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Grace Academy was delighted that students, parents and carers donated over 2000 tins of food to help the homeless and those in need this Christmas. The generous collection will be given to Helping Hands, a Solihull-based charity that delivers food parcels to around 3000 parents and children every year, and Birmingham City Mission that has…
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    Solihull’s Grace Community Choir joined local students for the first time, to perform a stunning evening of festive music and drama in a theatrical adaptation of the traditional Christmas story. Grace Community Choir, which is open to new members, sang a feast of Christmas favourites with students from Grace Academy Solihull, in an…
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Students have tackled ramps, balancing beams and see-saws in cycling skills training designed to promote healthy travel. Students from Grace Academy Solihull pitted their wits against a variety of challenges on a mountain-biking obstacle course organised by Centro, the West Midlands public transport co-ordinator. Centro is promoting cycling in schools across the West Midlands, encouraging…
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Eighty one year old evacuee, Beryl Keating from Chelmsley Wood, joined other senior citizens and Grace Academy students at a musical tea party to commemorate Remembrance Day. Beryl Keating, whose father was in a bomb disposal unit during the war, joined other guests to be serenaded over tea and cake by West End performer and…
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  Our students celebrated the launch of their new theatre company, ‘Inspire’, by showcasing their singing, dancing and acting talents in the first of a series of performances to be held throughout the year. Over one hundred students from Grace Academy Solihull auditioned to be part of the new theatre company designed to offer them…
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A team of eighteen students from Grace Academy Solihull has transformed the lives of two Mexican families in need, by building houses for them from scratch, with only hand tools, in only eleven days. The Solihull students joined students from five UK Secondary Schools, including Grace Academies in Coventry and Darlaston, to build two houses…
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All year 9 students will be taking part in an off-timetable day on Thursday, 4th May, as part of their Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Personal, Social, Health Education (PSHE) programme.  This is part of the Grace Academy “Building Healthy Relationships” Ethos provision. The day will include a carousel of workshops with specialist external…
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Students from Grace Academy Solihull’s Post-16 Centre are celebrating achieving the Academy’s best set of results for eight years. Under the leadership of new Principal Darren Gelder, who was appointed in September 2014, the Academy has shown considerable improvement with a 10% increase in students achieving at least three A Level passes, compared to last…
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Students from Grace Academy Solihull are celebrating achieving outstanding GCSE results, which are expected to make them one of the most improved Academies in the country. Darren Gelder, the Academy’s new Principal appointed in September 2014, has overseen a dramatic turnaround in the success of students with 78% of students achieving A* to C grades…
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Solihull students have joined local people in a mass community choir to sing and perform in a spectacular concert alongside outstanding West End professionals. The budding local singers and students from Grace Academies in Solihull and Darlaston, with Gossey Lane Primary School, supported a host of stars in ‘The Magic of the Musicals’ and delighted…
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