Reception 2026 School Tours will be running on 1st October and 7th October from 9:30am. Contact the school office for more information.
Welcome
On behalf of the children, staff and governors at Higham St. John's, I would like to wish you a warm welcome to our school website. Higham St. John’s is a wonderful place to be and I feel privileged to be a part of our very special community.
We aim to provide an education that develops all children to their full potential. We seek to ignite curiosity and a life-long enthusiasm for learning within a safe, happy and creative environment. Our Christian ethos and values underpin all we aim to do and we encourage our children to respect one another and be kind. We have high expectations at Higham St. John’s and support every child to try their best in all they do. The children come to school keen to learn and willing to work hard and as a result, make very good progress and achieve well across the full range of subjects.
We nurture children's individual talents through providing a diverse curriculum and by offering a wide range trips, experiences and extra-curricular activities. If you would like to arrange a visit to our school or would like further information, please visit our contacts page.
Best wishes, Mrs Shaw
News
Pumpkin Carving Competition!
On Tuesday 14th October 2025, children are reminded to bring their entries into school for the pumpkin carving competition! Children should bring their entries into the classroom with them in the morning from where they will be collected and taken into the hall to be judged by our School Council representatives. There will be a prize for the winner and runner up in each year group.
IMPORTANT: Please make sure you write your child's FIRST NAME plus the initial of their last name, and their YEAR GROUP on the BOTTOM of the pumpkin. This is so that we can identify our winning entries but we don't want full names of children because the pumpkins will all be displayed outside along the path at the front of the school.
Entry into the competition was included FREE if you have bought a ticket for the school disco on Thursday.
All of the pumpkins need to be collected either at the end of the school day on Thursday 16th October or immediately following the disco that same evening.
Tom Palmer Author Visit: books on sale
The children enjoyed meeting children's author Tom Palmer yesterday. Tom spoke to the children about his career as an author and his love of reading and writing. School have a small selection of Tom's books which will be on sale until Thursday at £7 per book. Once we have ended the book sale, Tom will send some personalised signed book plates for us to stick into your child's choice of book.
New Running Track for 2025/26!
Our new running track on our field is now finished! We can't wait to use the track with the children when they return to school in September. A huge thank you again to everyone who helped us with our fundraising efforts over the past two years. Fantastic!