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Industrial Action 5th July 2023- Remote Learning Links

Year 10 students should attend the academy as per the details in the letter. Please find below the links for students in years 7-9 to complete while they work remotely. For more information about the strike action please see the letter sent home from the academy in the parent letter section of the website. Year…
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Borough Athletics Trials

Borough Athletics Trials took place in the last month and Mr Pettitt and Miss Hughes took 27 pupils from Years 9 and 10 to compete in the Under 15 and Under 17 trials. These took place at Norman Green Athletics Track (Tudor Grange Leisure Centre) where pupils competed in a variety of track and field…
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Industrial Action 27th April- Remote Learning Links

Year 11, 12 & 13 students should attend the academy as usual. Please find below the links for students complete while they work remotely. For more information about the strike action please see the letter sent home from the academy.  Year 7 Lesson 1 Prime building blocks Lesson 2  The rise of islam Lesson 3…
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Post 16 Charity Fundraising

Post 16 students at Grace Academy Solihull have been raising money for the John Taylor Hospice over the last few years. This is our chosen charity as it is very close to ours’ and the students’ hearts, as one of our staff, Sue Gibson, was unfortunately affected by cancer in 2019 and the hospice was…
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Local Business AirTech Optimise Ltd Sponsors Academy Sports Teams

We welcomed AirTech Optimise Ltd onsite earlier this week, who have been our academy sponsor for the last two years. This was in recognition of the generous financial contributions they have made to the academy that has helped us be able to get new sports kits for our various sports teams. These kits are of…
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Year 10 Willmott Dixon skills workshop

Over the last two weeks, year 10 students have been involved in career workshops with staff from Willmott Dixon, which is one of the UK’s leading independent construction and property services companies. Students learnt about different forms of energy and circuits and then carried out a practical session, where they built various circuit boards such…
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Netball Satellite Fixtures

On Thursday 19 January, 8 students from Years 9 & 10 competed in a Netball Satellite Fixture at John Henry Newman Catholic College. The team competed against Lighthall, Lyndon and John Henry Newman all on the same evening.  The whole team played incredibly well throughout the fixture and walked away with 2 wins (12-1 and 8-6) and…
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School Opens

We will welcome back all students to the academy on Tuesday 3 January 2023 from 8.20 am for normal lessons.