Author: D Langford

The words of Headteacher Ms Hubert encapsulate our students success: “After a somewhat challenging year we are delighted that students at TDHS have once again performed well at GCSE level. They have overcome so much to achieve these outstanding results Read More …

The end of term finished in celebratory style at The Derby with our fabulous Year Group Prizegivings! This was the time to join together as a school community and rejoice together, recognising the determination, motivation and drive that our students Read More …

Year 7 classes enjoyed a series of exciting virtual presentations from experts as part of the National Literacy Trust’s Literacy for Learning Secondary School Festival of Science and Imagination. Two of the highlights were ‘My Science Story’ a live interactive Read More …

Students from year 9 seized the opportunity to go to Challenge 4 Change in Manchester. The centre contains a 35 feet high Aerial Trek, which incorporates Jacob’s Ladder, Climbing Wall, Traversing Beam and much more. The students began their day Read More …

It was fantastic to celebrate the achievements of our students’ amazing work this term. We have a robust rewards system but, as we adapted to the changing situation this term, the idea of ‘Teams Stars’ was born to reflect the Read More …

The Derby High School celebrated Red Nose Day in style as the Expressive Arts Team put on a plethora of amazing lessons. The lessons began with a quiz, then a discussion of the importance of Comic Relief, accompanied by a Read More …

The Student Book Club met for the second time over Microsoft Teams and it was a momentous occasion. None other than Peter Bunzl himself, author of the Cogheart book they had been reading, made a special guest appearance. Mr Bunzl Read More …

On World Book Day an exciting new section was added to our school website. It features our Derby staff reading short stories. The stories were carefully selected by Mrs Booth who devised this initiative. The powerful and engaging stories will Read More …

Our Winter Wonderland online celebration of the season contained a vibrant array of talent. A superb blend of different genres such as dance, singing, solo musical performances, comedy, animation, band performances, choirs and much more, thrilled the virtual audience. It Read More …

Its always great to celebrate the success of our students. Here are a selection of photographs that illustrate our students’ successes from each year group. Amazing achievers from our rewards assemblies, in each year group, getting an array of certificates Read More …