Looking forward to Year 7 Learning day, Friday 5th September.  All years in school from Monday 8th September

History Club News

history club trench housing with grass top layer re-creation

Currently, Henry Beaufort’s Year 7 history classes have been making some beautiful Motte and Bailey castles. These castles represent how William the Conqueror took control of the county after defeating Harold Godwinson in 1066. As well as that, the Year 8s at the school have been making some brilliant World War One trenches. Many were […]

Macbeth

Macbeth

This month we had an incredible opportunity for our Year 9 students, with touring theatre company Quantum Theatre, coming in to perform Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy ‘Macbeth’. Year 9 will be studying Macbeth in the summer term and so this visit allowed them to see the story unfold in the way that Shakespeare intended, through a […]

Drug Awareness

School site

On Tuesday 19th March it was Personal Development Day. Year 10 had a guest speaker come in to deliver a presentation, Asha, who is Head of Education at the Daneil Spargo Mabbs Foundation.  We think this was educational and delivered well.  It was engaging and interesting, especially as we learnt all about Daniel’s life. After the presentation, […]

Winchester College places offered to HB students

Winchester college birds eye view

Winchester College placements We’re thrilled to announce that 4 of our students have been offered positions at Winchester College, with 3 accepting their offers. Founded in 1382 by William of Wykeham, Winchester College is renowned worldwide for its excellence in education.  We’re immensely proud of these students, who not only excelled academically but also demonstrated […]

Brilliant Club Scholars Programme

sports field with university of bath (teambath) banner visible

Since September, a group of 28 Year 8 students have been taking part in the Brilliant Club Scholars programme. This programme gives students the opportunity to explore higher education and build key skills to succeed in the next stages of their education.   The students took part in seven university-style tutorials that were delivered by PhD […]

Primary School Visit

Primary school visit

The Henry Beaufort School continues to support the schools in our Primary School cluster to help give children positive and memorable learning experiences. On Friday 2nd February Mr Lane hosted the reception class from Itchen Abbas Primary School.  The children had just completed the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch at school, learnt about hibernation and migrating […]

Chinese New Year

Chinese new year dragon

Happy Chinese New Year!    新(xīn)年(nián)快(kuài)乐(lè)! At Mandarin Class this term, Year 7s  have been learning about family, friends, and animals. Year 8s have been learning all about countries and describing holidays. This led us nicely onto the topic of Chinese New Year which was celebrated on the 10th February over the course of 15 days. We welcome the year of […]

Music Success

School entrance

James loved being part of the cast of the amazing HB show of Matilda Jr at the Theatre Royal last year. Since then, he has been a cast member of ‘Barnaby Bear’, a show at the Anvil in Basingstoke designed by Hampshire Music Service to provide a first experience at the theatre for KS1 children. […]