Head's Blog

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26 February 2021

We are delighted to hear the news of the lifting of the recent Covid-19 restrictions I would like to sincerely thank all of our students ...

Feb 12

12 February 2021

This week we are paying our respects to the school’s founder, Alonzo J Rider, who died 100 years ago. Mr Rider passed away at his home, w...

Feb 5

5 February 2021

Thank you to all of you at home who are doing an absolutely brilliant job in these challenging times. I am sure that at times it may not ...

Jan 29

29 January 2021

I am delighted that the quality of our university candidates has been recognised by admission tutors again this year. Six DHSB students h...

Jan 21

22 January 2021

As a way of keeping physically and mentally fit and staying connected our PE Department is organising a fun activity to see how far we ca...

Jan 15

15 January 2021

Tomorrow is Founder’s Day and this year we are set to commemorate the school’s 125th anniversary. Devonport High School for Boys was foun...

Jan 8

8 January 2021

Despite the not so normal start to the term I personally believe that the start of a new year brings new hope and positivity for the rest...

Dec 18, 2020

18 December 2020

We have reached the end of term, the end of the year and I am very proud of our community. Our students have shown a great focus, resilie...

Dec 11, 2020

11 December 2020

This has been a challenging year and although we are disappointed not to be able to hold our Year 7 Carol Service as normal we are please...

Dec 4, 2020

4 December 2020

This week I was delighted to judge the annual Christmas Card competition. I invited the finalists to a Fish and Chips lunch today. There w...

Nov 27, 2020

27 November 2020

Students in Years 7 - 11 learnt about KOOTH, the mental health support service, in their assemblies this week. The Kooth digital student ...

Nov 20, 2020

20 November 2020

I am delighted to announce the name of the DHSB School Captain for the coming year. This morning Tom Hyndman accepted the post and I am s...

Nov 13, 2020

13 November 2020

On Wednesday 11 November I was very proud that we held our traditional annual whole school Remembrance assembly, this year led by Mrs Edw...

Nov 6, 2020

6 November 2020

I hope that you enjoyed some time together as a family over half term. We have enjoyed welcoming back our students this week. Following t...

Oct 22, 2020

22 October 2020

This week's assembly theme is 'embracing challenge'. In his whole school assembly Mr Manley asked students to reflect on the challenges t...

Oct 16, 2020

16 October 2020

I am pleased to inform you that our new electric powered gates at the main school entrance are now in operation and will be locked during...

Oct 9, 2020

9 October 2020

Today we turned the school yellow in support of the Young Minds charity and their #HelloYellow appeal. The aim of Young Minds is to show ...

Oct 2, 2020

2 October 2020

It was lovely to spend time talking with our new Year 7 students on Wednesday in our first Covid-19 secure ‘Meet the Head’ breaktime meet...

Sep 25, 2020

25 September 2020

There was a brilliant buzz around the school on Wednesday this week as students and staff in their tutor groups watched the whole school ...

Sep 18, 2020

18 September 2020

This has been another positive week in school and I am grateful to everyone in our community for responding so well to our new measures a...

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