Henry Beaufort School

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The Henry Beaufort School
Address
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Priors Dean Road Winchester , Hampshire , SO22 6JJ England
Coordinates	51°04′51″N 1°19′49″W / 51.0809°N 1.3302°W / 51.0809; -1.3302Coordinates: 51°04′51″N 1°19′49″W / 51.0809°N 1.3302°W / 51.0809; -1.3302
Information
Type	Community comprehensive
Motto	"Pride, Happiness, Ambition"
Established	1971 (1971)
Local authority	Hampshire
Department for Education URN	116438 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Sue Hearle
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 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.

History[]

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. In the first year of opening the school had a full complement of year 7 children and about half a year 8 complement. The school grew each year until 1975 it had a full 5 years of intake.^{[citation needed]}

On September 10, 2020 three students received life-changing facial trauma 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.^[2]

Refurbishments[]

2009 refurbishment[]

In January 2009 most buildings were refurbished, including exterior and interiors. This included painting the building in the new navy blue and white as opposed to the pale blue and black before it. The school was also looking forward to a new Astroturf pitch. Construction for said pitch started in June 2009 and is now completed.^[3]

2013-14 refurbishment[]

The largest of the schools buildings known as "Tower Block" housing the languages and humanities departments started a refit in 2012. The two departments were required to move to temporary buildings at the top of the site whilst work was taking place, but have now returned to the newly refurbished building. Work on the block was completed in March 2014.

References[]

• NewsWireless.net - "Wireless turns school into UK technology college, but..." by Guy Kewney, posted on 1 September 2002

External links[]

• A history of the school from a Weeke perspective