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We're starting the new year on a high note! We've made the Top 10 independent schools in London and Top 20 national independent secondary school for academic performance in The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2024. 👍
#highgateschool
#independentschools
#awards
#newyear2024
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Excited to announce that
@highgate1565
has also won the overall prize of Independent School of the Year 2019! Congratulations to all our dedicated, kind and hardworking staff and pupils!! 🙌🏽
#socialmobility
#winners
#proud
#education
#ISOTY19
#ISC
#BupaGlobal
#dedication
#team
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CONGRATULATIONS to Dr Andrew Szydlo who has won Silver in the Lifetime Achievement Category for
@TeachingAwards
Our legendary Chemistry teacher has taught at Highgate for 47 years!
#ClassroomHeroes
Dr Szydlo will now automatically be shortlisted into the Gold Award category!
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We’re proud of our pupils collecting their GCSE results today. However, Guy overcame more adversity than most. He sat most his exams from home during intensive treatment for leukaemia. He received A*s in all 8 subjects he sat with 2 more awarded as honorary certificates.
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We’re delighted to announce that
@highgate1565
has won Independent School of the Year for Contribution to Social Mobility 2019!
#socialmobility
#winners
#proud
#education
#ISOTY19
#ISC
#BupaGlobal
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Today Mr Dabrowski donated 280 pairs of
#HighgateSchool
safety glasses to the local hospital: "I got in touch with the Whittington who gratefully accepted them. We'll replace the glasses before we're fortunate enough to need them again”
#HighgateatHome
#community
#nhs
#together
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Teachers are messaging each other this evening, minds full of our pupils and how we can best support them, particularly our Y11 and Y13’s who’ve worked so hard and must be feeling very unsettled... Even in isolation, pupils will be surrounded by staff who genuinely care.
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Do books matter? We think so! Help us raise money for a Library at the new London Academy of Excellence, Tottenham:
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A standing ovation to
@highgate1565
’s community of pupils, families & staff for their contribution in our winning of the Senior school of the Year 2020 at this evening’s
@tes
Awards. Congratulations 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
#TesISAwards
The final winner of the night is...
@highgate1565
! Huge congratulations on this tremendous achievement
#TesISAwards
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Well done to our Class of 2022, who received their A level and Pre-U exam results today! Each pupil deserves to feel exceptionally proud of what they have achieved and who they have become.
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Mr Pettitt setting off bright and early with daughter Millie on his first of 106 laps to complete a marathon on the school field in aid of digital poverty. Thank you to our generous donors - we’ve doubled our initial target 🙏🏽
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Yesterday poet Anthony Anaxagorou visited Highgate and spoke to our Y9 pupils about culture and identity.
@Anthony1983
also ran creative writing workshops with students throughout the senior school and visited a Y11 lesson to discuss poetry in depth.
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Welcoming local residents who need access to outdoor space for their daily exercise during lock down! We've opened our sports field free of charge. All ages & abilities welcome. See our public opening details here
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🎉🎉🎉Independent School of the Year 2020! Well done
@highgate1565
#TesISAwards
@tes
#community
@LaeTottenham
The final winner of the night is...
@highgate1565
! Huge congratulations on this tremendous achievement
#TesISAwards
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There were many happy Y13 pupils at
@LaeTottenham
today - 75% of whom have won places at Russell Group Universities. Congratulations from everyone at Highgate!!
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Very good news! The 214 has become a fully electric bus route, so we'll no longer have them sat idling and churning out diesel fumes metres away from classrooms. Well done to our pupil Environment Committee and Elliot Prescott for their campaigning zeal!
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Highgate's senior teaching staff are excited to welcome students back for the new year! A particularly warm welcome to those new to the school; we'll endeavour to make your first day a happy one!
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"It’s time to look beyond statistics and congratulate these students on what got them to the end of this long journey and what will mark them out for good: perseverance, independence, ambition and curiosity." Head Adam Pettitt. Well done to all Y13 pupils today!
#highgateschool
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Sharing our thanks to pupils & staff for their resilience & community spirit at the moment. The importance of consideration for each other has never been so evident. We may be a little quieter than usual on here, but do keep checking the parent portal & Hero/Juno. Keep safe!
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Delighted to deliver the news that
#HighgateSchool
has been named
@thesundaytimes
London Independent School of the Decade by Parent Power, The Sunday Times Schools Guide, published tomorrow in print & online!
