The Henry Beaufort School | |
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Address | |
Priors Dean Road , , SO22 6JJ England | |
Coordinates | 51°04′51″N1°19′49″W / 51.0809°N 1.3302°W |
Information | |
Type | Community comprehensive |
Motto | "Pride, Happiness, Ambition" |
Established | 1971 |
Local authority | Hampshire |
Department for Education URN | 116438 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Head teacher | Sue Hearle |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 11to 16 |
Enrolment | 976 As of January 2018 [ref] |
Capacity | 1100 |
Colour(s) | Royal blue |
Publication | The Henry Beaufort School Newsletter [1] |
Website | http://www.beaufort.hants.sch.uk/ |
Henry Beaufort School is a secondary school in Harestock, a suburb of Winchester, in the county of Hampshire in England.
The school was built in 1971 as the first purpose-built, co-educational, comprehensive school in Winchester to serve the new developments created by the new Teg Down, Weeke Manor, and Harestock estates. The school had a full complement of year 7 students and about half a complement of year 8 students in its first year of operation. The school grew each year until 1975, when it had a full five years of intake.[ citation needed ]
The school is named after Henry Beaufort, who was Bishop of Winchester and three times Lord Chancellor. [2]
On September 10, 2020, three students were severely injured after the Stagecoach bus carrying them to school collided with a bridge it was too high to pass under. Bus driver Martin Walker pleaded guilty to causing injury by dangerous driving. [3]
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The largest of the school buildings, known as "Tower Block," housing the languages and humanities departments, started a refit in 2012. While work was being done, the two departments were required to relocate to temporary buildings at the top of the site, but they have now returned to the newly refurbished building. Work on the block was completed in March 2014.
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