Durrington Newsletter 26 May 2023

Pride of Durrington

Based on the huge success of last year’s inaugural Pride of Durrington awards evening, we are delighted to announce that it will return this year on Thursday 13th July 2023. We continue to be inspired by so many of our students. Pride of Durrington allows us to celebrate these outstanding achievements (both within school and […]

Year 7 science club ‘Pringle Package’ challenge

Before the Easter break year 7 science club students were set a ‘Pringle Package’ challenge. They had to create packaging for a single pringle that was going to be tested by posting the pringle packages back to the school. Students got into teams of two or three, and using materials such as packaging peanuts, bubble […]

Durrington High School – Winners of Dance Live 2023!

It is hard to find the words to sum up the experience we had at Dance Live on Tuesday, the whole team excitedly met up at the start of the day for a few quick rehearsals before heading off to Portsmouth.  Having already won our heat in Eastbourne the team were just excited to perform […]

Year 11 Leavers Hoodies

Year 11 Leavers Hoodies can now be ordered with the school logo on the front and ‘Leavers 23 Durrington High School’ on the back at a cost of £17.50. These hoodies will be available to pick up directly from Broadwater Sports 2-3 weeks after the payment deadline. The hoodie is of a unisex size and […]

Geography trip to Iceland

During the Easter break 6 staff and 56 students from across Y10-11 took part in the geography trip to Iceland. Over a period of 3 nights and 4 days, the group had an incredible time visiting some of the most breath-taking natural features in the world including raging waterfalls, volcanic craters, erupting geysers and lava […]

Maths and Computing trip to Bletchley Park  

Students spent the day at the site of the WW2 code breakers, where mathematical  minds and technological achievements came together to not only help end the war early, but also shape the world in which we live in today.   Students completed a cipher workshops, where they had to put their maths skills to use […]

DHS Alumni – Professional Football

We have always been proud of our students’ sporting achievements and here at Durrington High our PE department has gone from strength to strength, on the sports field and in the classroom, with a 79% pass rate at GCSE last year and 33% gaining the top 9 -7 grade. Students have excelled across a wide […]