Press releases
Friends Reunited As Pupils Head To Italy
Pupils at Highfield and Brookham have further strengthened their links with a school in Italy – meeting some old friends along the way. Nine children, all academic scholars, spent a week at Istituto Comprensivo di Fontanellato e Fontevivo as part of an exchange programme which has been running since 2018. The visit gave the English…
7th Jun 2024
3 mins
May Fair Swells Charity Coffers To Tune Of £3,900
A charity which provides week-long residential summer breaks for disabled children has been boosted to the tune of £3,900. The “amazing” sum was raised at the annual May fair at Highfield and Brookham School, with all of the proceeds going to Highreach Holidays. The fair was run by the Friends of Brookham and featured an…
24th May 2024
2 mins
School Again Named Finalist In Business Awards
Highfield and Brookham School is in the running for a national award. Underpinned by our aim to be a carbon neutral school within the next six years, we have been named a finalist in the Environmental Practice category of this year’s Education Business Awards. Situated on the leafy borders of Hampshire, Surrey and West Sussex…
17th May 2024
3 mins
All The World’s A Stage For Pupils After Globe Visit
Children at Highfield and Brookham have used their trip to the iconic Globe Theatre as inspiration for creative writing in English. Last week’s trip to the historic London landmark, which nestles unassumingly on the banks of the River Thames, gave Year 7 pupils the chance to get a behind-the-scenes tour of the 16th Century playhouse…
10th May 2024
2 mins
School Announces Inaugural Giving Day in Aid of Bursaries Fund
Highfield and Brookham School is excited to announce its inaugural Giving Day, a two-day fundraising extravaganza taking place on Friday 28th June and Saturday 29th June 2024. This exciting event aims to raise vital funds for the Highfield School Centenary Bursaries Fund, ensuring deserving children have the opportunity to experience a Highfield and Brookham education….
3rd May 2024
3 mins
Pupils Quick To Spot Eco Pitfalls Of ‘Fast Fashion’
The impact of the fashion industry on the environment has come on the radar of children at an independent school in Liphook. The pupils at Highfield and Brookham learned of the devastating effects modern fashion production trends have on our planet as part of their studies to mark Earth Day. Based at a nursery, pre-prep…
25th Apr 2024
3 mins
School Puts Beehive Forward For Awards Recognition
Having last year been named a finalist in a coveted national awards scheme which recognises pastoral excellence in schools, Highfield and Brookham is hoping to go one better this year. The school has put forward its wellbeing hub – otherwise known as The Beehive – in the pastoral development of the year category in the…
19th Apr 2024
3 mins
Head Highlights Primary School Place Options
The long wait for anxious parents facing the first significant milestone of their children’s education is finally over. Parents of three and four-year-olds yesterday found out which primary schools have offered their child a Reception place, starting in September. Parents who have children in infant schools that end at Year 2 will also have been…
17th Apr 2024
3 mins
Daughter Fuels Racing Driver Dad’s Green Dreams
A pointed conversation about the environment has led to a man who restores and races vintage cars to have a radical rethink on green fuel. William Medcalf, founder of Vintage Bentley in Hill Brow, near Liss, was chatting casually to his daughter Charlotte on the way to school about his passion for old cars when…
22nd Mar 2024
2 mins
Rule Breakers Have Hearts In The Right Place
Our fun-loving children have been caught flouting the rules. Virtually the whole pupil body at Highfield and Brookham were spotted sporting home clothes, trainers, jewellery, painted nails, beanie hats and baseball caps of all shapes, sizes and colours last Friday in a clear breach of school uniform policy. But there was no need for any…
15th Mar 2024
2 mins
Bookworms Bask In Wonder Of World Book Day
It’s not every day you see Gangsta Granny, Captain America, Mr Bump, Willy Wonka and Rapunzel in the same place at the same time, but that’s exactly what happened at Highfield and Brookham School on Thursday. The occasion was World Book Day when literary-loving children from the nursery, pre-prep and prep school dressed up as…
8th Mar 2024
2 mins
Cutting Waste Gives School Food For Thought
A purge on food waste at Highfield and Brookham is already reaping environmental rewards. The school has cut meal waste by a fifth since it began a pupil-initiated crackdown in October, reducing the amount of food thrown away by an incredible 1,260kg and lowering its carbon footprint in the process. This represents a drop of…
1st Mar 2024
3 mins
Huge Numbers Rise To Cross-Country Challenge
An incredible 1,200 pupils from 19 schools converged at an independent school in Liphook for its annual cross-country competition. The yearly run across the sports pitches and through the vast woodland at Highfield and Brookham School attracted children from independent and state schools across Hampshire, Surrey and West Sussex. The eager young runners, aged eight…
23rd Feb 2024
2 mins