#schoolsofthedecade
. Here's a message of thanks, from Head Adam Pettitt
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"It’s my fervent hope that other independent schools will be able to use this and other models of partnership to build on what we have been able to do." Adam Pettitt, on Independent School of the Year & Social Mobility 2019 awards.
#ISOTY19
@LaeTottenham
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Highgate has won the
@RMP_Enterprise
award for BEST CAREERS PROGRAMME! Huge congratulations to Amandeep Jaspal, Louise Shelley, teachers and OC's for designing and delivering an excellent Careers and Employability programme for our pupils and
@LaeTottenham
👏🌟
#RMAAwards2020
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We were delighted to welcome Olivier Award winning actor Nicola Walker to speak to us yesterday about creativity, the challenges of pursuing a creative career and her formative experiences as an actor
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Mr Brunskill has been hand delivering the Y13 leavers' yearbooks and hoodies! Here's a photo from yesterday's drop off to Eliza, with OC brother Joe in the background. Eliza and Joe sent Mr Brunskill a photo from Eliza’s first day in senior school and Joe’s in the 6th form!
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We are horrified and deeply shocked by the testimonies on ‘Everyone’s Invited’ and elsewhere. The Governing body have appointed The Rt Hon Dame Anne Rafferty to lead the Independent Review into the issues raised by the testimonies.
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Congratulations to OC Hannah Della-Porta who has passed her Army Officer Selection Board which will sponsor her through medical school leading to her ultimate goal as a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Hannah will be our first female pupil to reach Sandhurst as a doctor!
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We're thrilled to welcome 12 Ukrainian pupils to our Highgate community and are looking forward to them starting their studies with us on Monday!
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Wishing you all a wonderful and restful Christmas 2020.
#HappyHolidays
#FestiveWishes
#MerryChristmas
#highgateschool
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A magical looking snow-covered Highgate! A few photos of the School from yesterday, including one of Mr Tapp and his snowman!
#Snowday
#HighgateSchool
#HighgateatHome
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Highgate stands in solidarity.
#blacklivesmatter
#highgateschool
#community
#partnership
#solidarity
#diversity
#together
#united
#unity
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Following the announcement yesterday of the death of Elizabeth II, our School community held a gathering of reflection for pupils and staff this morning. We acknowledge the Queen's lifetime of service and the enduring values that governed her long and historic reign.
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Congratulations to Aki, in Y10, who gave an incredible performance in the Strings Final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. Aki has been awarded this year’s Walter Todd’s Bursary, alongside another competitor.
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Wishing all pupils, parents and the wider Highgate community a Happy Easter and a restful holiday.
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A total of 106 laps completed by Adam Pettitt, which has raised over £62k so far! That's nearly 300 laptops for sixth formers across London who need them to help them work remotely during
#COVID
-19
#Marathon
#Highgateschool
#education
@BBCLondonNews
@HamandHigh
@EveningStandard
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Highgate has been named
@TheSundayTimes
London Independent School of the Decade. Details will be published in The Sunday Times (in print and online) tomorrow, Sunday 29 November.
#Schoolsofthedecade
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So this happened here at school yesterday! Thanks
@justinbieber
for stopping by for a senior football session
@HighgateSpEx
#justinbieber
Look who turned up today for Senior Football!
@highgate1565
met
@justinbieber
#JustinBieber
#HighgateFootball
#FieldofDreams
😃⚽️
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Congratulations to Highgate’s
#BEA2019
finalist, Guy! Diagnosed with Leukaemia last year, Guy’s positive attitude, and support from Highgate, meant he obtained top GCSE grades and is now taking his A levels with us. We are all so proud of his achievements!
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*Our new swimming pool is officially open!*
🏊♀️🤽♀️🚣💙💧
Brand sparkling new, with lessons across the School taking place today! 😅
Here are the
#HighgateSchool
swimming coaches testing the water!
#waterpolo
#swimming
#triathlon
#gala
#diving
#swimlikeafish
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A Remembrance Service was held in Chapel Quad today to observe two minutes silence. The Mayor of Haringey, Adam Jogee (OC), attended and is pictured with Mr Pettitt. Due social distancing restrictions, pupils watched via video link streamed from their classrooms.
