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Welcome to your sixty-second update! They say that if you want a brilliant school, a good place to start is a brilliant P.E. faculty; so how lucky we are! We invite you to join us for our annual Sports Awards on the 9th July, and we give all the info you need for our Sports Day on the 18th June. The final part of the trilogy is our traditional Fun Run, on the 24th June. Full details of all three are in the newsletter. A huge thank you to everyone who has donated books to our library. We also invite you to our Summer Concert, a chance to see the fabulous musical skills of our students on show, on 2nd July, and to the People's Emergency Briefing which we are hosting a live screening of on the 6th July. Year 10 Design Technology students have started their coursework projects, the English faculty welcomed Year 6 students from South Hill, and we had great success at the Athletics County League. Your newsletter is in your inbox, and on the website. Next week is Gold Week. Happy Friday everyone! #EsseQuamVideri #TheHHEx #Belonging

Our English Team welcomed the wonderful year 6 students from South Hill school today. They experienced our school library and created a road map of their reading journeys. We hope they enjoy reading over the summer holidays before they join us in September! #TheHHEx #EsseQuamVideri #Belonging

We have made the decision that until the end of the academic year, students in Year 7-10 can wear either their normal school uniform or full P.E. kit to school. Please note that if students choose to wear full school uniform, they can remove their blazer and tie. Full school uniform includes school trousers/school skirt and school shoes - not trainers. If students choose to wear full school P.E. kit they must wear: - The HHS unisex or fitted polo shirt. - The HHS shorts or skort. - The HHS mid layer jacket, which is an optional item - With P.E. kit, students must also wear appropriate trainers. Crocs, sliders etc are not permitted. - With P.E.kit, students cannot wear alternative items of clothing (jumpers, hoodies, small shorts etc). Sixth Form students are expected to continue to follow our Sixth Form Dress code, but they can remove their jackets and tie. We have also made this adjustment to our staff dress code. Year 11 students are expected to continue to wear their school uniform for their exams, but they can choose to remove their blazer and tie. This is something that we trialled for the first time last year in the Summer term when we had an extended period of warm weather. The students were brilliant in following expectations and maintain our high standards. We hope that this flexibility helps them to feel more comfortable when it's warm. #Respect #Responsibility #TheHHex #EsseQuamVideri #Belonging

Welcome to your sixty-second update! It has been a busy week in the music department, with our students competing in the Scholars’ Battle of the Bands, and our Music Leaders from Year 12 supporting students at Oakleaf to prepare for their summer concert. Our junior mathematicians excelled again with 5 Golds, 26 Silvers and 35 Bronze medals. Please remember, that as the summer weather is here, to apply sunscreen before school, and carry some with you. The same goes for antihistamines for hay fever, if you need them. We encourage every student to have a re-useable water bottle and to refill them at break and lunch. You may bring and wear a hat outside. Hot off the press; we will repeat what we trailed last year and switch to wearing PE kit every day next half-term. This means proper school kit, with appropriate trainers. Last year's trial was a huge success, and we know that students will take on this adjustment with #Responsibility and #Respect. Full details are in the email which has gone home today. Well done to all those who competed in County Athletics, there are two matches left. Our Sixth Form students have been celebrating the great things said about them and our school in our recent Ofsted report. And we had a wonderful time and learnt so much about our students at the Year Eight ‘Have You Met’ event. When we come back after half-term it is Blue Week. Your newsletter is in your inbox and on the website. Happy Friday everyone! #EsseQuamVideri #TheHHEx

The forecast for tomorrow is 26°. We will allow students to wear their PE kit to school. Staff can also remove jackets and ties if they wish. Please note: Students can continue to wear full uniform if they wish. If they do so they can remove their blazer and tie. (If they’re wearing uniform this includes school shoes - not trainers). If students choose to wear PE kit it must full school PE kit. Alternative items are not allowed and they will be asked to change. Additional information will go out later today about uniform expectations after Half Term. #EsseQuamVideri #TheHHEx #Resilience #Reflection #Relationships

Ofsted gives our school the GREEN light across the board! We are very proud to announce, that in this new, more rigorous, and tougher inspections framework Ofsted has given our school all green lights for quality of provision across all areas. In the new framework, the school is assessed in eight different areas, and the new ‘Expected Standard’ is explained as a school ‘doing everything that it should be doing. We are especially pleased, that in the area of Personal Development and Wellbeing we have been given the ‘Strong Standard’ recognising that The HHEx and PACE is ‘excellent, consistent work, making a real difference for learners’ and in roughly the top third of schools in the whole country in this area! The full Ofsted report can be read on our webiste, along with a video guide to the new Ofsted framework. The report should appear on the Ofsted website, on or about the 22nd May 2026. #EsseQuamVideri #TheHHEx #Belonging

Welcome to your sixty-second update! As Year 11 and 13 start their exams we take this moment to say how very proud we are of them, and how ready they are for this big moment in their lives. We've had yet more success in the UK Maths Challenge with Gold, Silvers and Bronzes across years 9, 10 and 11. Our Year 12 Brilliant Club cohort have graduated, completing their journey with a visit to Balliol College, Oxford University. There is double celebration in the PE faculty as Year 9 boys football won the County Cup, and Year 10 boys football won the County Plate. A fantastic achievement by both teams. Rehearsals are underway for Oakleaf's performing arts show, supported by our Year 12 students, our new Senior Student Leadership team had their first meeting, our Year 8 came third overall in the Scholars' Trust Cup, LEGO club have been at the fairground, our Head Students represented us at the Victory in Europe event in town, and it is time for Year 11 to see for themselves why our Sixth Formers feel they Belong at out Sixth Form taster days, on the 25th and 26th June. Your newsletter is in your inbox and on the website. Next week is Gold Week. Happy Friday everyone. #TheHHex #EsseQuamVieri

Year Ten! Time to start thinking about your first trial exams and being ready for them. 😊 #MrsBevansRevisionCountdown #TheHHEx #EsseQuamVideri

Calling Year 11s! Join us for the Year 12 Taster Days. Thursday 25th & Friday 26th June 2026 Experience post‑16 life. Explore subjects, meet new people and see what's next. We can’t wait to welcome you! #TheHHEx #EsseQuamVideri

Here is the Sparx Maths leaderboard as we head into May! Wel done to those in the top 15. #TheHHEx #EsseQuamVideri #Resilience

A huge thank you to Nancy and Freddie, our Head Students, for representing us at the VE Day commemorations in the town today. #Respect #WeWillRememberThem @hhrbl

Congratulations to our Year 12 @thebrilliantclub graduates, who celebrated at @balliolcollege1263_oxford at the having completed their project with Diana Williams from @universityofeastlondon #BrilliantClub #TheHHEx #EsseQuamVideri #Resilience #Reflection