An amazing set of results at the recent District cross-country competition, with the Year 9 team coming 2nd and the Years 7, 8, 10 and Senior teams all coming 1st.
We now have the final outcome of our recent Ofsted inspection, and we're delighted to say we received an Outstanding judgement in every area reported on.
Following nominations from our Charity Prefects across the school, we have narrowed down the many superb charities and are very pleased to announce that this year HGS will be supporting Happy Days Children's Charity and Hitchin Pantry.
Talk the Talk were in school this week to run their spoken communication workshops for our Year 7s and Year 13s, with activities designed to promote confident communication, self-esteem, resilience and a better relationships.
Eco Club worked with local community group Hitchin Nature Network and North Herts Council to sow some Yellow Rattle seeds on the verge outside the school grounds on Windmill Hill.
This year's Peer Mentoring volunteers had their training day with experts from Phase Hitchin, covering positive communication practices with an emphasis on good listening skills.
We were excited to welcome Julian Sedgwick, the Carnegie-shortlisted author of Tsunami Girl and 100 Tales From The Tokyo Ghost Cafe, to talk to our Year 8 students.