Longhill High School
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Falmer Road , East Sussex , BN2 7FR | |
| Coordinates | 50°49′06″N 0°04′03″W / 50.8184°N 0.0676°W |
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| Type | Community school |
| Local authority | Brighton and Hove |
| Department for Education URN | 114581 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Website | http://www.longhill.brighton-hove.sch.uk/ |
Longhill High School is a co-educational secondary school for 11 to 16 year-olds, which is located in Rottingdean, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex.
History
Charlie Barr
founded the school in 1878[citation needed]
On 16 September 2010, officially it opened its new block, named "Vaughan Block" after one of the longest-serving teachers, after a campaign on the social networking site Facebook.[1]
On the hottest day thus far in 2016, several dozen male pupils were excluded from lessons due to wearing school PE shorts instead of trousers. The head teacher said, “Students have access to water in order to keep themselves hydrated" and stated that only around 2 per cent of pupils were involved.[2] Over the next few days, more than a dozen male pupils attended school wearing school uniform skirts instead as a protest, which they were permitted to do after initially being told to remove them. Parents said that the protest should encourage the school to consider changing its uniform policy.[3]
In 2018 the school implemented a new house system named after local landmarks: Brighton Dome, Brighton Lanes, Brighton Pavilion and Brighton Pier. It also changed its motto to “Aspiration, Determination, Success”.
Initiatives and projects
Longhill High School is involved in projects.
- Shortlisted for Learning through Landscapes' Fruit-ful Schools[4] project.
- Pupils are part of the Young Gifted and Talented Programme.
- Pupils are part of the Aim Higher scheme.[citation needed]
Sports and clubs
Longhill High School offers clubs. Autumn to spring teams include football, year 7–11, both male and female teams; and rugby, year 7–9, boys' and girls'. Summer sports include cricket (years 7–9), tennis club (years 7–10), athletics and girls' rounders as well as dance. Longhill has a Combined Cadet Force (CCF), which has won several awards, such as best drill team and best first aid team.[citation needed]
Longhill has music facilities and offers music teaching.
Notable students
- John Volanthen, one of the divers in the Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand.[5]
- Saffron Barker, YouTuber and social media personality
References
- ^ "Local newspaper article".
- ^ "Boys excluded from lessons after wearing shorts on hottest day of the year". The Argus. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Teenage boys in Rottingdean school skirt protest over hot weather". BBC News. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Fruit-ful Schools[permanent dead link]
- ^ https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2019/02/26/queen-presents-brighton-diver-with-george-medal-for-thai-cave-rescue/
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