#HighgateSchool
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"As we celebrate the enormous amount of hard work that this resilient Y11 cohort put into their studies, I am not only struck by their well-deserved results, but also the delightfully eclectic combinations of subjects pupils are now choosing at A Level." James Newton, Deputy Head
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Mr Henderson delivering food to the HNCC food bank to help Highgate community
#highgateschool
#partnership
#highgatecommunity
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This week has seen a monumental operation to test over 1200 senior school pupils before next Monday so that lessons can begin in person as quickly as possible! This has involved the help of 69 parent volunteers and 40 staff! Read more here
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Mr Pettitt and Ms Shelley processing Covid lateral flow tests as part of our critical worker support system.
#teamwork
#partnership
#criticalworkersupport
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Well done to our pupils dressed as spring daffodils from 8am this morning collecting for
@mariecurieuk
#charity
#fundraising
#mariecurie
#highgateschool
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Father Robert joins the final 25 laps! We’re thrilled to announce an anonymous donation of £10,000 taking our total to £60k which means we can provide laptops to 272 pupils!! 🙏
#kindness
#partnership
#highgateschool
#community
#covid
-19
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*Laps for Laptops* - Head Adam Pettiitt is running a marathon this Friday (106 laps around our sports field!) to raise funds for partner school children impacted by digital poverty during Covid-19. Find out more:
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Well done to all Year 13s at our sibling school
@LaeTottenham
on their A level results today - 9 Oxbridge places secured and 13 pupils going to study medicine
#Congratulations
A results day like no other but huge success at LAET
@LaeTottenham
Highlights include 9 students to Oxford or Cambridge and at least 13 (and counting) for medicine. More importantly, well done to ALL who have coped so well with the unprecedented circumstances.
#AlevelResults
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Last night's Sports Awards were a celebration of pupils' sporting success & sheer hard work. Huge thanks to
@IzzyChr17
for presenting the awards & Stephanie Pride, our Director of SpEx, who is sadly leaving us this summer & who has been so inspirational during her time here. 👏
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Mr Pettitt is joined by son Louis for the second part of the marathon!
Not only can we provide laptops for all the Year 12 pupils who need them at Acland Burghley School, we can now do the same for our other partner schools
#team
#family
#community
🙏
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14-year-old Highgate pupil, Theo, is to become
@Markosia
’s youngest ever published writer, when the graphic novel Johnny Recruit – which began life as a school project in Y5 – is released on 30 May.
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We are delighted to announce that Y9 pupil, Imogen, has been selected as a finalist in the ‘One to Watch’ category of the Everywoman Technology. Find our more here Awards.
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"10 young
#Tottenham
students have come up against the brightest in the land & won places at 2 of this country’s most elite universities. Their brilliant success shows how much partnership between schools can achieve." Adam Pettitt.
🌟🌟🌟
@LaeTottenham
#oxbridge
@SpursOfficial
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"480 kind people donated £68,357 [...] which will allow us to give a laptop to disadvantaged students in more of our Chrysalis partner schools than we could have hoped for. Highgate’s campaign to respond to Covid-19 is real:
#HighgateIsHere
." Mr Pettitt.
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Today we've donated some surplus food produce from our catering department to the local foodbank in Highgate. Here are our team loading the van for delivery.
#community
#together
#timeforgiving
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Congratulations again to Highgate School and all other schools who won across the 15 categories last night at the
#TesISAwards
2020: read the full list & report here from
@tes
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"“One of the reasons I became a teacher was I always had other interests. I like playing the violin. The car thing started when I bought my first car. I started repairing it myself because I didn’t trust other people to." ~ Dr Andrew Szydlo. Read more here
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Huge congrats to
#HighgateSchool
's Y13 pupil Eleanor, who is off to study Aerospace Engineering with her A levels A*A*AC: "I'm very happy with my results and am excited to have the opportunity to go to Georgia Tech next year!" 🎉🎉🎉
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Almost 2000 pre-loved books were collected from
#highgateSchool
by
@Lonbookproject
this morning. Pupils from the Senior & Junior School took part in the sustainable book-gifting initiative, donating to children across London to help them feel part of the reading community.
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Our Environment Committee, along with Head Adam Pettitt, encouraging pupils & their parents/guardians to reduce drive time & walk to School. We know engine fumes contain gases that contribute to climate change and respiratory diseases. Help reduce air pollution by taking part.
