Hylands School

Weathering the Storm: Duke of Edinburgh Success.

Last weekend, our incredible Duke of Edinburgh Silver and Bronze cohorts took to the great outdoors for a challenging weekend of expeditions around Skreens Park.

The Silver Group tackled their practice expedition, kicking off from Hylands Park on Friday.

The Bronze Group faced their final assessment weekend, navigating their way from High Easter all the way to Margaretting.

Mother Nature certainly tested them with a remarkably wet and windy weekend, but our pupils showed phenomenal perseverance and refused to let the elements faze them. After long days on the trails, everyone thoroughly enjoyed warming up and drying off around a roaring campfire on both evenings.

The big news? All of our Bronze participants passed their assessment with flying colours. Huge congratulations to them all.

Now, the countdown is on as we look ahead to the Silver final assessment in Sussex in three weeks' time. Best of luck, team.

Please sign up for our KS3 revision session for parents and families, in preparation of end of year assessments for our younger years.

At Hylands, we teach our students to through preparation and in face of challenges to achieve success!

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy working with people?
Hylands School is seeking an enthusiastic Administrative Assistant to support key areas of school life including administration, transition, careers and pastoral support.

You can apply by visiting our vacancies page on our website and completing an application form and send to [email protected].

Closing date: 12am on Friday 5th June 2026.

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Something is happening this Friday .....

Year 11 - Please make sure that you are in school on Friday 22nd May. 

A surprise celebration event has been planned for you on the field to recognise all your hard work this year:

Please note that the forecast is predicted to be 28 degrees celsius. 

Please bring :

• Water
• Sunscreen
• Hats/sunglasses
• Plenty of energy!

Trust us, you won’t want to miss it!

Last week, students celebrated Sir David Attenborough’s birthday with a special form time discussion around his life’s work and legacy.

We had some great feedback from students about the form time activity, so from all at Hylands School: Happy Birthday, Sir David Attenborough. Your is an inspiration to us all.

In addition, members of our Year 7 cohort also founded an ‘Eco Club’, with the initial meeting taking place last Thursday too. This is an opportunity for students to be of our school environment, and improve our impact in a wider sense. It’s wonderful to see our youngest community members taking the lead! They’ve even designed their own posters and advertised around the school. The next generation of environmental enthusiasts are present here at Hylands.

We’re here: the last day before the core exams.

We’ve got two GCSEs today: best of luck to our Sports Studies and Drama students.

This weekend, get some rest and do some revision to keep your brains focused. Get to bed at a reasonable time, do some exercise which is proven to calm your nervous system… and we will see you Monday at 8am!