Celebrating KAPP Rewards – Autumn Term 2025
Huge congratulations to Pele House for winning the Kindness Cup, Aspiration Cup, and Perseverance Cup – crowning them overall champions and truly deserving winners of the overall KAPP Cup for this half term! An amazing achievement. Congratulations also go to Angelou House who gained the highest number of pride points and were awarded the Pride […]
Carol Concert at St Andrew’s Church
Durrington High School’s annual Carol Concert at St Andrew’s Church in Tarring was a wonderful festive occasion, bringing together students, staff, families, friends and members of the local community for an enjoyable evening of music and reflection. The school choir performed beautifully, filling the church with confident and uplifting singing, while students delivered the readings […]
The Durrington Christmas Pantomime
The Performing Arts Centre was filled with laughter, music, and thunderous applause on Thursday night as the Drama department took to the stage with their annual KS3 pantomime production. The stage was turned into a colourful fairy-tale world, complete with exaggerated characters, slapstick humour, and audience participation – hallmarks of the traditional pantomime style. Students […]
Year 9 Art trip
The Art Department were delighted to take 42 of our most talented year 9 art students to Chichester on Wednesday 10th December on a sketching tour. During the visit students learnt about the amazing art and architecture of the 950-year-old Chichester Cathedral, producing fantastic sketches and enjoying the festive, peaceful atmosphere of the historic surroundings. Students […]
Durrington Newsletter 4 December 2025
Year 10 rewards breakfast
We had a reward breakfast this morning for 50 of our top Year 10 students, who were invited to attend following their first assessment point (Tracking Point). Each of these students achieved an average effort score of 1. During the breakfast, Miss Taylor took the opportunity to speak to the students about how pleased the […]
Dare to Dream with Love Local Jobs Foundation
We were pleased to welcome Jack Hayes from More Radio back to Durrington for a fantastic Year 10 assembly. Jack spoke openly and engagingly about kindness, confidence and dreaming big, building on the foundations our students explored when they first began the Dare to Dream programme in Year 9. His ability to connect these themes […]
TeenTech Festival 2025
The Computer Science department took 10 year 9 students to the TeenTech Festival 2025 at the AMEX Stadium in Brighton. The day was led by Maggie Philbin OBE, who has worked in radio and TV for over 30 years, parents might remember her from ‘Tomorrows World’. At the start of the students met and talked […]
Port Lympne Safari Park trip
Seventy year 9 students travelled to Port Lympne Safari Park in Kent on a recent geography trip. It was a valuable opportunity for them to deepen their understanding and experience of the world’s ecosystems including the processes and relationships within them. The trip linked directly to their current classroom learning, as well as the Living World unit […]