Category: News

The Brilliant Club

We are delighted to celebrate the success of four of our students: Havanna Smith, Alana-Louise Bishop, Phoebe Fairshephard, and Kyla Irwin, who have successfully completed the Brilliant Club program. This success has come as a result of an almost 1 year process of working closely with a specialist tutor, to produced outstanding work in the…
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Meridan MP Visits Grace Academy Solihull

Following on from our successful visit to the Houses of Parliament in September last year. It was a pleasure to welcome our local MP, Saqib Bhatti, to Grace Academy Solihull on 01 March 2024. This was a fantastic opportunity to develop our students’ understanding of British Values and hear about how the electoral process works…
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UK Intermediate Maths Challenge

We would like to acknowledge our year 9 and 10 students who participated in this year’s UK Intermediate Maths Challenge. This annual competition is one which asks students to tackle interesting questions and develop their problem solving skills, while competing against students across the UK. This year, we have had some fantastic results, with 11…
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SoLO Charity

Our students in the ARC have been continuing their work with the local charity, SoLO. During last term, students worked very hard in creating decorations and items to sell at our Christmas fair, and all proceeds were donated to SoLO. Our students were able to raise an amazing £125.60 which will go towards supporting vulnerable…
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Jelly Brains

As part of their A-level psychology course Y12 students have been studying the topic of Biopsychology. As a way of embedding localisation and lateralisation of function they made jelly brains.    Students gave up their own lunchtime to make the jelly and put this into the brain moulds. To develop their knowledge they created labels…
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Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Expedition

On the last weekend of September, 32 students from the Academy embarked on a two-day expedition as part of their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s (DofE) Award. For many this would be a significant challenge with over three hours of walking each day carrying heavy backpacks. Not only would there be a physical challenge, there would…
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Grace Academy Solihull continues to perform with outstanding GCSE results

Students at Grace Academy Solihull were celebrating another year of outstanding GCSE results with the Academy continuing to excel despite the legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic.  Student performance in Maths and English continues to be strong with the vast majority of students achieving Grades 4 to 9 in both subjects. The Academy continues to achieve…
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Grace Academy Solihull Sixth Form continues to shine

Pupils at Grace Academy Solihull sixth form continue to achieve outstanding results. Pupils achieved well in a range of Academic and Vocational courses including level 3 qualifications in English, Applied Science and Art. Pupil’s achievement in new Technical Level courses was above the national average with an average grade of Distinction*, the highest grade available.…
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End of Year Message

Yr 10 Geography Trips

On the 11th and 17th July Year 10 Geography students attended two Geography trips as part of their GCSE Fieldwork.  The first trip saw students looking smart in their uniform in and around central Birmingham, assessing the impact of regeneration on the environment. We did this by visiting 4 different locations around the city taking…
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