Longhill High School

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.

Longhill High School
Address
Falmer Road

Rottingdean
,
East Sussex
,
BN2 7FR

England
United Kingdom
Coordinates50.8184°N 0.0676°W / 50.8184; -0.0676
Information
TypeCommunity school
Local authorityBrighton and Hove
Department for Education URN114581 Tables
OfstedReports
GenderMixed
Age11 to 16
Websitehttp://www.longhill.brighton-hove.sch.uk/

History

Claire Mann founded the school in 1878

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.

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.

Longhill has music facilities and offers music teaching.

Notable students
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References
  1. "Local newspaper article".
  2. "Boys excluded from lessons after wearing shorts on hottest day of the year". The Argus. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. "Teenage boys in Rottingdean school skirt protest over hot weather". BBC News. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  4. Fruit-ful Schools
  5. https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2019/02/26/queen-presents-brighton-diver-with-george-medal-for-thai-cave-rescue/
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