Press releases
School Takes Pride In The Gift Of Giving
Families facing financial difficulty will have a brighter Christmas thanks to a gift scheme run by a Liphook charity. The seasonal gift box project spearheaded by Liphook Food Bank means that young families, teenagers and elderly people in need can look forward to receiving welcome goodies for the festive period. The heartwarming campaign has realised…
20th Dec 2024
2 mins
Schools Fly The Flag For Country Education
Is there an ideal time to move out of London? Is boarding still relevant in today’s world? Can we futureproof our children? How important are fresh air and muddy knees when it comes to schooling? These burning questions and more will be addressed at a special event in London by leading figures from six top…
18th Dec 2024
3 mins
Welcome Festive Cheer For Highreach
A charity which provides week-long summer breaks for children with disabilities has received some early Christmas cheer. While the balmy days of summer may seem a little way off just yet, the dedicated team behind Highfield Highreach Holidays is already busy planning the next happy get-together in August. And thanks to the generosity and support…
17th Dec 2024
3 mins
Christmas Comes Early For Bursary Fund
A charity with a focus on social mobility has received a festive boost to the tune of £3,215. The money, which will swell the coffers of the Highfield Centenary Bursaries Fund, was raised at a successful Christmas shopping evening at Highfield and Brookham School at the end of the November. Thirty specialist stallholders turned the…
6th Dec 2024
2 mins
Pupils Tell Spellbinding Tale Of Macbeth
Our talented young thespians have put on another spellbinding performance on the stage. The occasion was a stunning performance of Macbeth by pupils in Year 7 at Highfield and Brookham School at The Hawth in Crawley on Tuesday as part of a project run by the Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation. Last year, Highfield and Brookham…
29th Nov 2024
2 mins
Bonfire Boost For Highreach Holidays
A charity which offers residential holidays for disabled children has received a handy cash boost after a Liphook school’s annual fireworks display went with a bang. In keeping with the spectacular light show in honour of Bonfire Night at Highfield and Brookham School, Highfield Highreach Holidays had its coffers swelled to the tune of a…
22nd Nov 2024
3 mins
School’s Food Hygiene Standards Top Class Again
Food-hygiene standards at Highfield and Brookham School have earned the highest possible praise yet again. The school has been awarded the maximum five stars from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the wake of its latest unannounced inspection. Run in conjunction with the environmental health department at Chichester District Council, the school’s local authority, the…
15th Nov 2024
2 mins
School Book Returned After Flight Of Fancy
A highflying Good Samaritan who is an advocate of children reading during the holidays has returned one of our school library books. The anonymous member of cabin crew discovered the well-travelled book – Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes – on a recent British Airways flight. Eager for the book to be returned to its…
8th Nov 2024
2 mins
Pupils Ponder The Benefits Of A Good Night’s Sleep
Pupils at Highfield and Brookham could have been forgiven for having a quick nap in the classroom last week. But rather than being put to sleep by the intricacies of cell division in biology, working out the angles of isosceles triangles in maths or conjugating verbs in French, the children got together to consider the…
22nd Oct 2024
2 mins
School Unveils New Pupil Leadership Team
Highfield and Brookham School has announced its pupil leadership team for this academic year. Iona Dumas and Wilf Walters have been named Head Girl and Head Boy respectively, with Emily Pearce and Zac Hawkes acting as their deputies. The school takes the appointment of its pupil leadership team very seriously and the new incumbents had…
18th Oct 2024
3 mins
School’s Pastoral Provision In Rude Health
A year on from the opening of its dedicated wellbeing hub, Highfield and Brookham School’s pastoral provision is still very much in rude health. The Beehive was unveiled last autumn as a place to promote good mental health among the nursery, pre-prep and prep school’s pupils and staff. Staffed throughout the day by teachers expertly…
11th Oct 2024
2 mins
Caring Harvest Pupils Produce The Goods
A veritable feast of harvest goodies will be heading to a community day centre in Liphook, thanks to our caring schoolchildren. The children at Highfield and Brookham School answered the annual rallying call for fruit, vegetables, packets, jars and cans of all kinds as part of their harvest festival celebrations. After being gathered up, sorted…
4th Oct 2024
2 mins
Pupils Speak Language Of Love For Europe
Pupils at an independent school in Liphook have this week shown much love for their European neighbours. The children at Highfield and Brookham School showed great enthusiasm, creativity and a willingness to learn as they marked European Day of Languages on Thursday, an educational initiative set up in 2001 to encourage language learning across the…
27th Sep 2024
2 mins