"Happy Birthday dear Tom..." DHSB Trustees and members of staff joined Tom Orchard to celebrate his 80th Birthday on Tuesday. Tom has...

Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) Celebrations On Thursday, DHSB celebrated VE Day and commemorated 80 years since the end of the Second...

Turing Tour  The Turing Scheme offers grant funding to education providers to support their students or apprentices to pursue study and...

Celebrating Our Students Having received many reports of students’ excellent work and news of their activities over the Easter holiday,...

And just like that, I am retiring after 30 very happy years at DHSB. It’s been a privilege to work with three Headteachers, Dr Pettit, Mr...

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

Red Nose Day Bake Sale Devonport High School for Boys witnessed a whirlwind of sugary delights and generous spirits today as the House...

Described as 'amazing' and 'magical' we're delighted to share photos from our musical theatre production of Into the Woods, staged this...

This week marked a significant milestone as all seven house teams delivered their first live assemblies of the academic year. The central...

In our Performing and Creative Arts news this week, we'd like to share that we have a company of 23 students appearing in a large-scale...

The 2025 DHSB Spelling Bee held on Monday was a resounding success, with students from Years 7-10 showcasing their impressive spelling...

Our Excellent Work this week features stories written by Year 9 English students. Sharing examples of excellence is a regular feature of...

Our Holocaust Memorial Day whole school assembly on Wednesday was a poignant and moving event for the entire school. I am pleased to...

Nurturing excellence in teaching through subject mastery. Here at DHSB, we firmly believe that the best education is delivered by...

This year's DHSB Ten Tors training commenced for all teams last Saturday with minibuses leaving school before dawn with a forecast of...

Happy New Year! Welcome back to school for another exciting term. We hope everyone in our community had a good break, returning to school...

What an incredible final week of term we have enjoyed. A huge thank you to all staff and students who have contributed to our many...

Festive cheer was once again plentiful at DHSB today when the students had the opportunity to show off their dazzling array of Christmas...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at DHSB! This week I met Max Magner 7A who is the winner of our Christmas card competition...

Curriculum Challenge Week What a fabulous week with 40 students on the London cultural tour, 12 Year 9 students involved in a Ten Tors...

I’m highlighting our Creative Arts this week with an invitation to our Christmas events. Our Carol Service, with nine lessons and carols...

Mr Berryman presented our whole school Remembrance Assembly on Monday 11 November. He said, "It is vital that as a school community we...

Many thanks to Mr Head, Mrs Flack and Year 7 students who have created a stunning Remembrance display on our main school gates. Staff and...

DHSB tops the charts in Sparx Maths and Sparx Reader. As regular readers of the Head's Blog will be aware, each week we celebrate the...

“The relationships between all students and relationships with staff is a real strength of this school” “There is a mutual respect,...

After a busy start to the year in our newly expanded seven house system, we have concluded the search for our new team of House Captains...

I am delighted to announce the name of the DHSB School Captain for the coming year. Earlier today William Henwood 12 KRB accepted the...

Bonjour, hola, hallo! On Thursday, we celebrated the European Day of Languages at school with a variety of activities.  During morning...

Over the next few weeks we will be featuring individual student activities and achievements. If you tried a new activity or challenge...

Thank you to all students, families, trustees and staff who supported our Speech Day celebration events on Wednesday. We were delighted...

I hope that you all enjoyed some enjoyable time together as a family over the summer. It has been a real joy seeing everyone over the...

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

There has been a real buzz this morning as we welcomed back so many students to celebrate their A level results and to provide advice and...

At the end of another academic year I want to thank all our parents and carers for the fantastic support we have received over the last...

This week we were awarded St Luke's Compassionate School status to recognise that we have demonstrated a whole school approach to death,...

This afternoon we hosted our first ever Careers Fair, an event that proved to be popular with our students. Over 40 diverse companies and...

Our summer Curriculum Enrichment Week provides a brilliant opportunity for our students to experience activities together outside our...

It’s Curriculum Enrichment Week next week and we’re wishing everyone, staff and students, a fantastic time with thanks in advance for all...

This week we are highlighting students who are working towards their Bronze, Silver or Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award. We’re also...

Six of our Year 10 students joined 37 students from schools across the city to take part in the 'Experiences of the Workplace' event over...

Very well done to our Year 8 football team. Mr Strang said, “The team enjoyed a triumphal end to the season last Friday by winning the...

Ten Tors Challenge Many congratulations to all our students who took part in the Ten Tors Challenge last weekend, including our school...

We said a collective farewell to Year 13 students on Wednesday in a special assembly when we had the opportunity to enjoy some of the...

Congratulations to our table tennis team who competed at the English Schools National Finals last weekend. Mr Callicott said, “The team...

Many congratulations to seven DHSB Bronze DofE teams who completed their practice expedition on Dartmoor last weekend. Mrs Wills said, “A...

Our digital infrastructure and tools play a key part in supporting our teaching and learning at DHSB. We want to stay ahead of the...

In total, around 100 students at the school have a close family member who is currently serving or who has recently served in the Armed...

This morning our Heads of Year delivered our termly celebration assemblies. These assemblies present an opportunity to recognise and...

We are delighted to announce the incredible achievement of two of our students, Rocky Travers 11W and School Captain Eden Hingston 12ESM,...

Many congratulations to our Year 11 football team who played in the quarter-finals of the national cup against Hurstmere School. To reach...