Artistic pupils at an independent school in Hampshire have once again secured top billing – thanks to another record-breaking set of LAMDA exam results.

A headmaster who has retired from a thriving independent school in Hampshire after more than two decades has described his time at the helm as “being like a child given the keys to the sweet shop”.

Sophie Baber, Head of Pre-prep at Highfield and Brookham Schools, has cited vocabulary as one of the most important elements to consider when it comes to preparing children for the start of school.

An independent school in Liphook is celebrating another bumper crop of scholarships. Seventeen senior school scholarships have been awarded to pupils at Highfield and Brookham Schools this year, taking the impressive total well into three figures in the past eight years alone.

Highfield and Brookham Schools Centenary Bursaries Fund has been boosted to the tune of £66,000 courtesy of the bi-annual bursaries ball at the end of the summer term. The sizeable cash injection will help “bridge the advantage gap”.

A thriving nursery in Liphook has been named one of the best in the country for a second successive year.