Careers Week 2025 – Inspiring Futures at Durrington
From 9th to 12th June, Durrington High School celebrated Careers Week – a packed programme designed to open students’ eyes to the many exciting paths available beyond school. Each morning kicked off with a student briefing from Mr Henry, introducing the day’s visitors and sparking discussion on thought-provoking topics like working abroad and how careers […]
Post 16 Careers Evening
Dear Year 11 Parents and Carers, This is a key term for your child as they start to plan the next steps on their education journey and we would like you to put this date in your calendars. Event Name: Post 16 Careers EveningDate: Thursday 26th SeptemberTime Slot 1: 6 till 7pm Attenborough, Pele & […]
TeenTech Sussex Festival 2023
The Computer Science department took 24 year 9 students to the TeenTech Festival 2023 at the AMEX Stadium in Brighton. Following up from their virtual event two weeks ago, this gave students the opportunity to try their hand at immersive challenges and experiments, to handle cutting edge technology and, most importantly, to spend time with […]
Y11 Post 16 Planning for September 2024 Entry
Dear Parents and Carers As your child begins the last year of their Durrington journey we want to help make the transition to their next destination as smooth as possible. All young people are required to stay in some form of education till the age of eighteen and there are many options available. This letter […]
Year 10 Worthing College Taster Half Day
Dear Parent/Carer Year 10 Worthing College Taster Half Day There are still some spaces available for the Worthing College taster half days on Thursday 6th July. Some sessions are full but there is a good selection still available. Full details for those who still want to book are in the attached letter. A selection of […]
Year 10 Worthing College Taster Half Day
Dear Parent/Carer Year 10 Worthing College Taster Half Day To support your child with their post 16 options we have worked closely with Worthing College to obtain a half day experience. This offers them a chance to attend Worthing College for half a day on Thursday 6th July. Students will be able to select a […]
Durrington High School Celebrate National Careers Week
The week of 7th -11th March was National Careers Week with a focus on ‘get curious about careers’ and students at Durrington were given many opportunities to do just that. With visitors from a range of employers and further and higher education providers, there was something for everyone. Each exhibition stand had activities to give […]
Year 9 Options Information
Dear Parent/ Carer It is our pleasure to attach the Options brochure 2022 to help you make decisions with your child for courses in Year 10 and Year 11. A Google Classroom titled Options 2022-2023 has been created which your child has been added to and here they will find the Options Introduction loom and subject […]
Inspiring Students to Aim High; Year 8 Students Visit the University of Sussex
On Tuesday 18th January our careers team took 20 year 8 students to The University of Sussex for a taster day. With GCSE option choices just a year away the aim of the day was to inspire them as they start thinking about which options they might take and what further and higher education options […]
Students Inspired by Albion in the Community Events
Last week some of our students in years 8 and 9 were given the fantastic opportunity to engage in events run by Albion in the Community promoting the importance of women in tech jobs and enterprise. The chosen students have all shown a great aptitude in their computer science lessons this term and were invited […]
