy few days from receiving notification of the visit on Monday morning. Our pupils shone and they were able to tell the Inspectors many positive things about Highshore! The Inspection judgement…

Dear parents and carers,   We hope that everyone had a good half term. It was lovely to see everyone return on Monday. Our parent group met on Monday and about a dozen parents took part in a travel training workshop onsite on Wednesday. As part of the workshop we…

Dear parents and carers,   We’ve had a great week in school. On Tuesday Jeff and the NYT after school drama group attended a workshop with the National Youth theatre and two other special schools. We had wonderful feedback about our young people. On Thursday we held our Friendship Fortnight…

Dear parents and carers,   Our Business Links day on Thursday was a great success! Pupils enjoyed learning about the world of work and visited a number of organisations including Fooditude, IKEA, EG+, Surrey Quays Bowling Alley, Café Van Gogh and more! I enjoyed visiting the Blue Elephant Theatre with…