At Colchester Prep & High School, we are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for an individual with a dynamic and engaging personality to join our team as a Prep School Teacher, overseeing the preparation and delivery of the 11+ process. Apply now: lnkd.in/edAhtews.

So proud of our pupils that represented CPHS in the 80th Anniversary #DDay event held in #Colchester.Such a coming together of the community & our pupils were given the honour of placing a wreath at the War memorial.
📸credit-Adrian Rushton
#colchesterprepandhighschool

At CPHS, we have introduced ‘Tupperware Tuesdays’.
Aiming to reduce waste and increase recycling at school, pupils have been asked to use reusable containers for any food or drink they bring in and only have waste-free snacks!
#recycle #reuse #wastefree #ecoschool

A fantastic day welcoming @CognitaSchools for a @MicrosoftEDU Digital Day. Our Expert Innovative Educators shared their expertise and demonstrated their skills using technology for personalised teaching and learning! #edtech #MIEExpert #MIEEFellow
@Mrfmusicteach @HarrietCroydon

To all our pupils, parents, staff and friends that will be celebrating, we wish you a very happy start to Ramadan. #globalperspectives #STEAMPoweredFutureReady

Congratulations to Alexa, James, Ben (not pictured) and Robbie in Year 3 who all received their @ArtsAward
Discover certificates from @TrinityC_L for their personal digital art portfolios.

#STEAMPOWEREDFUTUREREADY

Congratulations to our Senior School pupils who received an ‘Honourable Mention’ for their @flairimpact Future Leaders 2022 Campaign and will receive a £200 grant to support Diversity at CPHS.
#changemakersoftomorrowsworld #diversity

To support their learning in English Literature, our Year 10 & 11 pupils had the good fortune this week to enjoy a live performance in school of "A Christmas Carol" by the @QuantumTheatre. The pupils were amazed at how just 3 actors were able to perform the whole story!

As part of #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, the Wellbeing Ambassadors organised a @colchfbank donation drive to help others and collected an amazing 99.3 kg of grocery items. Thank you so much to the CPHS community for supporting this worthy cause!

As a #MicrosoftShowcaseSchool, we believe in the role of technology to prepare our pupils for the 21st Century. But we also recognize the risks and have been asking our pupils, “Want to talk about it?”; to give them the space to talk about their concerns. #SaferInternetDay2023

Our Senior School pupils were completely immersed in French culture and language when @OnattiProdsLtd
came into school to perform their hilarious play, La Maison Hantée. The spoken French was delivered slowly and clearly so the pupils were able to engage.

Pre-prep Science Club were very excited to be awarded their @CRESTAwards for completing 8 science investigations including testing washable materials, studying bugs and exploring the human heart. Do we have some #futureready Scientists in the making? #aspiringhigher #Steam

We are delighted to have achieved ‘excellent’ both for the quality of pupils’ academic and other achievements and excellent and for the quality of pupils’ personal development following our recent ISI Inspection. The highest possible outcome for a school!😀#aspiringhigher

Newsteam were delighted today to meet Liam Maynard, former pupil and reporter at the @TheGazette. Mr Maynard spoke to them about how to write a good article, where to find stories, journalism as a career and how good journalism can help make a difference in the world.

In Reception the children have been learning all about 3D shapes. They discussed that the shapes were three dimensional and investigated which ones can roll, stack or both. They learnt the names and how to describe their shape and properties. #firststepsinlearning #aspiringhigher

Wishing everyone in the Colchester Prep and High School community a very wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. #cognitaway

Congratulations to our Wellbeing Ambassadors who raised £330 at their Pre-Loved Community Clothing and Toy Sale yesterday for young people facing difficulty in their lives! @yesofficial #citizenship #changemakersoftomorrowsworld #cognitaway

All set up and ready to go for tomorrow's Pre-Loved Community Clothing and Toys Sale raising funds for @ColchesterYes who provide vital support for young people facing difficulties in their lives. Thank you to the Wellbeing Ambassadors for organising. #socialresponsiblity

On Friday, our Prep pupils were absolutely enthralled with their visit to the @MercuryTheatre panto, #BeautyandtheBeast. This year it was extra special, as Chloe, a Year 8 music scholar at CPHS was performing in the chorus! We are so proud of her and her amazing performance.

In a recent Public Speaking Competition, our Prep pupils were given the task of writing their own speeches with the starter, ‘If I ruled the world…’. Congratulations to our winners Emilia, Jacob, Alexa and Freddie who clearly demonstrated they are #changemakersoftomorrowsworld.

December 1 marks World Aids Day 2022 and our Diversity Ambassadors were selling Red Ribbons today in aid of the @NAT_AIDS_Trust and raising awareness of the fight against HIV. #RockTheRibbon

Yesterday, Y2 were creating and photographing freeze frame scenes from their class text using their new ipads. The iPads will be used to support and enhance their learning and to encourage them to be content creators not consumers. Could we have a future film director in Prep?

Congratulations to our Reception Class, winners of the @ISAartsUK EYFS Christmas Banner Competition 2022!
Our pupils #aspirehigher in every subject!

#buildingastrongfoundation @CognitaSchools

Congratulations to our Reception pupils who have already learnt all their RWI Speed Sound Set 1 and are already progressing on to Set 2. Building upon their phonics learning in Nursery, our Reception children truly #Aspirehigher and are #buildingastrongfoundation for Year 1.

It was a joy to welcome back the Class of 22 to school on Friday for their Year 12 Awards Night to celebrate their #academicexcellence. With 96% of all GCSE Grades at Grade 4+ and 40% of Grades 7+, they had plenty to celebrate! #aspirehigher #changemakersoftomorrowsworld

This testimony from our Prep Head Boy on who inspires him for #InternationalMensDay2022,seemed very pertinent today as the #Lions took to the field for their 1st game in the World Cup. @MarcusRashford, @sterling7 @Sanchooo10 we support you on and off the field! @EnglandFootball.

