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HIGHWOOD SCHOOL HISTORY

Updated 12 October 2008, but still under construction

 
 

'Highwood, which is the fourth non-selective secondary school to be built in the Stroud area in recent years, has been named after the wood at the end of the school playing-fields.

The school's badge takes the form of a tree, one half being in white on a black background depicting the winter season and the other half showing the tree in full foliage on a black background.'

Stroud News and Journal, 1964

 

  

 

 

Anyone for tea?  Randall Lancaster oversees refreshments in Highwood's Staffroom.

 
 

1986 HMI report snippets:

  • 'Pride in the appearance of the school is encouraged'
  • 'The almost universally broad and balanced curriculum followed by pupils in the fifth year is a tribute to the breadth of early years and the firm but unobtrusive guidance offered in the third year'
  • 'There is much to commend in the breadth and scope of what the school offers its pupils.  Most teachers, moreover, appeared to make appropriate demands upon pupils of differing ability'
  • 'The school is a happy and orderly establishment'
  • 'The breadth, range, cohesiveness and accessibility of the curriculum available to all children throughout the years of compulsory education is a commendable achievement'
  • 'Pupils have ample opportunity to express themselves orally and in writing in a wide range of contexts for a variety of purposes'
  • 'the children by their polite good nature are a credit to the school and to themselves'
  • 'The quality and range of work is good and standards are generally high'

and a final cheering comment about

  • 'the warm humanity and the sense of overall purpose which are hallmarks of this school'
 

In July 1991, the Stroud News and Journal included 'The Highwood story', which celebrated the School's strengths and achievements.  Its Headteacher, Carol Harvey-Endacott, expressed the views that are so often echoed nowadays when people reminisce about Highwood,

'I know that all those who have been associated with the school will feel that it was a privilege to have been part of the Highwood Experience.  A school is not just buildings.  It is about relationships and the quest for giving the best possible opportunities, both educationally and socially, to our young people.  In this sense, Highwood lives on through its pupils and former pupils, its teachers and the many people who have been part of a very special experience.'
 

Highwood Headteachers

Paul Wharfe 1964 - 1982

Tony Trippett 1982 - 1989

Carol Harvey-Endacott 1989 - 1991

Two of the longest-serving members of staff:

Nancy Tregoning and Terry Allen (1964 -1991)

A summer's day on Highwood's playing fields
 
  • Building postponement (Hansard)
  • NAILSWORTH BRITISH SCHOOL, later Nailsworth Boys Council School, then Nailsworth Secondary Modern School
    Reference S223/4
    Covering dates 1864 - 1964
    Held by Gloucestershire Archives
    Extent 2 vols
    Conditions of access THESE RECORDS ARE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH EXCEPT S 223/4/2 WHICH IS CLOSED UNTIL 51 YEARS OLD
    Source of acquisition Accession K569 was deposited by the deputy head teacher of Highwood School, 16 March 1983
    Contents:
    Log book S223/4/1 1864-1897
    Log book S223/4/2 1933-1964
  • British History Online brief history of education in Nailsworth
  • Gloucestershire Record Office: Highwood Secondary School, Nailsworth [1976-1991]
  • Highwood School playing field's new purpose

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

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