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Marathon complete 🙌🏽 Huge congrats both! “Thank you so much to everyone who has sponsored us already & to Jan Balon, without whom I don’t think this morning would have been possible, & my son Louis for his amazing company through the first half of the marathon.” - Mr Pettitt
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Dr Szydlo, our legendary chemistry teacher who has been with Highgate for 47 years, hosting a Thursday Lunchtime Activity experiment for
#STEM
#stemweek
#chemistry
#highgateschool
⚗️
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We are delighted to announce that former Highgate pupil, Vivika Martini, has won The Royal Academy of Engineering Award for Exceptional Pupil Achievement, at the 21st Design and Technology Excellence Awards. Read more
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This morning you can read why
#HighgateSchool
has been named
@thesundaytimes
London Independent School of the Decade by
#ParentPower
, in The Sunday Times Schools Guide here
#Schoolsofthedecade
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We are delighted that
@DoctorChristian
will speak at our
#DevelopingTeen
conference. Schools reserve a place here:
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Good luck to Y8s Iva, Imogen, Sophia and Calliope who are code-cracking in the
#CyberFirst
computer science girls competition final today! The
#HighgateSchool
team smashed their way through the semi-final heat earlier this year securing their place in today’s final.
@NCSC
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We'd like to share our recognition and congratulations for sixth form pupil Magdalena who has been selected for the UK squad of 13 for the British astrophysics and astronomy Olympiad team.
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Thank you to everyone who took part in our sponsored walk to raise funds for Ugandan School, Great Lakes High School, last Friday. Amazing support from all involved - we have raised over £82,000 so far!
#kirima
#community
#team
#fundraiser
On Friday, students and staff from
@highgate1565
and
@LaeTottenham
, enjoyed an exciting start to their bi-annual charity walk.
#THFC
⚪️
#COYS
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Will you be dreaming of a white Christmas? A gem of a photo from our archive - snowballing on
#HighgateSchool
Senior Field
#SchoolWinter
#FromTheArchive
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Congratulations go to Y13 Highgate pupil Joe, winner of the Advanced Class of Kent Organists' Association competition, who delighted Rochester Cathedral visitors with his beautiful organ recitals over the Summer.
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Welcoming all pupils back to School today - the Michaelmas term begins!
#highgateschool
#welcomeback
#backtoschool
#venturesnew
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Our
@HighgateDTE
team secured the world’s highest programming skills score in the VEX Robotics World Championships! Congratulations to all involved!
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Mr Anderson is busy at work over
@LaeTottenham
today helping the DTE departments make masks for our local hospitals.
#communityspirit
#NHSThankYou
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Welcoming everybody back after the half-term break! We hope you enjoy this beautiful Autumnal photo captured as the sun rose over
#HampsteadHeath
ponds, which we are lucky to neighbour!
#welcomeback
#highgateautumn
#highgateschool
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Who's set for tomorrow's whole school walk across London? With over 2,500 staff and pupils taking part, this huge team event is in aid of Great Lakes High, Uganda. Here's our full route with Sixth Formers & staff starting at
@LaeTottenham
@SpursOfficial
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This morning Mr Henderson and four of our sixth form pupils (Oscar, Tess, Christian & Annie) went into the City to sell
@safi_coffee
at 5 Aldermanbury Square, with help from
@SteptoeLLP
It was a fast-paced first foray into the business sales world for our students!
#partnership
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Congratulations to Y13 pupils Jessica, Alexa and Maisie who received their Gold
@DofE
Awards today from Prince Edward at Buckingham Palace!
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Congrats go to 31 Highgate pupils who have each been offered a place at either Oxford or Cambridge University - there are over 15 different courses they have been offered places on. Find out more here
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The Schools Together Group conference is at Highgate today and Lord Agnew from
@educationgovuk
made a big announcement about new funding to help schools across England build
#partnership
programmes.
#stgconference2019
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Huge Congrats to the girls - they have WON the
@NCSC
girls' final!!
#CyberFirst
#HighgateSchool
More photos to follow!
Good luck to Y8s Iva, Imogen, Sophia and Calliope who are code-cracking in the
#CyberFirst
computer science girls competition final today! The
#HighgateSchool
team smashed their way through the semi-final heat earlier this year securing their place in today’s final.
@NCSC
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"Despite the unprecedented challenges of the past few months, we're incredibly proud of our pupils' well-deserved success & wish them the best of luck as they embark on courses at leading universities."Jan Balon,Head of London Academy of Excellence Tottenham, on the 2020 results
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Welcoming Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 back into School today! We hope they've had a lovely first day back after
#highgateathome
& half term. Here are some pupils enjoying a lesson outside in the early Summer sun
#socialdistancing
#backtoschool
#highgateschool
#summerterm
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Last but by no means least, we celebrated winning Independent School of the Year & Contribution to Social Mobility 2019. Congratulations to our community of dedicated pupils, families & staff. Here's to 2020! 🌟
#ISOTY
#Chrysalis
@LaeTottenham
@ISParent
@SpursOfficial
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Today,
#RandomActsOfKindness
Society presented Kassim, our school security guard, with the
#Starofthemonth
award. Francesca (Y8) said "He's so
#kind
& helpful. He makes us feel so
#welcome
at school in the mornings." Maddie (Y8) said "We wanted to show how
#grateful
we are."
