Some exciting news to start the new year, as we welcome Bohunt Farnborough – formerly known as Fernhill School – to the Bohunt Education Trust family.
Bohunt Farnborough is the ninth school to join the Trust and we look forward to working with the whole school community to set the highest expectations, nurture students’ individual talents and interests to help them achieve their full potential as game-changers.
This follows the school announcing its journey towards becoming an academy and joining a like-minded trust, so that it could benefit from working in greater collaboration with others to support its improvement journey.
After careful consideration, BET was selected as the school’s new partner, based on its similar vision and values, and the high expectations it holds for the students, colleagues and schools within the close-knit trust.
By being part of the Trust, the school will benefit from enhanced training; bolstered senior leadership capacity; best practice sharing and personal development support; increased facilities and resources; and a whole range of wider opportunities.
To support the school’s exciting new chapter, together with the Trust it has also been considering developments which will help to ensure it reflects the community and provision it delivers today, whilst being fit for the future. This includes consulting on a new name for the school, which has been confirmed as Bohunt Farnborough.
The new name is said to reflect that the school is now part of the Bohunt family of schools, which have high expectations and strong reputations which it will similarly foster. The choice of Farnborough reflects the broader community that the school is proud to deliver a quality education to.
With the new name comes an evolution of the logo, maintaining the wings which reflect Neville Duke Road which the school is situated on, and is named after the famous British fighter pilot. Alongside retaining this heritage, the new logo will include the Bohunt stag. The aim of the new branding is to reflect the school’s proud legacy whilst ensuring it is fit for the future.
These developments will be gradually implemented, including new site signage, a new website and email addresses.
The School has been on a strong journey of improvement in recent months, and school and trust leaders, along with the wider community, are looking forward to embracing the opportunities that this new partnership will bring.
Sarah Palmer, Headteacher, Bohunt Farnborough, said:
“We are thrilled to be embarking on the next chapter of our school’s journey, and long-standing history. Being part of Bohunt Education Trust, and having the opportunity to collaborate with other schools, will hugely benefit and enhance the provision and opportunities that we can deliver for our students, colleagues and our community.
“It has already been a fantastic experience collaborating with the Trust and our school community on the positive developments and opportunities that are set to come in the next few months and we are looking forward to working with everyone to make this next step a huge success.”
Neil Strowger, Trust Leader of Bohunt Education Trust, said:
“We are elated to be welcoming Bohunt Farnborough and all of its students and colleagues, into the Bohunt Education Trust family. BET and our schools have a shared vision and values which closely align with the school’s. We are looking forward to working in greater collaboration with one another as we seek to deliver the highest quality education, and opportunities, to all our students.
“We have the highest ambitions and aspirations for what we can achieve for the Bohunt Farnborough community, and would like to thank everyone for their active collaboration and enthusiasm for working more closely together so far.”
