Archive for 2021

What an incredible night at Teesside High School!  Just four weeks after the brilliant All Together Now, another major performance event arrived on the calendar and once again, our students have impressed us all with their talent, resilience and determination to succeed, producing stunning performances all evening.  With a packed programme featuring everyone from Year […]

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As we approach the end of the autumn term, it is wonderful to be able to reflect back on all of the fantastic moments from the past four months. From our Family Fireworks Display to the Christmas Market, musical concerts to poignant services, not a week gone by without the THS family spirit shining through. […]

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It doesn’t feel like Christmas until the Pre-Prep children have performed a Nativity! The children delivered A Bundle of Joy brilliantly this morning. The story of Grumble the donkey, who just wanted a peaceful stable to snooze in, was a wonderful lead into the traditional Christmas story. Well done to all of the children and […]

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After the success of our first Open Day of the academic year in September, we are looking forward to once again welcoming prospective families to Teesside High School for another whole school event on Saturday 22 January. Teesside High School Open Days are relaxed and informal events which allow you to find out more about […]

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Teesside High School has once again been named as one of the region’s best performing independent schools in The Sunday Times League Tables. Building upon its success over many years, the school has been recognised as the 6th best performing independent school in the entire North East region, the highest placed of any non-academically selective […]

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Here are just some of the ways we are supporting local charities in our community this Christmas at Teesside High School. Mission Christmas We are delighted to inform you that we are once again coordinating a Christmas present collection for disadvantaged children across the North East this festive season as part of Mission Christmas. Mission […]

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You are warmly invited to attend our 2021 Winter Concert, which returns to the school calendar this year on Thursday 9 December. This event will celebrate a fantastic term of live music at Teesside High School. Tickets are available from our usual Ticketsource site. Tickets will be sold by the table so that you and […]

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It has been a pleasure to be able to welcome many guests back into school since we returned from our half term break. Although we have only been back for three weeks, a number of much-anticipated events have been able to make a welcome return to the school calendar. School Events Our THS Family Fireworks […]

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On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, Teesside High School fell silent in our Annual Remembrance Service.  This is a school event which holds huge importance to us as a community and especially for our staff, parents and extended family who have represented us in the Armed Forces both during […]

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This Friday is Children in Need Day! As in previous years, the whole school will be supporting this very worthy cause both in the days leading up to Friday and on the day itself. This year, we have organised a series of exciting activities. As usual, the day will be a non-school uniform day. Pupils […]

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We are thrilled to be able to invite you all back into school for our annual PTA Christmas Market, following a one year absence due to the pandemic. This event will be held in the  Senior School building on Saturday 27 November, 10.00am to 1.00pm. The Christmas Market is always a popular addition to our […]

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Due to record numbers attending the THS Family Fireworks Display on Friday 5 November, parking on site will be extremely limited. We are therefore recommending that visitors park nearby at  Eaglescliffe Golf Club – a few minutes’ walk from school. We are grateful to our friends at EGC for their support with this event. If […]

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As the half term holiday comes hurtling towards us, it is a useful time to look back and reflect on an extremely productive and rewarding few weeks at Teesside High School. At the start of September, we welcomed lots of new faces to the THS family and, for the first time in what seems like […]

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Students from across the Senior School and Sixth Form are working extremely hard in their preparations for our first live music event in almost two years, and we are so excited to share with you their brilliant performances! This special musical revue show features songs from 15 different musicals encompassing a vast array of genres […]

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Our THS Family Fireworks Display is back with a bang on Friday 5 November! After a year’s absence due to the pandemic, we cannot wait to bring you another fantastic riverside fireworks display, complete with delicious food and drink and glow stalls for lots of family fun. Tickets are on sale from the school office […]

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We are hosting an open evening to share information about joining THS Sixth Form from September 2022. The Open Evening is a great opportunity for Year 11 students to come along and explore what THS Sixth Form has to offer. We are proud to be recognised as one of the best performing independent school sixth […]

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We would like to invite parents of Year 6 pupils both at THS and in the local community to an open evening we will be hosting to discuss the transition to Teesside High School in September 2022. Although it may seem like the academic year has only just started, we are very proud of our […]

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Following the reveal of our new Dining Hall and Coffee Bar facilities, we are pleased to share with you some information about where the food we serve comes from, particularly the ingredients which make up our lovely, nutritious, home-cooked meals. From farm to fork; our butcher uses meat from his own farm. The animals are […]

