There are a variety of curricular and extra-curricular school trips and events for various year groups, most of which take place annually.
Dates for forthcoming trips and events can be found in the school calendar.
Trips
2021/2022
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October 2021 |
Performing Arts |
Visit to the National Theatre |
Year 12 |
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October 2021 |
Art |
Art visit to Oxford |
Year12/13 |
| September 2021 | Geography |
Residential to Pembrokeshire |
Year 13 |
| September 2021 | Art |
Kew Gardens |
Year 11 |
2020/2021
Due to Covid-19 restrictions school trips were unable to take place in this academic year.
2019/2020
| February 2020 | Fundraising Event |
Chilli and Quiz |
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| January 2020 | Geography |
Residential |
Year 12 |
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September 2019 |
Rewards & Prize Giving |
Celebration of Achievement Event |
Various |
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October 2019 |
Modern Foreign Languages |
China |
Years 9, 10, 11 |
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November 2019 |
Careers |
Highdown Careers Fair |
Various |
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November 2019 |
Business Studies |
Maartens College visit |
Sixth Form |
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November 2019 |
Sixth Form |
Sixth Form Open Evening |
Y11 |
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November 2019 |
Fundraising Event |
Chilli and Quiz |
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December 2019 |
Music |
Christmas Concert |
Various |
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December 2019 |
Rewards & Prize Giving |
Presentation Evening |
Year 12 and Leavers |
2018/2019
| July 2019 | BBC Radio Berkshire |
Year 12 |
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| July 2019 | Art | Kew Gardens | Year 10 |
| July 2019 | Art | Victoria and Albert Museum, London | Year 10&12 |
| July 2019 | Drama | Aladdin, Theatre Trip to London | Year 8 |
| July 2019 | Duke of Edinburgh | Rhos Y Gwaliau | Year 12 |
| July 2019 | MFL | China | Year 9 |
| July 2019 | Science | Big Bang Science Trip | Year 10 |
| June 2019 | Music | Southampton University | Year 12 |
| June 2019 | RSPCA Debate, Westminster |
Year 8 |
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| June 2019 | Aiming High Trip to Oxford | Sixth Form | |
| June 2019 | MFL | MEP Trip to London | Year 7 |
| June 2019 | Rhos Y Gwaliau | Year 8 | |
| June 2019 | Duke of Edinburgh | Duke of Edinburgh, Andover | Year 10 |
| May 2019 | Drama | Theatre Trip, Oxford | Year 10 |
| May 2019 | Duke of Edinburgh | Duke of Edinburgh, Andover | Year 10 |
| April 2019 | Science | Gold Crest Trip | Year 12 |
| April 2019 | Ethics | RSPCA Debate | Year 8 |
| April 2019 | Duke of Edinburgh | Duke of Edinburgh Gold, Rhos Y Gwaliau | Year 12 |
| April 2019 | Geography | Italy | Years 10,11&12 |
| April 2019 | History | Krakow | Year 11 |
| April 2019 | Duke of Edinburgh | Duke of Edinburgh Expedition | Year 10 |
| March 2019 | Maths | Maths Inspiration Lecture, Reading | Years 12&13 |
| March 2019 | Geography | Geography Fieldwork Trip | Year 10 |
| March 2019 | Science | Forensic Workshop, Reading | Year 9 |
| March 2019 | History | Tower of London | Year 12 |
| March 2019 | Writing for Teenagers Conference | Year 9 | |
| February 2019 | Sixth Form | UCAS Higher Education Conference |
Year 12 |
| January 2019 | Drama | The comedy about a bank Robbery, Oxford | Years 10,11&13 |
| January 2019 | Sociology | Reading Magistrates Court | Year 13 |
| January 2019 | English | Macbeth, Oxford | Year 11 |
| January 2019 | Science | Engineering in Education Residential Trip | Year 12 |
| January 2019 | Geography | Geography Fieldwork Residential Trip | Year 12 |
| January 2019 | Maths | Maths Inspiration, Oxford University | Year 12 |
| December 2018 | Geography | Climate Conference, Reading | Year 10 |
| December 2018 | Drama | 42nd Street London | Years 7-13 |
| November 2018 | Geography | Tectonics Hazards Conference | Years 12&13 |
| November 2018 | Drama | New Theatre Oxford, Blood Brothers | Years 10&12 |
| November 2018 | Geography | Reading Town Centre | Year 12 |
| November 2018 | Ethics | Public Speaking Competition at Leighton Park | Years 8/10&12 |
| November 2018 | Safe Drive Stay Alive | Hexagon | Sixth Form |
| November 2018 | Textiles | The Oracle Reading | Year 12 |
| November 2018 | Science | Gold Crest Johnson Matthey | Year 12 |
| October 2018 | Duke of Edinburgh | Duke of Edinburgh Walk | Year 10 |
| October 2018 | Careers | Visa Europe, Reading | Year 12 |
| October 2018 | Science | Gold Crest Trip | Year 12 |
| September 2018 | Textiles | Victoria and Albert Museum, London | Years 11&12 |
| September 2018 | Drama | National Theatre, London | Year 13 |
