Senior School extra-curricular activities

Co-Curricular Activities

Highgate boasts a rich collection of co-curricular offerings. Whether you’re interested in playing an instrument or singing in a choir, performing in a drama production, playing a sport or joining a society or club, there is something for everyone.

Further information on music, drama and sport can be found here:
Music |  Drama | Sport

Societies and Clubs

About thirty-five societies and clubs exist in the School at any time. These are all co-curricular and they enable students to meet socially in order to develop, discuss and participate in a wide variety of activities. All of the societies are sponsored by teachers, many of whom are experts in their own fields. Recent societies include: Amnesty International, Anthropology, Arbiter, Art, Art History, Astronomy, Automobile, Junior Automobile, Beekeeping, La Bio, Biology, Junior Biology, Middle School Biology, Chemistry, Chess, Senior Chess, Christian Union, Classics, Junior Classics, Debating, Dorks Union, Drama: Sketch Shows, Dyne House Assembly, Engineering, Junior Debating, Economics, Engineering, Envision, Film, Freudian Slips, Further English, Geography, German, Globetrotters, History, Jewish Circle, Jewellery, LGBT, Life Class, Masaryk, Maths, Medical Society, Meteorological, Minimus Project, Modern Languages, Music, Natural Philosophy, Natural Sciences, Opera, Pétanque, Philosophy, Photographic, Physics, Pocket Watch, Poetry, Politics, Reptile, Science, Sciencegate, Snowboard, Social Entrepreneurs Project, Société Francophile, Spanish, Tiddlywinks, Theatre Technicians, Theatre, Vinyl & Philosophy, Warhammer, Year 7/8 Science, Year 8 Debating Club. Tea and cakes are frequently provided at meetings, which have an informal, friendly and enthusiastic atmosphere.

Download our Societies booklet for Years 9-13.
Download our Societies booklet for Years 7-8.

Exchanges & Overseas Visits

Year 10 and Year 11 visit to St Petersburg; Year 9 visit to the Battlefields on the Western Front; Year 10 French exchange to Lycée Jean-Baptiste Say in Paris; Year 9 French exchange to Rouen; Year 10 and Year 11 Classics trip to Naples; Year 10 and Year 12 German exchange to Essen Werden Gymnasium; Year 12 Art and Art History visit to Florence; Music pupils visit to Venice