Our Wellbeing Ambassadors invite you & your friends to their ‘Pre-Loved Clothing and Toys’ event. Monies raised will be donated to @ColchesterYes to support young people facing difficulties in their lives. #changemakersfortomorrowsworld #Sustainability #socialresponsibility

Congratulations to Maddy (Y11), nominated as the overall winner of the @Essex_CC Essex Year of Reading Writing Competition 2022. On top of her success at football, this clearly shows how Maddy “aspires higher” in everything she does! #academicexcellence #CognitaWay

At CPHS, showing kindness to everyone is one of our core values and helps to ensure our pupils feels happy, respected and part of an equal and inclusive community. We are proud to be supporting #antibullyingweek2022 and #oddsocksday. #cognitaway

Our Senior pupils were incredibly fortunate to participate in a ‘Body Image & Mental Health’ session by #NicoleOBrien. Nicole was truly inspirational, talking to our pupils about bullying, social media and body image and the importance of taking care of our mental health.

For Green Careers Week #GCW2022 we were delighted to welcome Mr Croydon, Skills, Education and Examination Director for the British Pharmaceutical Industry, back to school to talk to our KS4 pupils about careers that protect the environment and make a difference for our world.

Good luck to our six Senior School pupils who are competing in @flairimpact’s #FutureLeader2022 competition for #antiracism reform in education! This competition will also provide our pupils with essential #futurereadyskills for the workplace. #nurturingaglobalperspective

This week pupils from across the school have ran their hardest for their House in the CPHS House Cross Country Competition. Congratulations to all our pupils and may the best House win. Final results will be released once we have been able to reschedule the Pre-Prep competition.

Our Reception pupils were fully engaged in their mathematics lesson yesterday with former pupil Olivia, who has taken time from her A-Level studies at Colchester County High School for Girls to gain work experience at CPHS. It was so lovely to welcome Olivia back to school.

Congratulations to our new Microsoft Office Specialists and to Sasha (Y11) who has completed & passed his 3rd MOS Exam (Excel, PowerPoint & Word) and is now our 2nd Microsoft Office Associate. #digitallearning #21stcenturyskills

It was a pleasure to host pupils from @StMargsPrep to a Computer Science workshop. The pupils enjoyed using Python, importing the Turtle drawing library run by our Year 11 Digital Champions and a session on binary representation and high/low level programming languages.

Year 6 today enjoyed their first immersive audio session. Each pupil was given a pair of headphones and instantly became a main character in a story, meeting people, discovering places and solving problems. Have you ever seen them so quiet! #digitallearning #STEAM @nowpressplay

So delightful to receive this message from a parent who clearly recognizes that our teachers truly know each child and are able to instil in them the confidence to aspire higher.

During the summer break, Mackenzie and Sasha in Year 11 attended the Global Social Leaders Conference, a meeting of socially conscious young people who are equipped to be leaders in their lives and society. Congratulations to our future changemakers of tomorrow's world!

Visiting a pumpkin patch this half term? Our Prep Eco Club have some great ideas on how you can recycle your pumpkins after Halloween! #reducereuserecyle

Pupils from the Drone Club had a great day learning about some of the technology Raytheon is developing as well as building, programming and flying a large drone at a recent Raytheon Build Day. Good luck to the pupils in the next round in November. #steam #futureengineers

Wow what an evening at the @ISAartsUK Awards with 3 1st and one 2nd place! Millie – 🥇 for her Mixed Media 2D painting and 🥇 for her Abstract design
Zach - 🥇for his 'Rhino - fine liner pen' drawing
Leo - 🥈 for his Lino Print on Bag. Well done to all!

To support their Geography and Science topics this half term, Year 1 and 2 enjoyed a lovely local area walk this morning to conduct a geographical study along with identifying signs of Autumn. #bringingeducationtolife

There are just 11 days to go until the Registration Deadline for Year 7 September 2023 entry. To register please contact Mrs Susan Hilton, our Admissions Manager on 01206 217 116 or email admissions@colchesterhighschool.co.uk.

Limited places are still available for our Year 7 Taster Day on Wednesday 12 October. To book your child's place, please contact our Admissions Manager at admissions@colchesterhighschool.co.uk or call 01206 217 116. Open to Year 6 pupils registered for September 2023 entry.

Thank you to all who attended our Open Morning on Saturday. We hope you enjoyed learning about our inspiring education focused on academic achievement, character, social responsibility, global citizenship, STEAM and Digital Literacy #changemakeroftomorrowsworld.

On Saturday 15 October, we are hosting in conjunction with the Mercury Theatre, an interactive Performing and Creative Arts workshop for Year 5 pupils that will explore the impact of climate change and pollution on the oceans through Drama. #changemakersoftomorrowsworld.

Our Nursery pupils had a lovely time at Forest School this week. All activities were child led and they thoroughly enjoyed climbing, exploring, running, jumping, balancing and searching for insects! What a great way to exercise their minds, bodies and hearts all at once!

We are delighted to announce that we have recently received the @EcoSchools Green Flag Award, supporting our aspiration to create the "changemakers of tomorrow's world. Ella in Year 5 said “It is important to be eco because global warming will get worse, so we need to act”.

This afternoon, our pupils joined together as a community to celebrate our 140th Birthday. Opened in 1882, our school is still committed to providing a sound education whilst "building a strong foundation on which we build our lives". Happy Birthday CPHS!