Hill House School is extremely delighted to have been presented with a defibrillator by two of our very generous parents, Mr Karl Batey and Mrs Kathryn Batey. We have had a defibrillator for our main school site for a number of years but wished to source another for our Blaxton Sports Ground and, with this fantastic donation by the Bateys, we are now able to provide this potentially lifesaving treatment at our offsite sports facility.
Pupils at Hill House were delighted to see the Department of Education announce this week that Hill House has again been established as the top performing school or college at A Level in the Doncaster area.
With 21% of Sixth Formers achieving the top grades of AAB last summer, with an average points score of 40, this places the school at the very top of the league tables for Doncaster.
Headmaster David Holland said ‘last year’s cohort and their teachers worked so very hard, and these results show the value of small class sizes, expert teaching, attention to the individual and knowledge of each pupils’ strengths and areas for development. We are thrilled that the 21% of top grades is more than 3 times higher than the nearest local school or college, and 5% higher than the national average. We are also delighted that these outstanding results allowed over 95% of last year’s pupils to go to their chosen university.’
Assistant Head Caroline Rogerson said ‘when you add these excellent results to the outstanding opportunities for leadership, sport, music and drama, it is clear why Hill House Sixth is thriving and attracting ever increasing interest from pupils from Doncaster and beyond.’
Hill House is in the midst of election fever as we hold our very own elections across the school.
After a hiatus of a decade, the colourful and ever-popular musical, 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' returned to the Hill House stage.
The Doncaster Schools Championships were held at the Keepmoat Athletics Stadium on a very wet and cold afternoon, but our boys and girls did not let this stop them as they ran away with the titles!
Former Springbok and new Head Rugby Coach, Mr Snyman, was honoured to have been invited to London to attend a victory celebration at The South African High Commission last week. The event was to celebrate the Springboks winning the Rugby Union World Cup 2019 held in Japan recently, when the Springboks beat England in the final, 32-12.
It has been another incredible year for our Children in Need fundraising!
88 pupils in Years 8 and 9, both boys and girls, set off last Sunday for the hockey trip to Holland.
During half term 43 GCSE History pupils and 5 members of staff set off in the early hours to Manchester Airport to fly to Berlin.