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Bohunt School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the rural village of Liphook, Hampshire, England. The school was opened in 1978.[2]
| Bohunt School | |
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| Address | |
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Longmoor Road , , GU30 7NT England | |
| Information | |
| School type | Academy Academy converter |
| Motto | Enjoy, Respect, Achieve |
| Established | 1978 |
| Status | Open |
| Local authority | Hampshire County Council |
| Trust | Bohunt Education Trust |
| Department for Education URN | 136643 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Neil Strowger |
| Teaching staff | 121 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1800[1] |
| Language | English |
| Houses | 6 |
| Colour(s) | Black, White & Bottle Green. |
| Website | www |
History
editIn 2009 the BBC reported that Bohunt students had achieved higher than the national average at GCSEs in four years.[3] and had ranked mid-table in Hampshire on the proportion of pupils achieving the Level 2 threshold .[4]
Bohunt was designated a Language College, which means that it specialises in modern foreign languages and all pupils take at least one GCSE. Bohunt offers Spanish, German, French, Japanese and Mandarin. In 2005 Bohunt was credited with an International School Award.[5]
Previously a foundation school administered by Hampshire County Council, in April 2011 Bohunt School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Bohunt Education Trust.
In 2014 Bohunt School was awarded TES Overall School and Secondary School of the Year at the TES Awards.[6]
Bohunt Chinese School
editBohunt Chinese School was an experiment that took place at the school in 2015.[7] The experiment involved fifty Year Nine students at the school being educated by Chinese teachers using traditional Chinese teaching methods for a period of four weeks. This included mostly lecture-based teaching and 12-hour shifts at school.[8][9]
At the end of the experiment, the academic achievement of the 50-pupil group that received Chinese education was compared with an equivalent group of their peers through an assessment carried out by an independent board by a peer review. In the assessment, pupils in the Chinese-educated group performed 10% better than their other peers in maths, science, and Mandarin.
This experiment was broadcast by the BBC as part of a three-episode documentary.[10]
Catchment
editBohunt's main intake comes mostly from four schools known as the 4-16 Partnership. These are Liss Junior School, Liphook Church of England (controlled) Junior School, Greatham Primary School and Grayshott Primary School. Bohunt also draws from other primaries in Hampshire, Surrey, and Sussex.
Houses
editThe pupils are split up into a house system, consisting of six houses, each taking the name of an important person. These are:
- Attenborough House after David Attenborough
- Curie House after Marie Curie
- Hawking House after Stephen Hawking
- Nightingale House after Florence Nightingale
- Parks House after Rosa Parks
- Turing House after Alan Turing
Notable alumni
edit- Olivia Breen - Paralympian athlete[citation needed]
- Steve Brine, Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament for Winchester[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Bohunt School". Ofsted. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Liphook, Hampshire, United Kingdom (UK) - the community website". www.liphook.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "GCSE Results". BBC. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "2009 Hampshire Rankings". BBC. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "International School Award 2005" (PDF). DCSF. Retrieved 8 April 2010. [dead link]
- ^ "Education's most inspirational take a bow - and a prize".
- ^ "Would Chinese-style education work on British kids?". BBC News Magazine. BBC. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ Espinoza, Javier (19 August 2015). "Pupils taught by Chinese outpace their peers in experiment". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ Wollaston, Sam (5 August 2015). "Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School review – a comic clash of cultural differences". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ Halls, Eleanor (11 August 2015). "Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School: Why Britain's education system should embrace China's teaching methods". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "A visit from former student Mr Steve Brine MP". Bohunt School. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2023.