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Teesside High School has received recognition for the value added to pupils’ expected examination results, with our Sixth Form singled out for particular praise. The school’s Science, A-level Mathematics and Sixth Form (16-18) departments have all been applauded for achieving value-added scores which rank within the top 1% of educational providers in the UK. Value-added […]

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Despite much Covid-19 disruption over the last two years, our PE Department led an assembly earlier this week to recognise and applaud the commitment, talent, attitude and hard work of our Senior School sportsmen and women, in place of their usual summer term Sports Awards. Congratulations to our worthy winners: Saul – Junior Sportsman of […]

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We are looking forward to welcoming prospective families to school next weekend for our first whole school Open Day of the academic year. Teesside High School Open Days are relaxed and informal events which allow you to find out more about our small class sizes, inspirational teaching and learning and outstanding pastoral care. You will […]

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Over 40% of Year 11 pupils at Teesside High School are celebrating a host of the highest GCSE grades this results day. The following students successfully secured 5 or more of the highest 9, 8 and 7 grades, equivalent to A**-A. Isabelle Blackburn, 11 grades at 7-9 Mazie McKenna, 10 grades at 7-9 Euan Wilson, […]

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Almost half of all GCSE entries at Teesside High School secured the highest possible 9-7 (A**-A) grades this year. A fantastic 94% of all Year 11 students secured the national benchmark of 5 or more GCSE passes including English and maths, as the school recorded an impressive 99.5% pass rate. Teesside High’s record of outstanding […]

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Teesside High School student Hanah (pictured, centre) had a unique experience of lockdown learning, following an intensive online learning programme from her parents’ home in South Korea. Hanah’s parents moved to Teesside for work purposes in 2017 but relocated two years later, and Hanah decided to stay on and complete her A-level studies as an […]

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The Student Leadership Team at Teesside High School is overjoyed with a clean sweep of high grades on A-level results day. Head Boy, Alfie, and Head Girl, Eva, have secured an incredible 3 A*s, 2 As and 1 B grade between them. Alfie has studied his challenging Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics A-levels alongside extensive cricket […]

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Students at Teesside High School have secured an outstanding 100% A-level examination pass rate for a third successive year. Year 13 students are celebrating after almost half of all A-level results achieved prestigious A*-A grades. In addition, almost two thirds of examination results secured impressive high grades (A*-B), allowing students to progress to their favoured […]

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We are delighted to share details of a fantastic extension to our already rich co-curricular programme, making the most of the school’s wonderful riverside setting once more. From the start of the autumn term, we will be offering the chance for Senior School pupils to engage in paddle sport activities on the river during their […]

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Miss Bird, Head of THS Sixth Form, spoke to Abbie, Stella and Rosie, all current Year 12 pupils studying either English Language or Literature to A-Level, and asked them why they thought in the last few years big businesses had added a new slant to their focus on STEAM subjects, by adding an A for […]

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I hope you enjoy reading this special end of term edition of our fortnightly Teesside High School newsletter. …and what an end of term it has been! I am delighted to have made it to Friday 9 July and have to admit I am breathing a sigh of relief that our summer term has not […]

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Despite the challenges of another period of lockdown, the Teesside High School Prep School Council have continued to work together throughout this academic year. In the autumn term, the children took the opportunity to review our child-friendly anti-bullying policy. This was an important undertaking, and the children completed this task with diligence in order to […]

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With just two weeks left until the summer break, we are packing as much fun and enrichment into the school day as we can! Indeed, today, all of our Prep pupils are enjoying a fantastic trip to Lightwater Valley! We hope they have an amazing day celebrating the near end of the academic year. Senior […]

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Year 5 and 6 primary school teams from Junction Farm, Saltburn, Whinstone, Chandlers Ridge and The Links joined Teesside High School Prep pupils in the annual Teesside High School Primary Team Maths Challenge yesterday. All of the teams joined via Google Meet and participated in three rounds of problem solving activities, including a bridge construction […]

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We are incredibly proud of Harry, a former pupil of ours, who is continuing to make excellent strides in his acting career. Harry stars in the latest Sports Direct advert promoting this summer’s Euro 2021 competition, alongside international sporting stars such as Eric Cantona, Bruno Fernandes, Jordan Henderson, Jamie Vardy, Trent Alexander Arnold and more. […]

