News

Friday 5 June 2026 Inaugural Grandparents' Day including News of what the Pre-Prep has been getting up to so far this term.
Saturday 30 May 2026 Cross-Country Season Report 2025-2026 Belhaven Hill School's Cross Country programme provides plenty of scope for the children to develop their running skills, stamina and pride in their achievements. From the youngest (aged 4) to the eldest (13), the children participate in the School grounds run and also against other schools. The culmination of all this preparation is the Belhaven Cross Country Championships in which this year (2026) 348 runners entered. So another great year of running at Belhaven, packed with individual and team successes.
Wednesday 27 May 2026 Belhaven's Mixed Cricket Match reports against St. Mary's Wednesday, 27th May 2026 saw a raft of mixed cricket matches against St. Mary's. A good afternoon of cricket. Read the reports here.
Monday 25 May 2026 Belhaven's Thursday Run breeds success galore for Belhaven’s crop of 2026! This is the time of year when pupils are the most focused on achieving well at the Belhaven Run. The ground is hard, they are well-rested due to the more leisurely pace of cricket when compared with other sports and, for many of them, this is their last ever chance to get their personal best. The crop of 2026 certainly did not disappoint.
Friday 22 May 2026 Belhaven's Summer Concert Reviews Belhaven Hill's Summer Concert Reviews A packed Music School audience of Pre-Prep parents, grandparents and boarding houseparents eagerly awaited their charges' performances as 2pm on Friday 15 May ticked ever closer. Treated to homemade popcorn as they entered, the audience were introduced to the creativity of the Pre-Prep with ‘The Chilly Sheep', a stop-motion animation story based on Form 6's work with Mrs. Haddon in their Art lessons. You can watch this brilliant 3-minute production below.
Friday 22 May 2026 National Debating Finals and National Maths Recognition Two Belhaven Hill pupils travel south to take part in the IAPS National Debating Finals. After winning the District 11 debating competition in Scotland, Holly and Rafe were given the incredibly exciting news that, for the first time, the Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS) was going to be hosting a national final for the best debaters from each of the 11 Districts in the UK.
Wednesday 20 May 2026 Belhaven's Mixed Cricket Match reports against Cargilfield Belhaven Hill's Girls and Mixed Cricket teams met Cargilfield for an afternoon of cricket matches. Read the match reports.
Thursday 14 May 2026 Belhaven's Mixed Cricket U11 Success at Glenalmond's 6-a-side Belhaven Hill School's Mixed Cricket U11 team have success at Glenalmond's 6-a-side Tournament. Six (plus Coco) U11s gave up their weekend out Sunday to take part in the annual Glenalmond 6-a-side Tournament. This is always an exciting day of action-packed cricket with only six players per team and each match consisting of just five overs with each player (apart from the ‘keeper) bowling one over. Belhaven Hill has a long tradition of success at the tournament and 2026 proved no different.
Friday 8 May 2026 Form 2's Hadrian's Wall Trip At 8am on Tuesday 5 May, Belhaven Hill School's Form 2 clambered into 3 minibuses and headed off down the A1 towards Whin Sill. Two and a half hours later and despite a small detour by the Headmaster, our party of 40 were stretching our legs on the short climb from the car park up to the remains of Housesteads, Britain’s most complete Roman fort.
Friday 8 May 2026 Pre-Prep: Signs of Summer 'Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.' So advised John Muir, born in Dunbar and one of the world's greatest naturalists and and environmental philosophers. The story of the Pre-Prep's term so far has revolved around walks, nature's cyclical wonder and a fair amount of dirt... Read on to find out a bit more of what they have been up to...
Wednesday 6 May 2026 Mixed Cricket matches against Fettes Belhaven Hill School's mixed cricket teams played matches against Fettes. Read the reports here.
Tuesday 5 May 2026 Match Reports for Mixed Cricket against Strathallan Belhaven Hill School's Match Reports for Mixed Cricket mtches against Strathallan. Wednesday, 29th May 2026
Friday 24 April 2026 Activities: hands-on Cookery and Carpentry Belhaven Hill School's Activities prove popular with the addition of Cookery and Carpentry courses
Tuesday 21 April 2026 Belhaven Cricket – Girls' Pre-Season Camp at Shrewsbury School Belhaven Hill School Girls' Cricket Pre-Season Camp. With women’s cricket now experiencing unprecedented global growth, the sport represents an extraordinary opportunity for girls. It was therefore very exciting to be able to invite all those girls that expressed an interest with us to Shrewsbury during the holidays. 21 girls met us at various stages of the journey to Shropshire and, after a few minibus-related dramas, we all arrived safely in time for supper on Easter Monday.
Monday 23 March 2026 Belhaven Hill’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’  One of the many outstanding features of Anna McGrath’s adaptations for Belhaven Hill’s drama productions has been the introduction of the ‘play within a play’ to ensure that everyone has a part. Shakespeare gives Jaques in ‘As You Like It’ a famous monologue in which he describes the ‘Seven Ages of Man’ - in that, Jacques encourages us to see all the world as a stage, ‘and all the men and women in it, merely players.’ That has been the experience of the senior productions – all-encompassing experiences for the children in which everyone, confident actor or not, can find their voice. The Senior production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ proved the epitome of this approach. The audience was treated to an excellent rendition of Shakespeare’s classic tale of tragic love from Form 1.
Saturday 21 March 2026 Cross Country Success at Longridge On the last full day of term Belhaven Hill took eight teams of four to this year's Longridge Cross-Country Championships. We entered all eight of the races and performed spectacularly well, winning five out of the eight races and coming second in the other three. There were roughly 60 runners per race.
Wednesday 11 March 2026 Match Reports for games against Cargilfield Belhaven Hill School's Girls' Netball and Boys' Hockey reports for games against Cargilfield
Monday 9 March 2026 Belhaven Recognised for Its Innovation in The Week’s Awards Belhaven Hill Recognised for Its Innovation in The Week’s Awards Belhaven Hill’s STEM teaching and state-of-the-art Makerspace was recognised when it achieved 2nd place in ‘Best for Innovation’ in The Week’s Best of the Best UK Prep Schools (2026).
Thursday 5 March 2026 Spring: 'The Music of open windows' Spring has certainly sprung around at Belhaven Hill's Pre-Prep. It’s such a joy to see the children out in the playground again, minus the layers and layers of waterproofs and cosy clothes! Our outdoor Mud Kitchen has recently had a new lease of life, and the children have been enjoying new pots, pans, jugs and baking trays to make all sorts of delicious treats!
Sunday 1 March 2026 Scotland’s Biggest Prep School Cross-Country Scotland’s Biggest Prep School Cross-Country Competition Continues Success at Belhaven Bay. Belhaven Hill School in East Lothian has just welcomed runners back for the 40th annual Belhaven Cross-Country Championships. This is the biggest cross-country competition in the annual prep schools’ calendar. The event is organised and hosted by Belhaven Hill School, the boarding and day school for 4 to 13-year-olds. Competitors run a course from the beautiful Seafield Pond at Belhaven Bay, overlooked by the school itself, out to the stunning John Muir Country Park and back.