Press releases
Classroom Redesign to Support Learning, Wellbeing and Independence
Highfield and Brookham School is excited to reveal their newly refurbished Year 4 classrooms, redesigned to better support academic progress, emotional wellbeing and pupil independence. The transformation reflects the school’s ongoing commitment to creating purposeful learning environments that adapt to the needs of today’s children and prepare them for the future. The project was inspired by…
23rd Oct 2025
2 mins
From Classroom to Community: Harvest Festival Donation to Liphook Foodbank
Following our recent Harvest Festival celebrations, we were delighted to donate a generous collection of food items to the Liphook Food Bank – a reflection of our school’s strong sense of community and core values. The annual Harvest Festival at Highfield and Brookham is a cherished tradition and an opportunity for the school community to…
15th Oct 2025
2 mins
Award-Winning Excellence in Skills-Based Learning
Highfield and Brookham is thrilled to announce it has been awarded the Skills Builder Gold Award, placing it amongst a select group of schools nationally recognised for their commitment to building children’s essential skills. As one of the first independent primary schools to adopt this approach to teaching, this prestigious achievement highlights Highfield and Brookham’s…
26th Sep 2025
2 mins
A Week That Can Change A Life
Highfield Highreach Holidays has completed its eighth year of providing transformative residential breaks for children and young adults aged 10-18 with learning difficulties, physical disabilities and medical conditions. Run entirely by volunteers, the week-long holiday offers unforgettable experiences in the safe and welcoming setting of Highfield and Brookham School. The holiday is accessible to all,…
15th Aug 2025
2 mins
Impressive Haul Of Scholarships Continues
Highfield and Brookham School is celebrating another bumper crop of scholarships. Sixteen senior school scholarships have this year been awarded to a range of top senior schools, including Rugby School, Charterhouse, Cranleigh and Sherborne. The award of an impressive 182 scholarships since 2014, which this year includes an eclectic mix of academia, art, drama, design…
4th Jul 2025
2 mins
School Records Tumble On Sports Day
Sports Day at Highfield and Brookham once again lived up to its star billing on the school’s busy sporting calendar, with three school records broken. Nursery got the got ball rolling as we staged four brilliant events over three action-packed, fun and emotional days in front of proud parents and grandparents, culminating in some spectacular…
27th Jun 2025
2 mins
Ball Boosts Bursary Coffers To Tune Of £26,000
A school fund which helps widen access to private education by making it more affordable for children from lower-income families has been boosted to the tune of £26,000. The sizeable cash injection for the Highfield and Brookham School Centenary Bursaries Fund came courtesy of a fundraising ball last Saturday. The aim of the fund, which…
20th Jun 2025
3 mins
School Celebrates Sporting Success
Highfield and Brookham School is celebrating a spell of phenomenal sporting success. The school’s pupils have excelled on the cricket pitch, in the swimming pool and on the athletics track this year, with the promise of more to come. The co-educational boarding school on the rural borders of Hampshire, Surrey and West Sussex has a…
13th Jun 2025
3 mins
Championing Skills-Based Education
It is increasingly evident that skills-based learning is not just a trend, but the future of education. At Highfield and Brookham we believe that in a rapidly changing world, it is not enough to educate children for academic success alone. We must also equip them with the essential skills they need to thrive beyond the…
23rd May 2025
3 mins
Scholars Reaffirm Fontanellato Friendships
Pupils from Highfield and Brookham School have immersed themselves in Italian culture as part of a thriving exchange programme. Nine academic scholars have spent the week based in the small town of Fontanellato in northern Italy, continuing an unofficial twinning link with the Istituto Comprensivo di Fontanellato e Fontevivo which has been running successfully since…
16th May 2025
3 mins
Inigo Digs Deep For Horticultural Honours
A green-fingered pupil from Highfield and Brookham has discovered that you really do reap what you sow. Inigo Coller harvested not one but two awards at last week’s prestigious BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair at Beaulieu, near Brockenhurst. Crossing forks and trowels with professional gardeners from across the country, nine-year-old Ini earned the special Gardeners’…
9th May 2025
2 mins
From Old School Pond To Pastoral Pride
Highfield and Brookham School has underlined its strong emphasis on enhancing pupil wellbeing by expanding and enriching its outdoor spaces. Rooted in a belief that nature plays a vital role in fostering emotional resilience and happiness, the school has transformed under-utilised areas into vibrant, purposeful wellbeing zones that reflect the voice and needs of the…
29th Apr 2025
2 mins
Anxious Wait On Primary Places Almost Over
The long wait for anxious parents facing the first significant milestone of their child’s education is almost over. Parents of three and four-year-olds will tomorrow find out what primary school has offered their child a Reception place, starting in September. Parents who have children in infant schools that end at Year 2 will also have…
15th Apr 2025
3 mins