Each year there is an exciting range of holiday activities to choose from, including skiing, camping, History, and French trips and Adventure holidays. All children have access to a wide range of books in their form rooms, in the subject specialist rooms, and in the large, comprehensive School Library. Study skills and private reading are encouraged. Homework is gradually introduced in the Junior School and is compulsory in the Middle and Senior Schools. As a preparation for the Common Entrance Exam children are tested twice a year in all academic subjects.
Parents regularly receive full reports based on achievement, progress and effort.
All Beechwood children are screened for learning difficulties at the end of the First Form year and a full programme of Special Help is available for those who need it. In addition children in all classes have access to extension work, and gifted children are treated as children with special educational needs. It is the aspiration of the Beechwood staff to deliver the school curriculum for each individual child at the level that is appropriate. The National Curriculum Science programme is the basis for sex education in the Junior and Middle Schools. In the Senior School sex education and social awareness are taught as part of the Personal, Social and Health Education programme.