Category: News

Back in March, a group of year 10 students took part in The Speaker’s Trust workshop, aiming to help improve public speaking skills in young people. Of these students, a couple were chosen to develop their speeches. On Tuesday 4 June, year 10 student Scarlett Colder took part in the Birmingham and Coventry Speak Out…
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The Design and Technology department are excited to announce Jacob as our GCSE Chef of the half term. Jacob has worked really hard in practical lessons to develop his skills and deepen his understanding of how ingredients work together. Jacob has created some amazing dishes such as Quorn fajitas, beef pasties, low calorie cupcakes, spring…
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We are delighted to announce that year 10 student Scarlet Colder is one of only 15 students going through to the final stage of this year’s Speak Out! competition. Her speech ‘Cancerous Beauty Standards’ is a hard look at how teenagers can face the impossible beauty standards inflicted on them, particularly when how you look…
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We are delighted to be one of ten finalists in this year’s Education Resource Awards, in the category of ‘Educational Establishment of the Year’.  

National Poetry Day celebrations have always been a great success at Grace Academy Solihull where students and staff alike are encouraged to enjoy, discover and share poetry. This year was no exception where students from key stage 3 entered the National Young Writers competition. The theme of the day was ‘This is Me’ which allowed…
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World Book Day is a huge charity event which is celebrated across the world especially in schools and community groups. This year, as always, Grace Academy Solihull students and staff celebrated this special occasion.  Each year we mark World Book Day at the academy with the aim to celebrate authors, books, illustrations and of course…
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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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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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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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