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Jun 5, 2015
5 June 2015
The school has joined the wider Plymouth community in supporting the families who lost their homes in the recent fire in Devonport. The...
May 22, 2015
22 May 2015
DHSB said goodbye to Year 13 on Wednesday. Ms Davidson, Mr Burt and the team put on a nostalgia fuelled event with students providing the...
May 15, 2015
15 May 2015
Congratulations to our Ten Tors teams who completed the annual challenge on Dartmoor last weekend. This is probably the first year we...
May 8, 2015
8 May 2015
The amount raised for the Nepalese disaster currently stands at £1450 and is rising steadily thanks to a co-ordinated series of events...
May 1, 2015
1 May 2015
The dreadful news from Nepal put a different emphasis on the visit from Jeevnath Aryal, Headteacher of our partner school Shining Stars....
Apr 24, 2015
24 April 2015
A range of outstanding achievements this week but all examples of our students’ drive to seize opportunities and push themselves to new...
Apr 17, 2015
17 April 2015
I am pleased to showcase our Student of the Week winners; we enjoy celebrating success from a broad palette of achievement. Whilst...
Mar 27, 2015
27 March 2015
Thank you Mrs Saunders and Mr Gomez for co-ordinating another successful exchange event with our German partners. Few schools run...
Mar 20, 2015
20 March 2015
Well done to Aidan Ricketts, Sam Nicholls, Nicholas Hodge and Matthew Williams who represented DHSB at the English Chess Federation Team...
Mar 13, 2015
13 March 2015
A glorious double on Monday evening as our Year 8 and Year 9 teams became Devon Champions, followed by the treble as the Year 8 team also...
Mar 6, 2015
6 March 2015
[one_half] Following a robust and rigorous recruitment and selection process, including three days of interviews, I am delighted to...
Feb 27, 2015
27 February 2015
I was proud to represent DHSB alongside Tay Huq at the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award ceremony at St James’s Palace yesterday. We met up...
Feb 13, 2015
13 February 2015
It’s been another very good week at DHSB. Very well done to our Year 10 football team; through to the final eight of the national cup....
Feb 6, 2015
6 February 2015
We place a high value on the support and guidance that our older students are able to give our younger learners and I’m pleased to...
Jan 30, 2015
30 January 2015
School Performance Tables I won’t add significantly to the column inches on this topic but I’m proud of the students and staff at DHSB....
Jan 23, 2015
23 January 2015
Every week we publish the blog and then sit back and marvel at the number of impressive events and achievements of our students. They...
Jan 16, 2015
16 January 2015
Six students have secured offers at Oxford and Cambridge universities this year. Bradley Hocking, Cambridge, Trinity Hall, Natural...
Jan 9, 2015
9 January 2015
Many congratulations to Alex Waterhouse on being offered a place at the prestigious Dartmouth College in the USA. Alex will be taking up...
Dec 19, 2014
19 December 2014
Speech Day Our annual celebration of success at the Guildhall was a showcase of talent and future potential. The long-standing tradition...
Dec 12, 2014
12 December 2014
It’s out! This year’s School Magazine is a highly polished Henniker production. It contains some fascinating features and is an excellent...
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