Brockwood Park School

Brockwood Park School It provides an holistic education for around 60 students.
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Founded by educator philosopher, J Krishnamurti, in 1969, Brockwood Park School is an international boarding school for 14-19 year olds, in the heart of the Hampshire countryside. Brockwood Park School is an international, vegetarian, non-profit, boarding school offering a holistic, personlised education for students aged 14-19.

A new year at Brockwood! The quiet land in this beautiful corner of the earth had been awaiting the return of the studen...
08/09/2026

A new year at Brockwood! The quiet land in this beautiful corner of the earth had been awaiting the return of the students from all over the world when they finally arrived back last Wednesday, coming from around 20 different countries and filling the place with energy, hugs and smiles.

The first 10 days are a period to get to know each other and the place, but right from the beginning students can get involved and feel it is not just a school but also their home, hanging out with others in the Sitting Room or helping wash the dishes after a meal. It is also a time for students to learn about the different learning opportunities on offer through presentations and class fairs, and to build their own personal timetables, choosing what to study and how to fill their week.

On the first weekend, it is all about the apples! So many of them are waiting to be harvested, juiced and processed each year when the students arrive, and this year was no exception. On Saturday, the whole school joined in for our yearly Apple Harvest, and by the evening everyone’s work had turned into delicious juice and warm crumble, followed by our first Movie Night in the Sitting Room.

And in between all the activity and excitement, some students found the time to go for a stroll and soak in the quiet, beautiful land that surrounds them here.

Off to a new year of learning!

Brockwood is home not only to students and staff, but to countless other living beings. Set within the South Downs Natio...
30/07/2026

Brockwood is home not only to students and staff, but to countless other living beings. Set within the South Downs National Park, the school shares its 40 acres of parkland, gardens and woodland with deer, badgers, rabbits, squirrels, grazing sheep, and a variety of birds large and small – alongside ancient trees and an ever-changing display of flowers, blossoms and wildflowers through the seasons.
Developing a real appreciation and relationship with nature has been part of the school’s intention from the very beginning, and the beautiful surroundings invite us to do just that.

Alongside the regular rhythm of classes, the week at Brockwood leaves room for other kinds of time together. Friday afte...
20/07/2026

Alongside the regular rhythm of classes, the week at Brockwood leaves room for other kinds of time together. Friday afternoons are one of these: a slot set aside each week for the whole school to gather, unwind and simply be with one another.
It begins with tea and cake in the sitting room – half an hour or so for the whole school to come together informally, talk and relax before the weekend. After that, students who wish to can meet one-to-one with their advisor or other members of staff to have a chat, get support, or seek advice. Everyone else signs up for a sports activity: football and frisbee on the lawns or a hike through the surrounding countryside, or sometimes other activities depending on the weather.
Later, once the day settles, the evening sometimes brings the whole school together again. Every so often this happens around a bonfire in the parkland – a warm and simple way to end the week together, under the open sky and surrounded by ancient trees.

Each academic year at Brockwood ends with a special period of 10 days – a time to end the year together with a wide vari...
30/06/2026

Each academic year at Brockwood ends with a special period of 10 days – a time to end the year together with a wide variety of whole-school activities: trips, clean-ups, a spring race, football and frisbee matches, informal evenings, and a drama performance.
This year’s performance was a loosely adapted selection from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, performed in the style of Gesture Theatre – a fast-paced, ensemble form of storytelling that uses no set or props. It depends on the group working as one: listening closely and moving almost as a single organism.
Brought to life by a small group of around ten students who had worked on it through the final term, guided by two drama teachers. The piece was performed before the whole school in the light-filled Assembly Hall. Through acting, movement and music together, the students created something captivating. A series of shorter pieces by smaller groups followed, rounding out a memorable evening.

A good education engages not only the mind, but also the heart and the hands. At Brockwood, alongside academic study, st...
15/06/2026

A good education engages not only the mind, but also the heart and the hands. At Brockwood, alongside academic study, students have plenty of opportunities for hands-on learning – gardening, cooking, and all kinds of arts and crafts.

Among these, woodwork, textiles and pottery each have their own dedicated spaces, resources and teachers. The Art Barn – a beautiful building at one end of the campus – houses the pottery studio downstairs and a light-filled textiles space upstairs, while the nearby Woodwork Shed offers room to saw, shape and build. In these spaces, students can slow down, work with their hands, and develop real skills and craftsmanship over time. There is something quietly satisfying about making things: it asks for patience, attention and care, and offers the simple pleasure of seeing an idea take shape in front of you.

