Year: 2018

In a sizzling family fun day in Chelmsley Wood, over 800 local residents enjoyed summer fun, inflatables, a BBQ, and petted a menagerie of cuddly pets at Grace Academy Solihull. Face-painting, gladiator jousting, mini-truck driving, and traditional favourites like splat-the-rat and hook-a-duck all added to the fun of the fair, and visitors were also taken…
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Students from Hazrat Khadijatul Kubra, a Muslim faith school in Small Heath, Birmingham, have met with students from Grace Academy Solihull in Chelmsley Wood, in an initiative to encourage greater understanding between young people of different geographical and faith backgrounds. The project forms part of The Faith and Belief Forum linking programme that brings students…
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Top marks in GCSE as 90% of students make the grade as Grace Academy Solihull builds on its continued success with outstanding GCSE results Students at Grace Academy Solihull celebrated outstanding GCSE results building on the success that the Academy has had over the last four academic years. Student performance in Maths and English was…
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Gracie Kerr has won the borough-wide award for the most improved student in Maths because she is now securing a grade 7 in mock exams from a starting point of Level 4 at Primary school. This represents 5 levels of progress; a phenomenal student achievement. Gracie is always a polite, conscientious student who works well…
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Crystal Donaldson, year 10, won second place in the regional final of a coveted public speaking award. Crystal Donaldson wrote an inspiring speech about education for the Speakers Trust “Speak Out” Challenge – Midlands Regional Final. She competed against 14 finalists selected after workshops in 17 schools across the West Midlands. Judges praised her for…
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Junior Maths Challenge Success: Our Best Result Ever! Pupils  at Grace Academy Solihull achieved 3 Golds, 2 Silvers and 7 Bronzes in this year’s UKMT Junior Maths Challenge. Over 260,000 pupils from across the UK sat the Junior Maths Challenge with roughly the top 6% receiving a gold certificate, the next 13% Silver and the…
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  The Grace Academy Family Fun day on Saturday 14th July was a sizzling success. The whole community enjoyed summer fun with inflatables, a BBQ, petting zoo, Face-painting, gladiator jousting and mini-truck driving. Around 800 visitors enjoyed traditional favourites like splat-the-rat and hook-a-duck and were taken through their acrobatic paces by students from Emma Jayne’s School…
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On Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 May 30 students from Grace Academy Solihull, Coventry and Darlaston came together to write, record and produce a song to raise funds for the mental health charity MIND. The students worked with  Mark Vallance, a songwriter from award-winning music publisher Phrased Differently. The song has been recorded and produced…
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From the 6-8 April 2018 49 year 8 and 9 students embarked on a journey across to France to spend some time soaking up the culture, practising their language skills and having a lot of fun. During the trip, pupils were able to see the monuments of Paris including the Eiffel Tower, The Louvre and…
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Celebrating World Book Day To celebrate World Book Day and their love for reading at Grace Academy Solihull staff dressed up as their favourite characters from the world of Literature. Students participated in various activities throughout the big day. World Book Day, which is celebrated annually at the Academy, enabled students to learn about a…
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