‘Smiles for Christmas’ is Brymore’s chance to give something back to the local community of Cannington.  There are 48 elderly people who live in supported housing in Cannington and most of these will spend Christmas on their own. The boys and staff of Brymore are hoping to make them ‘Smile this Christmas’ with a surprise. Each Boarding House will compete against each other to create a Christmas hamper. The best design will win and … Continue Reading →

A number of our Year 11 boys helped ‘Tabatha’ our Jersey cow deliver her new calf, ensuring that their practical Agriculture lesson was definitely a vocational experience that day.

Over the half term break Mr Coll and Mr Watts, along with local artist Becca Fox, have updated all three of the boarding house common rooms. A huge amount of preparation and design went in to the graphics of each house and with the colour schemes being allocated to the individual common rooms, the result is a thought-provoking, inspiring and welcoming environment. With School House coloured a deep red, Kemp as a light … Continue Reading →

Brymore School is currently welcoming Year 7 and 8 pupils from Taunton Academy on a weekly basis to work within the Technology department. Brymore  and the Taunton Academy have formed a unique bond which means that for an afternoon a week Academy students challenge themselves within the workshops. Currently the students are casting a ‘spur’, which represents their time at Brymore, in aluminium using the school’s foundry and utilising the … Continue Reading →

With a slight nip in the air and some autumn sunshine the weather provided the perfect Cross Country conditions for the 90 boys (10 from each house in each year group) taking part. The Year 9’s went off first for one long lap followed by the Year 10’s undertaking 2 short laps and the event culminated in the Year 11’s who had to complete a mammoth 2 long laps, all of … Continue Reading →

Hot on the tail of the Year 11 rugby win against Blake our team of intrepid under 16’s have beaten QEH School in Bristol by 40 points to 14, an amazing win on QEH’s home turf and a good win before the upcoming game against Haygrove. Year 10, Harry White, has also showed off some fancy skills on the golf course recently coming 3rd in two competitions (Cannington Juniors and Battle of … Continue Reading →

All of the Year 10 boys were treated to a special day of fitness and healthy eating during a Fit for Life day at the school. Representatives from the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines came to Brymore for the day to show the boys how a healthy lifestyle could benefit them. The boys were split into their three house groups (Taylor, Walker and Galsworthy) to undertake a round robin of three different … Continue Reading →

30 Brymore Boys from Year 11 ventured onto the Quantocks to undertake their Duke of Edinburgh bronze award expedition and camp. The boys, grouped in sets of 6, had to prepare and pack their kit, allocate food and plan their route from the school over the hills to the rendezvous point, which was to be home for the night.  Setting off into the hills our intrepid explorers trekked around 18 miles, stopping at … Continue Reading →