25 years of Highlands

 the Highlands community came together to celebrate 25 years since the opening  of our school. It was a truly memorable occasion, bringing together current and former students, staff, governors, as well as families and members of the local community to reflect on the school's journey and celebrate all that has been achieved since we opened our doors in 2000.

We enjoyed inspiring speeches from Councillor Chris Dey, former Highlands student, Paralympian and world record holder Anthony Bryan and Chair of Governors Matt Miller MBE. The celebration featured wonderful performances from Lily Theodorou and Mrs Miller, while Abel and Elena did an outstanding job as compères. Raphael in year 12 also delighted guests with his beautiful piano performance.

We were particularly honoured to receive a special video message from Sir Tony Blair, who officially opened Highlands 25 years ago. 

Later the Mayor of Enfield, Cllr Emma Supple, buried a time capsule filled with memories and memorabilia representing Highlands in 2026. It will remain buried for the next 25 years before being opened by a future generation of Highlands students.

The celebrations continued with a lively festival, where guests enjoyed food and drinks served by local vendors, our houses ran charity stalls and there were steel pan performances and live music from our school rock bands. Our wonderful house stalls raised £222.52 to split between their house charities, thank you to all of the families and guests for their support. Particular thanks should go to Ms Czupich, Ms Davies, Ms Husseyin and Ms Christofi for organising the event, to Ms Miller and Mr Hawkins for bringing together the musical performances and to our site and catering teams for their support. 

We are proud to be a school serving our community and the wider borough of Enfield and the event was a fantastic afternoon filled with pride, laughter and community spirit.  It was a fitting celebration of the people, memories and achievements that have shaped Highlands over the past 25 years. We look forward with excitement to the next 25 years of our school's history.

You can read more about our special 25 years of Highlands event in our special feature newsletter.

Click here to read our special edition - 25 years of Highlands programme.

You can watch our full length 25 year celebration video and our short reel, filmed and edited by year 12 student Sahara. 

You can also watch our social media highlights of the event on our Instagram page