For many students these activities become an important part of life at Brockwood, and some make them their main focus, hoping to become potters, carpenters or craftspeople. Either way, working with one’s hands is a meaningful part of the education here.

Brockwood is, in many ways, a world of its own – a small, international community set in a beautiful and somewhat seclud...
23/05/2026

Brockwood is, in many ways, a world of its own – a small, international community set in a beautiful and somewhat secluded corner of the Hampshire countryside. But it also reaches out into the wider world: students and staff regularly venture out to explore museums, theatres, towns and cities, each trip an extension of the learning that happens back at school.
Last Saturday, a small group of students interested in photography took the train to London, just a short journey away, joining a trip organised by one of our residential staff and a professional photographer from Italy who is a friend of the school. The timing was perfect: Photo London, one of the world’s leading international photography fairs, was taking place in the city, as was Offprint London, a celebrated fair dedicated to art, photography and independent publishing. The group spent the day taking photographs around London, visiting the fairs, talking with publishers, and browsing books. After a long day, they returned to Brockwood with big smiles, many photographs of their own and inspiring new connections in the world of photography and publishing.

One of the joys of living in a small international community such as ours is cooking and eating together. After all, Bro...
09/05/2026

One of the joys of living in a small international community such as ours is cooking and eating together. After all, Brockwood quickly becomes a second home for its students, and coming together to share meals is an important part of the day, as in many families.

For students to feel even more part of the place and its food, there are many opportunities each week to learn how to cook and prepare the meals for the whole school.

We have a cooking class on Thursday evenings as well as two more student-led cooking clubs per week. In all of these, the group prepares dinner for the whole school in the school kitchen, treating the community in the process to tasty and wholesome meals and snacks.

This week, we were treated to a Greek spanakopita meal with roasted potatoes and special salads on the side - other times we had delicious soups with cheese scones, special savoury pancakes with sweet potato cream, a variety of curries and even a colourful vegetarian sushi meal.

It is lovely to see students participating in the life of the school and helping make Brockwood a real home.

This Wednesday, on a beautiful sunny spring day, students returned to Brockwood after three weeks of holidays to begin t...
24/04/2026

This Wednesday, on a beautiful sunny spring day, students returned to Brockwood after three weeks of holidays to begin the summer term.
Before long, the school was full again with smiles, laughter and the joy of people finding one another after some time apart. Friends shared stories from the break, suitcases were unpacked, and many students wandered through the parkland and the Grove, where spring flowers are now in full bloom, greeting the place as much as each other.
Days like this reflect the special atmosphere at Brockwood, where there is genuine care, warmth and friendship among students and staff. Together with the beauty of the natural surroundings, it is part of what makes Brockwood so unique, and such a meaningful place for many people around the world.

As spring returns to Brockwood, so do the questions that have always lived here.When Krishnamurti founded this school in...
15/04/2026

As spring returns to Brockwood, so do the questions that have always lived here.

When Krishnamurti founded this school in 1969, his intention was something rarely attempted: a place where young people could learn not only about the world, but about themselves – where self-knowledge was as central to education as any academic subject, and where students were trusted to take real responsibility for their own learning. All of this, while living together in a small, vibrant international community – where relationship itself is part of the learning. Living closely with people from different backgrounds and cultures, students and staff are constantly invited to look at themselves: their reactions, assumptions, and ways of seeing the world.

More than five decades later, that intention is still being explored here – by different people, in different ways, but with the same seriousness. Brockwood remains, at its core, a continuing inquiry – made possible by the many people, across the decades, who have given their energy to keeping it alive.

We recently welcomed three visitors from the South Downs National Park Authority, who gave an interactive 1.5-hour prese...
27/03/2026

We recently welcomed three visitors from the South Downs National Park Authority, who gave an interactive 1.5-hour presentation to the whole school. At Brockwood, we sometimes invite guest speakers to share perspectives connected to the wider society and the world around us.

They spoke about the core aims of the National Park – protecting the landscape and engaging the public in understanding and caring for it – and shared insights into their work across the region. A particular focus was their new Beaver Project, exploring the reintroduction of beavers into local habitats and the role they can play in restoring ecosystems.

This connects closely with Brockwood’s own emphasis on caring for the land and developing a relationship with nature. Recently, students and staff worked together with the National Trust to plant hundreds of trees as part of a local rewilding project. It’s lovely to now see those trees beginning to grow when we walk or hike through the area together.

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New Alresford
SO240LQ

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+441962771744

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