Year: 2017

  Street artist John Denaro popped in to a local Solihull Academy to show Year 11 students how to create giant portraits of themselves in just one day, using only chalk and charcoal. The students from Grace Academy Solihull were challenged to think big, and work quickly, as they produced outsize images of themselves and…
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  Twenty-two Grace Academy Solihull students won a world-cup level masterclass in footwork, handling, and kicking skills after being selected for a day of training with former England rugby union player Jonny Wilkinson. We caught up with Sky Ambassador Jonny towards the end of the masterclass, and he said: “The best thing about these Sky…
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  Targeted revision sessions, separate coursework days, and holiday sessions, have secured excellent progress for students in Science, with 50% of students expected to achieve A* to A grades in the Triple Science Award at the end of the academic year.  By having targeted intervention groups with top performing students, and separate tutor groups and…
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Successful former student Alice Sale secured an HR apprenticeship with WM Housing and said: “It all started for me at the Careers Fair at Grace Academy when WM Housing told me there would be an apprenticeship available after Sixth Form.  I waited for it to come up and I have now been doing HR for…
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  Over 30 businesses and red-brick universities attended our careers fair for Year 9 to 13 students to help them explore their future options after leaving the Academy, whether they decide to go on to college, university or take an apprenticeship. Julie Baker, Post 16 Manager, said: “We try and prepare the students before they…
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  Darren Gelder, Principal of Grace Academy, is celebrating the Academy’s recent ‘Good’ Ofsted rating with staff, parents, and students, after an inspection in March. Darren has already overseen a dramatic turnaround in the fortunes of the Academy since he joined as the new Principal in 2014, after putting tough action plans in place to…
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On Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 May 30 students from Grace Academy Solihull, Coventry and Darlaston will be coming together to write, record and produce a song to raise funds for the mental health charity MIND. The students will be working with  Mark Vallance, a songwriter from award-winning music publisher Phrased Differently. Once the song…
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All Post 16 parents were invited into the academy for a workshop the night before our careers fair, the main reason was to make parents more aware about university and apprenticeship options available. During the evening parents and students were given detailed information about the costs involved, and shown that these should not be a…
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Grace Academy Christmas Fayre Friday 8th December 6:00pm – 8:30pm Traditional Carol Service 6:30pm & 7:30pm Market Stalls, Santa’s Gifts, Festive food and Mulled Wine For more information please see link Below Christmas Fayre Information  

Engineering students are setting the gold standard in terms of performance, as 100% of Year 13s passed their A Level Engineering at pass to distinction grades in 2015/16.  One of the Year 13s has gone on to study engineering at university and three are doing engineering apprenticeships. In Product Design, 72.2% of students achieved A*…
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