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Class of 2021 Celebrations It has been a celebratory end to the half term at Teesside High as we gathered on the field this afternoon to mark our Year 11 pupils’ final day in the Senior School. After their last examination, students cleared their lockers for the final time and headed to the grounds for […]

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As a further touchpoint prior to starting Senior School in September, we are inviting all of our incoming Year 7 pupils to spend an exciting transition day at Teesside High School on Tuesday 15 June. The Transition Day presents a fantastic opportunity for both current THS Year 6 pupils and new starters to Year 7 […]

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It is wonderful to see trips and visits make a welcome return to school life in the summer term. Like many, I am enjoying the slow easing of restrictions and making the most of things we have not been able to do for many, many months. I imagine our pupils feel the same, and there […]

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After missing out last year, I know our pupils and staff are looking forward to a busy and enjoyable summer term. I was beyond pleased to be able to share some news which has been brewing away for many months now during the Easter break. After what seemed like the longest wait, we were finally […]

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The week before the Easter holiday, the children in the Prep School enjoyed a busy STEM week. This year, we focused on the theme of Our Diverse Planet and this certainly gave us a lot of food for thought. At the beginning of the week, we thought about ‘diverse people’ and their differences and abilities, […]

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We are delighted to invite prospective parents and families to enjoy a tour of Teesside High School’s Forest School on Saturday 22 May. As part of our Open Day that day, we will be running guided tours of our wonderful woodland. Miss Hopkins will lead families around the magical kingdom, mud kitchen and woodland stage, […]

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We are delighted to share with you details of our co-curricular provision for the summer term.  We are very proud to be able to offer such a range of enrichment activities to our pupils at this time, when many schools are still unable to do so.  Please note, this facet of our offer will be […]

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We cannot wait to be back with a ‘live’ summer term Open Day on Saturday 22 May. Teesside High School Open Days are relaxed and informal events which allow you to find out more about our small class sizes, inspirational teaching and learning and outstanding pastoral care. You will meet a student guide, who can […]

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Teesside High School has today announced exciting refurbishment plans which will transform catering, dining and creative teaching facilities at the school. The school is set to undertake a significant building project to produce an extended and state-of-the-art 130-seater Dining Hall, a new fast-track eatery and café-style coffee bar as well as new practical classrooms for […]

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Students at Teesside High School are celebrating after claiming two prizes in a national robotics competition. The team of Year 7 pupils have been congratulated for their work designing a robot to navigate exciting space terrains by the UK-Robotics and Autonomous Systems Network (UK-RAS Network) and educational publisher Twinkl, who teamed up in 2020 to […]

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Yash in Year 12 continues to impress in his cricket, representing Yorkshire CCC this week in their pre-season friendly fixtures. Aged just 16, Yash was given the opportunity to face Durham’s 1st team at Headingley and was involved in the team’s opening 100, making 49 runs – the highest from a Yorkshire player. We are […]

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Huge thanks to everyone in our school community for their support and patience as we have navigated another hurdle in this very turbulent pandemic – the return to school! The return of all pupils from Monday 8 March appears to have been as seamless a process as we could have hoped, and it is wonderful […]

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We are delighted to inform you of an exciting opportunity for your family to get involved in Teesside High School’s STEM Week, beginning next Monday, 22 March. This year, we are pleased to invite you to take part in our whole school STEM Photography Competition. To enter, you simply have to submit a photograph which […]

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A Year 7 student at Teesside High School has been presented with Blue Peter’s highest award following her exceptional charitable endeavours. Holly, from Stockton, received a Gold Blue Peter badge following a nomination from her grandmother. Holly has been raising money for good causes since she was six, and last year, during the Covid-19 pandemic, […]

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We are delighted to confirm that all children will be welcomed back to Teesside High School from week commencing Monday 8 March, following Monday’s announcement by the Prime Minister. We have taken time this week to absorb extensive guidance given by the government. It is a requirement of Senior and Sixth Form pupils’ return that […]

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The Teesside High School Music and Drama Departments are joining forces to present a special Year 7 Virtual Musical. Following in the footsteps of the many high-quality virtual events produced at Teesside High School throughout this pandemic, Mr Coates and I now face a new challenge of creating a virtual musical production in place of […]

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A rather unusual – but no less enjoyable – half term draws to a close. As we approach a week away from school without the usual distractions a half term holiday would bring, it is a great time to reflect on the last six weeks – and what an unusual six weeks it has been. […]

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