| September 2018 | Computer Science | EGX Conference, Birmingham | Years 12&13 |
2017/2018
| July 2018 | BBC Berkshire | Radio Club Reward Trip | Various by invitation |
| July 2018 | Extra-curricular | Duke of Edinburgh Expedition | Various |
| July 2018 | MFL | China Trip | Various |
| July 2018 | PE | Sports Day | All |
| July 2017 | Extra-curricular Music/ Drama | Performing Arts Festival | Various |
| July 2018 | Art | Kew Gardens | Year 10 |
| July 2018 | Extra-curricular | Rhos-y-Gwaliau | Year 8 |
| June 2018 | History | Ypres | Year 9 |
| June 2018 | MFL | France | Years 8 and 9 |
| June 2018 | MFL | Barcelona | Year 9 |
| June 2018 | School Event | The Great Get Together | Various |
| May 2018 | Music/Drama | Performing Arts Showcase | Year 10 |
| May 2018 | Music | Concert | KS3 |
| May 2018 | Extra-curricular | Duke of Edinburgh Expedition | Various |
| April 2018 | Economics | Bristol | Year 13 |
| April 2018 | Geography | Iceland | Year 10 and 12 |
| March 2018 | Extra-curricular Drama/ Music | Whole School Production | Various |
| March 2018 | History | Krakow/ Auschwitz | Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 |
| March 2018 | English | World Poetry Day | Various |
| March 2018 | Business Studies | Bristol | Year 13 |
| March 2018 | Careers | Higher Education Convention | Sixth Form |
| March 2018 | English | World Book Day | Various |
| February/ March 2018 | Geography | Field Trip | Year 10 |
| February 2018 | Art | Oxford (coursework research) | Year 11 |
| February 2018 | English/ Drama | Globe Players Visit | KS3 |
| January 2018 | Geography | Field Trip | Year 12 |
| December 2017 | Rewards & Prize Giving | Presentation Evening | Year 12 and Leavers |
| December 2017 | Extra-curricular/ Charity | Brookfield's Christmas Party | Sixth Form |
| December 2017 | Extra-curricular Music | Christmas Concert | Various |
| November 2017 | Drama | Senior School Production | Sixth Form |
| November 2017 | Careers | Highdown Careers Fair | Various |
| October 2017 | Fundraising Event | Halloween Disco | Years 7 and 8 |
| October 2017 | Business Studies | St Maartens School Visit | Sixth Form |
| October 2017 | Art | Oxford | Sixth Form |
| October 2017 | Extra-curricular Music | Rock Concert | Various |
| September 2017 | Drama | National Theatre Archives | Sixth Form |
| September 2017 | Rewards & Prize Giving | Celebration of Achievement Event | Various |
2016/2017
| July 2017 | BBC Berkshire | Radio Club Trip | Various |
| July 2017 | Alice! | Drama Production | KS3 |
| July 2017 | PE | Sports Day | All |
| July 2017 | Extra-curricular Music | Summer Showcase Concert | Various |
| July 2017 | Art | National Portrait Gallery, London | Year 10 |
| July 2017 | Extra-curricular | Rhos-y-Gwaliau | Year 8 |
| July 2017 | MFL | China | Year 9 |
| June 2017 | Maths | Paris | Year 7 |
| May 2017 | Music | KS3 Concert | Years 7, 8 and 9 |
| April 2017 | History | Krakow/ Auschwitz | Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 |
| April 2017 | Travel & Tourism | London | Sixth Form |
| March 2017 | Extra-curricular Drama/ Music | Whole School Production | Various |
| March 2017 | English/ Drama | Globe Theatre Visit | Years 8 and 9 |
| March 2017 | Geography | Fieldwork Trip | Year 10 |
| March 2017 | English | World Book Day | All |
| March 2017 | Art | London | Year 11 |
| February 2017 | Maths | New York | Sixth Form |
| February 2017 | Extra-curricular PE | Ski Trip to USA | Various |
| January 2017 | Music | KS4 Concert | Years 10 and 11 |
| January 2017 | Geography | Wales | Year 12 |
| December 2016 | Rewards & Prize Giving | Presentation Evening | Year 12 and Leavers |
| December 2016 | Extra-curricular/ Charity | Brookfield's Christmas Party | Sixth Form |
| December 2016 | Extra-curricular Music | Christmas Concert | Various |
| November 2016 | Computer Science | Computer Science in Action | Sixth Form |
| November 2016 | Art | Oxford Ashmoleum/Pitt Rivers Museum | Year 10 |
| November 2016 | Careers | Highdown Careers Fair | |
| November 2016 | Pastoral | Team Building Day | Year 7 |
| October 2016 | Art | St Ives | Sixth Form |
| October 2016 | Extra-curricular Music | Rock Concert | Various |
| September 2016 | Extra-curricular/ Charity | TourAid Visitors | Various |
| September 2016 | ICT | EGX | Sixth Form |
2015/2016
| April 2016 | Careers | Microsoft | Years 11 and 13 |
| April 2016 | Travel & Tourism | STA Travel | Sixth Form |
| March 2016 | VI Resource | Shakespeare's Globe | VI Students |
| March 2016 | Art | Tate Gallery | Year 11 |
| December 2015 | Rewards & Prize Giving | Presentation Evening | Year 12 and Leavers |
| December 2015 | Music | Christmas Concert | Various |
| December 2015 | Extra-curricular | Brookfields' Christmas Party | Sixth Form |
| December 2015 | Science | Virologist Visit - Reading University | Year 11 |
| December 2015 | Textiles | The Clothes Show Live | Sixth Form |
Events
| July 2021 | Summer School | Prospective Year 7 students |