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Good luck to our intermediate girl’s cross-country team who are travelling down to Newquay today to race at the national finals tomorrow! This is the first time we’ve reached this stage of the competition, we’re so proud of you all….Go team Highgate! 😊
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Once a teacher, always a teacher: our Head, Adam Pettitt, marking his Y9 German pupils' work.
#schoollife
#education
#Highgateschool
#dedication
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@highgate1565
and
@LaeTottenham
have reached our goal of £80,000 for Ugandan school Great Lakes High by 10.30am. There’s still time to donate, thank you for the amazing support everyone!
#teamwork
#fundraiser
#communityspirit
@SpursOfficial
#kirima
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"News of a second school closure could easily worsen the January blues however necessary it is to protect us, those we love and the NHS. But my colleagues will inject their warmth and energy into
#HighgateAtHome
and we will all rise to the challenge again!" ~ Head Adam Pettitt
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And we're off! Pupils and staff with both Heads - Mr Pettitt from Highgate and Mr Balon from
@LaeTottenham
- commence our sponsored walk at
@SpursOfficial
stadium to complete 20km across London and raise fund for five pupil-chosen charities. Find out more:
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Huge congratulations to our Y13 pupils who received their A level results today! We're incredibly proud of your resilience, work ethic and achievements in what has been a challenging year.
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Welcoming back our Y10s and Y12s to school on this socially distanced but sunny Monday! 🌞
#welcomeback
#highgateschool
#highgateathome
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Don't forget it's our whole school walk across Hampstead Heath next Friday 18 October! You still have time to sponsor us to help raise funds for Great Lakes High School in Uganda. Sibling school
@LaeTottenham
will be taking part with us too!
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“Congratulations,
@LaeTottenham
! What a way to live up to your name. We are so proud of all that you have achieved for the young people of Tottenham in such a short time. You richly deserve this wonderful accolade.” Adam Pettitt,
#SchoolsoftheDecade
#HighgateSchool
We're proud to announce that LAE Tottenham has been named The Sunday Times Sixth Form College of the Year by Parent Power, The Sunday Times Schools Guide. From this Sunday, you will be able to read about this in The Sunday Times or you can visit their website.
#Schoolsofthedecade
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We have arrived at the end of term after a rollercoaster of a year! Wishing you a wonderful and restful festive break, from all of us at
#HighgateSchool
.
#Holidayseason
#SnowPlaceLikeHighgate
#Christmasholidays
#seeyouin2021
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Good luck in your marathon and half marathon this morning Mr Pettitt and Louis (in the stormy rain 😳)! All kind support will go towards children and their families struggling in Tottenham. Every penny counts.
Thank you 🙏🏽
@LaeTottenham
@SpursOfficial
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What a focused study partner Roxy the dog is! If you have a family pet who's keeping you company while you work during lock down, we'd love to see a photo! Send them into us at communications
@highgateschool
.org.uk and we'll share them here
#petsinlockdown
#HighgateAtHome
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I'm not sure how we manage to get all of the senior school into the sports hall, but it's great to get everyone together to start the year!
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Wishing you a wonderful and restful Christmas break, from all at Highgate School 🎄
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Our littlest pupils in the Pre-Prep School have been creating some beautiful interpretations of Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' painting. Here's a snapshot for you to enjoy!
#HighgateSchool
#artists
#creativity
#VanGogh
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“Fantastic news from
@UniofOxford
&
@Cambridge_Uni
which adds to the success of
@LaeTottenham
students in gaining fabulous offers from leading universities across the country! I am proud of them & of their teachers for all the hard work which they have invested”Head Adam Pettitt
𝟏𝟎 current students at
@LAETottenham
have been offered places at Oxford or Cambridge Universities for the next academic year, beginning September 2021 👏
More ⤵️
#THFC
⚪️
#COYS
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“It’s difficult to imagine how I could be more proud of the School than I am at this moment.” Adam Pettitt on winning the
@tes
Independent School of the Year 2020 award. Read our news story here …hool-awards-2020/
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