Happy 130th Birthday DHSB! Today is Founder’s Day - on this day in 1896 Alonzo J Rider finally fulfilled his long held dream of owning his own school.  He’d purchased a defunct school at the top of Albert Road for £5000, just before Christmas in 1985, and only three short weeks later he welcomed his first students.  The rest is history as they say!  We will be celebrating this milestone with a reunion event, for all former pupils and staff, at 12.30pm on the 28th March.  Plea

Happy New Year! Welcome back to school for another exciting term. We hope everyone in our community had a good break and has returned ready and prepared for the term ahead. Admission Arrangements for 2027-28: Along with all other schools and academies, we are currently consulting on our admission arrangements for 2027-28 through Plymouth City Council. You are invited to look at the proposed new admission arrangements and to have your say on them until Sunday 11 January 2026.

What an incredibly enjoyable final week of term we have have all had. I just want to convey my sincerest thanks to all staff and students who have contributed to our many festive activities from our Nine Lessons and Carols and our Charity Food Collections to our Celebration Assemblies and Refuel Christmas Lunch. On behalf of everyone here at DHSB, we wish you season's greetings and all good wishes for the new year. As always, if you have any comments, questions or positive fe

Many thanks to Mrs Luing-Holmes and students who have been spreading Festive Cheer by sharing their music in and around Plymouth. There is still time to hear some of our festive music at events taking place next week as you are invited to attend our Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at St Andrew’s Church on Monday 15 December and our Christmas Concert in the DHSB Edgcumbe Theatre on Wednesday 17 December. The Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at St Andrew’s Church, Royal Pa

Christmas arrived at DHSB this week. Christmas Trees have been erected and decorated, tinsel has been hung, the first Christmas lunches were served in Refuel and Mischief received a makeover! On Wednesday, staff and students enjoyed a Christmas lunch whilst listening to live music from our House Christmas band, and were invited to place a pin in a 'Where in the World?' board to show who where in the world they or their family are from. This is part of a project being organise

Throughout this month, students and staff have been raising awareness of men’s health issues including prostate cancer, testicular cancer and men’s suicide. The charity Movember encourages people to either grow a moustache, to move more or to host an event in order to start conversations with family and friends. Men are less likely to seek help for both physical and mental ill health, leading to worse outcomes. This serious message behind the light hearted nature of Movember

DHSB Achieves the Gold Green Tree School Award We are delighted to announce that DHSB has been awarded the Gold Green Tree School Award by the Woodland Trust - a fantastic achievement that reflects the creativity, commitment, and environmental leadership of our students and staff.  This milestone follows the hard work celebrated in our previous update, where Year 9 students made an impressive push towards Silver.  Since then, our whole school community has continued to embrac

This week Mrs Mintoft and Mr Liddington took three students to London with a special invitation from the Western Front Association. Oliver Elford (Year 10), completed a research project on the DHSB Old Boys who died during WW1. Oliver's project was one of the winners of a special award that enabled him and two others to join the Remembrance day parade at the Cenotaph on Tuesday. The three boys, Luke Madgett (Year 12), Lewis Dickens (Year 11) and Oliver laid wreaths at Victori

DHSB Year 9 Lead the Way in the Green Tree Schools Award This week, our Year 9 students have been on a real drive to promote trees across the school and beyond as part of the Woodland Trust’s Green Tree Schools Award. Through a range of creative and cross-curricular activities, they’ve helped DHSB achieve the SILVER Green Tree School Award. They now have their sights firmly set on achieving Gold and Platinum in the months ahead. To make the most of each teacher’s expertise, c

Fundraising for our House Charities commenced today with our first Mufti Day of the academic year. Last year over £7000 was generated for our House Charities through Mufti Day donations and sales at our Summer Festival. You can find full details of all the local, national and international charities each House supports by visiting the House dashboards on our website. This year instead of asking students to bring in a £1 donation on each mufti day, we're asking for a one off c

Our new House Leadership team We are delighted to announce the appointment of our new House Captains for the academic year. With 34...

The DHSB School Captain for the coming year is Joshua Daniel (12ESM). I was overwhelmed by the number of students who applied and...

Celebrating Our Green Tree Schools Bronze Award! We are delighted to announce that our school has been awarded the Bronze Green Tree...

It has been such a busy start to our new academic year that we are still trying to catch up on all of the amazing events that happened...

Thank you to all students, families, trustees and staff who supported our Speech Day celebration events on Wednesday. This year's Speech...

Welcome back and welcome to DHSB Year 7 and Year 12 I hope that you all enjoyed some time together as a family over the summer. It has...

We have loved welcoming back so many students to DHSB this morning to celebrate their GCSE results and to provide advice and guidance on...

It has been a lovely morning as we welcomed back pupils to celebrate their successes with friends, family and teaching staff and to...

School Development Plan As this academic year draws to a close I’d like to share with you the progress we’ve made towards the school...

DHSB Summer Festival 2025 The DHSB Summer Festival 2025 was a vibrant, sun-filled celebration that brought the school community together...