Neil Renton reflects on the past year; the challenges faced, how staff and students have had to adapt, the resilience shown and what has been achieved by our HGS community. We hope you have a restful Easter break and look forward to welcoming students back on 12th April.
We are delighted to have been awarded the prestigious Quality in Careers Standard Award for a second time. The Award is a nationally recognised award and is one of the highest accolades a school can receive for excellence in this area of school life.
Congratulations to Yasmin in year 12, her photograph, entitled ‘escapism’, has been selected out of 22,000 entries to appear in a Show and Tell exhibition. It communicates how young people are feeling in these challenging times.
It is important that students and staff report their LFD results to both to NHS test and trace and to us directly, please click through to find all the relevant links needed.
A short helpful video has been produced to show students what to expect when they come in for their LFD test prior to the school reopening.
Congratulations to Tim Milburn, Deputy Headteacher, for achieving his Masters in Leadership of School Mental Health and Wellbeing. HGS has made mental health and wellbeing a whole school focus and this accreditation allows Tim to further his pioneering work.
Neil Renton talks about reframing the narrative around UK education and not labelling our children as the ‘Covid generation’ but as ‘The Remarkables’…
It has been a challenging year, we’re very proud of how our students and our school community have worked together. We’d like to create a special place for students that will provide them a space to socialise and recharge outside. Please help if you can…
Please help support children with their online learning through this pandemic either by donating an unwanted laptop or tablet and/or by donating to cover the cost of refurbishing the devices. Each laptop or tablet will be given free to a child in need.
We would like to thank you for your support, understanding and patience through such difficult and unprecedented times. We will continue to post on this page any relevant information and letters concerning the ongoing COVID 19 situation.