Our latest Covid-19 Secure declaration may be seen in full here.

A Personal Message from the Principal

We want nothing more than to get people back in for enjoyable learning breaks at Higham. Last year, we sort of had a ‘dry run’ Aug through Sep of how things could work under realistic restrictions. This, along with the vaccine, has helped give us the confidence to feel even more ready for reopening.

We will continue with our restrictions for the time being and are glad that Highamites tend to be sensible, caring and co-operative.

We look forward to welcoming you once more.

George – College Principal May 2021

We are involved in new eMagazine ‘Lifestyle Perspectives’ which will be available free to Highamites who sign up. It is aimed at the kind of people who frequent places like Higham – the adult lifelong learning community:
Details are on page 33 of the brochure and you may sign up for free at: highamhall.com/lifestyle-perspectives

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Those who know us are aware that we are more than a college running interesting courses…

Having lost at least 8 months of course income, things will be tight for a while as we try to recover from the recent challenges.

Our building work to provide level access across the entire ground floor, improve the main loos and add one to the Studio has had to be put on hold and will resume only when we are in a less vulnerable state.

However, we have continued to make improvements to accommodation, including:

• upgraded to low energy LED bathroom lighting, silent fans
• some ongoing redecoration
• created three ensuite rooms in the Gatehouse (2 are ground floor)
• purchased more outside seating

We have just about survived without making any redundancies or defaulting on our mortgage.

We are continuing under restrictions, which means we cannot take as many Students on certain courses as we would have liked just yet.

Unfortuantely, we did not qualify for the recent Restart Grant, which would have been handy. We took out a bounce-back loan to tide us over last year, but that has barely covered the power costs (we have to keep heating the buildings to avoid deterioration).

A Donation of any amount (we are a self-supporting charity) will help us to get back on our feet and continue our vocation of lifelong learning in a special setting.

Thank you.