The Highfield School is a specialist Science College

Science College

Science Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, science and mathematics...

 for secondary education in Letchworth

Letchworth

Letchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth, is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The town's name is taken from one of the three villages it surrounded - all of which featured in the Domesday Book. The land used was first purchased by Quakers who had intended to farm the...

, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...

. The Highfield School teaches students aged 11-18 from Year 7 through to Year 13. The school is part of the Letchworth

Letchworth

Letchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth, is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The town's name is taken from one of the three villages it surrounded - all of which featured in the Domesday Book. The land used was first purchased by Quakers who had intended to farm the...

 Sixth Form Consortium with Fearnhill School

Fearnhill School

Fearnhill School is a comprehensive school located in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England.-Admissions:It is a specialist school and a Maths and Computing College. It educates over 1,000 students and is one of a minority of high schools with a sixth form...

. It received a satisfactory OFSTED grade.

Highfield runs a vertical tutoring system, meaning that students are put into registration groups with a tutor who is specialised in dealing with Years 7-8 and students in Years 9, 10 and 11 are put with other specific tutors. The system encourages the mixing of year groups and is popular with new Year 7 students.

Houses

Students are allocated to tutor groups which form houses. There are four houses: BABBAGE, CURIE, ARMSTRONG and EINSTEIN. These were previously known as Anglia, Mercia, Northumbria and Wessex before they were changed in 2008.

Throughout the year there are inter-house competitions including various small tournaments that are held in timetabled P.E lessons, dance competitions and sports day (at the end of year).

Science

There are many Science and Maths events as Highfield is a Science College, including a Science Festival. Students at the Highfield alongside Fearnhill School and many local primaries take part in Science related events including a celebration evening. The school also works closely to develop science and maths in their partner primary schools throughout the year.