A progressive independent school in Hampshire has further strengthened its enviable reputation for providing a robust all-round education with another impressive haul of scholarships.
Twenty-two pupils from Highfield and Brookham School in Liphook have this year secured an incredible 29 scholarships between them to ten different senior schools, including Wellington College, Charterhouse, Marlborough College, Cranleigh and Benenden.
And the prized awards cover nine different subjects, including academia, music, sport, dance, DT, art and drama, underlining the school’s quality and strength right across the curriculum.
While 24 scholarships were awarded to children leaving Year 8, the most common exit point at Highfield and Brookham, five were also awarded to children leaving at the end of Year 6; showing that the school is successful in tailoring the journey to senior school for each individual child.
The latest batch of sought-after senior school scholarships takes the thriving nursery, pre-prep and prep school’s tally to an astonishing 166 in the past decade alone, a key reason why many parents choose a Highfield and Brookham education for their children.
The scholarships are another big vote of confidence for the school’s progressive curriculum which blends the stepping stones for academic achievement with the development of essential life skills.
Highfield and Brookham, which sits in 175-acre grounds on the rural borders of Hampshire, Surrey and West Sussex, is committed to excellence and uses the Skills Builder Accelerator Programme, which offers a structured approach to teaching and assessing essential skills such as teamwork, creativity, problem solving and leadership, and ensures that children are equipped with skills that will serve them well throughout education and beyond.
The school also recently unveiled its own dedicated scholarship programme aimed at children in Year 5.
Suzannah Cryer, Head of Highfield and Brookham, said: “As a forward-thinking school, we are always learning and looking at ways in which we can improve and make our educational provision as robust and as relevant to the needs of our children in an ever-changing world as we possibly can.
“We have a wonderful relationship with so many excellent senior schools and that is reflected in the number of scholarships that we are awarded each year as they have full trust in the quality of our teaching and of how we prepare our children for the next step on their educational journey, not only academically but socially and pastorally too.”
And Mrs Cryer added: “I really couldn’t be more proud of our Year 6 and Year 8 leavers and wish them well with their future studies and beyond. They are a real credit to the school and I have absolutely no doubt that they will serve as tremendous inspiration to next year’s scholarship cohort.”
13+ Scholarship and exhibition recipients:
Eniola Ajibola: The Candy Changyavongse DT Scholarship (Benenden) & Music Exhibition (Benenden)
Daisy Apps: Music Scholarship (Marlborough College)
Albie Black: Sports Scholarship (Charterhouse)
Ines Borwick: Sports Scholarship (Charterhouse)
Gus Brennan: DT Scholarship (Seaford College)
Jordan Calabria-Deane: Sports Scholarship (Charterhouse)
Amelie Davies: Music Exhibition (Wellington College)
Flora Delliere: Sports Exhibition (Bryanston School)
Sandy Game: All-rounder Scholarship (Gordonstoun)
Douglas Hogg: Sports Scholarship (Charterhouse)
Genevieve Hogg: Sports Scholarship (Charterhouse) & Sports Scholarship (Seaford College)
Malena Jensen: Art Scholarship (Charterhouse)
Imogen Knight: Academic Scholarship (Charterhouse) & Sports Scholarship (Charterhouse)
Rory Lett: Drama Scholarship (Charterhouse)
Barnabas Lloyd: Music Scholarship (Seaford College)
Romilly O’Donnell: Drama Scholarship (Charterhouse) & Music Exhibition (Charterhouse)
Shona O’Neill: Foundation Scholarship (Charterhouse)
Olivia Parsons: Drama Exhibition (Cranleigh School)
Thomas Reid: Sports Scholarship (Seaford College)
Jamie Wakeley: DT Scholarship (Marlborough College)
11+ Scholarship and exhibition recipients:
Isla Andrewes: Academic Scholarship (Prior’s Field School) & Art Scholarship (Prior’s Field School)
Adelina Lacey-Gutsell: Drama Scholarship (Lord Wandsworth College), Music Scholarship (Lord Wandsworth College) & Dance Scholarship (Lord Wandsworth College)
