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...

Careers Fair 2025 Yesterday, the colonnade at DHSB came alive with opportunity, inspiration, and sunshine as we hosted our annual Careers...

Curriculum Enrichment Week 2025 Curriculum Enrichment Week (CEW) saw students in Years 8 to 10 take part in activities they may not...

Students wow at Summer Evening Recital On Thursday, we were treated to a wonderful evening of music at St Pancras Church. The event,...

Big Congratulations to our PTFA Art Competition Winners First place goes to Theo Andreas (11F) for his stunning photo titled ‘Sunrise at...

“Changing lives and communities for the better” As it is National Volunteers Week, we would like to take the opportunity to celebrate our...

Year 6 Transition Events – A Warm Welcome to DHSB On Tuesday 13th and Tuesday 20th May, Devonport High School for Boys opened its doors...

"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...