At The Henry Beaufort School we believe all students should be exposed to opportunities and experiences beyond the classroom. These opportunities and experiences will help students to broaden their horizons and develop and challenge them personally.
Students will be offered these opportunities and experiences through Extra-Curricular Activities, Enrichment Week, Residential Trips, Personal Development Days and Cultural Capital Days. We will track and monitor all opportunities and experiences that students participate in through our hbX initiative.
Cultural Capital at The Henry Beaufort School is AMBITIOUS, CHALLENGING, SUPPORTIVE and ENRICHING.
Cultural Capital Experiences - Trips
At The Henry Beaufort School we believe that a well-balanced education includes opportunities to develop a student’s cultural capital. Cultural Capital opportunities ensure that all students have access to enriching activities that can broaden students’ horizons and equip students with skills that they can use in the future. We take pride in running a large number of trips as part of the curriculum and also offer additional enrichment opportunities outside the curriculum.
Year 7
STEM Legoland – Students investigate the history of Lego, design their own Lego mini figures and take part in STEM workshop.
Expressive Arts: Students get the opportunity to work with professional musicians, dramatists and artists, to further develop their understanding and progress in these areas.
Year 8
Expressive Art: Students get the opportunity to visit Southampton Museum and Gallery to immerse themselves in local culture and take part in an art workshop.
Year 9
Humanities: Students visit Portsmouth, moving between Gunwharf Quays (Geography), the Historic Dockyard (History) and St George’s Church (RE).
Year 10
Careers: All Year 10 students visit Winchester University to get an insight into university life and begin to appreciate options post 16 and post 18.
Enrichment Week
Every year, The Henry Beaufort School has an organised Enrichment Week programme for students from Years 7-9. A variety of activities are offered in school and in the local area and opportunities for residential experiences . During this time, Year 10 undertake work experience.
Enrichment Week is when the school timetable is suspended, and we are able to arrange activities which can extend and enrich the curriculum for all students both in and out of school:
Year 7: 3 days camping at Tile Barn, Brockenhurst
Year 8&9: Students get to choose an activity based on their interests.
Other additional residential Trips include:
PGL Netball and Football Weekend – March – aimed at Year 7, 8, 9 & 10 students
Battlefields – Belgium – October half-term- aimed at Year 10 students
Curriculum trips and opportunities beyond the classroom
Throughout the year, many subject areas take students on curriculum trips and organise experiences beyond the classroom to allow learning to be reinforced. These trips and experiences can be powerful motivational tools that encourage further learning on a particular subject or spark the students’ interest in new ones.
Below are some of the curriculum trips on offer:
Maths: The Maths Inspirational Show (Year 11), Army Flying Museum (Year 8), Legoland (Year 7).
English: Poetry Live (Year 11), Theatre Performances – Christmas Carol, Macbeth and Jekyll and Hyde.
RE: Places of Worship Southampton and Farham – Sunni and Shi’a mosque, Christian Denominational Churches.
Geography: Southampton and Lee-on-Solent fieldwork.
History: The Treasury Trip at Winchester College, Imperial War Museum.
Expressive Arts: Roche Court (Art), Theatre Visits (Drama), Various concerts throughout the year (Music), Whole School production bi-annually.
Technology: QinetiQ Powerboat Challenge, Williams F1, Inspiring STEM.
Languages: Berlin, Opal Coast.
PE: PGL Netball weekend (All years), Sparsholt Climbing (Year 10 & 11), Festival of Sport at Chichester University.
Child Development: Visits to local nurseries.
Extra-Curricular
Every term, there are a whole range of activities at The Henry Beaufort School.
Extra-Curricular activities in a typical term include a variety of sporting and music clubs, EARA group, the Environmental Group and STEM club to name but a few. In Years 10 and 11, subject clinics are also provided by each team area within school.
The Curriculum Extension booklet for Summer 2025 is uploaded below.
There is also a Home Learning Club which runs Monday – Thursday after school for students to come and use the Library and utilise the resources we have on offer to complete their Home Learning.
Late buses run Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 4.10pm.
Home learning club
HBX
At The Henry Beaufort School we believe all students should be exposed to opportunities and experiences beyond the classroom. These opportunities and experiences will help students to broaden their horizons and develop and challenge themselves personally.
We will ensure ALL students can have the ability to access these opportunities and keep a record of all students achievements through our hbX initiative.