Dear Parent/Carer, I hope you and your family are safe, well and have had a good Christmas break. As I am sure you will appreciate, yesterday’s announcement from the government to “extend the phased return to face-to-face education for secondary-age pupils”, once again…
Mr Huntington’s hope that the collective spirit of #TeamHeanor could put a smile on people’s faces in these terribly difficult times has come to fruition. With your help we have managed to co-ordinate the momentous task of accepting thousands of…
Further to the Government’s announcements yesterday regarding the proposed early closure of schools, the Spencer Academies Trust schools will be following Government guidance and finishing the autumn term at the end of the school day on Thursday 17 December…
Inktober is an annual global drawing competition that people across the world took part in during October, including the students at HGSC. The task involved selecting one word from a list of prompt words (one for each day of the month) to produce a drawing using ink (pen, fine liner or biro). As a homework set in their art…
Each year we offer our students in Year 11 the chance to experience what studying at HGSC is like once they finish their GCSEs and move on to post-16 education by holding a Sixth Form Taster Day. This year Mr Graham, the Head of Sixth Form, welcomed over 110 Year 11s on November’s INSET day, freeing up our staff and subject…
A few weeks ago a decision was made by the government to stop free school meal allowance over the Christmas holiday period. This will affect many of our lowest income families at the most financially straining time of the year so, last week…
It is with great pleasure that Mr Stone and Mrs Boyles can now introduce to you their brand new Year 9 Prefect Team; Matthew, Anya, Thomas, Holly, Claudia, Emma, Charlotte, Summer, Connie, Archie, Charlie, and Kiki…
Over recent weeks, I have written to you on a number of occasions regarding positive cases of Covid-19 in school. I am writing to you now as we prepare for a long weekend for students and an Inset Day for staff to express our sincere thanks…
This week the news has been dominated by the national picture of rising Covid-19 cases and a testing system which has been unable to keep up with demand. I’m sure you would all have seen the Prime Minister’s statement on…
We have learned over the weekend that a member of staff within the school has tested positive for Covid-19. The teacher affected has not been in school since 9.20am on Wednesday 16 September when he was sent home to be tested due to him…