Bohunt School

Bohunt School
Motto Enjoy, Respect, Achieve
Established September/19/2000
Type Comprehensive School
Headteacher Neil Strowger
Location Longmoor Road
Liphook
Hampshire
GU30 7NT
England
Local authority Hampshire County Council
DfE URN 116500 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 1800[1]
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11–16
Houses 13
Colours Black, White & Bottle Green.
Website www.bohunt.hants.sch.uk

Bohunt School is a secondary school with academy status located in the rural village of Liphook, Hampshire. It is co-educational and takes children from age 11-16 and currently has over 1500 pupils enrolled. The school was opened in 1978 by Lady Madeleine Street of Liphook.

Academics

In 2009 the BBC reported that Bohunt students had achieved higher that the national average at GCSEs in four years.[2] and had ranked mid-table in Hampshire on the proportion of pupils achieving the Level 2 threshold .[3]

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, Italian, Russian, Japanese and Mandarin. In 2005 Bohunt was credited with an International School Award.[4]

In 2014 Bohunt School was awarded TES Overall School and Secondary School of the Year at the TES Awards.

Catchment

Bohunt'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. As a popular and oversubscribed school Bohunt also draws from many other primaries in Hampshire, Surrey, and Sussex.

Houses

The pupils are split up into a house system, each house taking the name of an important person from the local area. These are:

Arts

Bohunt has a very active performing arts department, performing productions/musicals every year. Other annual events include The Evening of Drama and Readings, Arts Fever and the Spring Concert where students showcase their acting, dancing and singing talents. Bohunt holds the Artsmark Silver national award.

Athletics

Bohunt participates in many competitions throughout Hampshire and the UK. The school holds the Sportsmark for outstanding provision, standards and participation in spirit.

Uniform

  • Blazer - bottle green, with Stag on left breast pocket
  • Tie - bottle green, with stags
  • Shirt - white (years 10 & 11 only)
  • Polo Shirt (alternative to shirt) - white, with stag logo
  • Trousers/Skirt - black
  • Jumper - black with stag logo

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bohunt School". Ofsted. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
  2. ↑ "GCSE Results". BBC. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
  3. ↑ "2009 Hampshire Rankings". BBC. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
  4. ↑ "International School Award 2005" (PDF). DCSF. Retrieved 2010-04-08.

Coordinates: 51°04′38″N 0°48′22″W / 51.07728°N 0.8061°W / 51.07728; -0.8061

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