Category: Senior School
April Good Reads
Once by Morris Gleitzman Once is written from the perspective of the main character, a young boy, Felix whose parents have been taken away. He hides for three years in a Polish orphanage high in the mountains before setting out to find them, however hopeless things are. The book is an unforgettable and wholly unique depiction…
October Good Reads – KS4
The Red Ribbon by Lucy Adlington Fourteen-year- Ella hopes to survive the horrors of the Holocaust when she joins the seamstresses in the sewing workshop at Birkenau-Auschwitz concentration camp. This is a powerful tale of resilience, friendship and survival. It is at times a painful, uncomfortable read but ends with a hopeful conclusion will…
Good Reads – KS3 – Sept 23 – Festivals and Ecology
Go on an exploration of cultural and religious festivals from around the world with this colourful read. All these events unite people to mark important events in our lives. Find out about Diwali, the Spanish tomato-throwing festival, La Tomatina, the Belgian Festival of Giants—so much to celebrate. The Ecology Book is a very good…
Highclare School GCSE Results Day 2023
Year 11 students receive well-earned GCSE results today. The School continues to build on an already impressive exam result reputation with a 93% overall pass rate (pupils achieving grades 9 – 4) and over a quarter of all passes in the 9 – 7 range. Among the Highclare students celebrating this morning are Josh…
Hawaii 9-0
Over the last two weeks the incredible catering team at Wilson Vale have put on their Summer BBQs at our three locations to truly bring in summer. This year’s theme was Hawaii 9-0 to celebrate Highclare’s 90th Anniversary and the catering team put on an excellent summer party at all three locations.
Junior Mathematical Challenge Results 2023
We were extremely pleased with the results of the Junior Mathematical Challenge which gifted mathematicians at Highclare School entered in April 2023. This is a nationally recognised challenge and only the top 40% of students receive a certificate. However, at Highclare School, 50% of entrants achieved either a bronze, silver or gold award – a…
GCSE Art Exhibition
A few weeks ago, Mrs Stott organised a brief exhibition of the GCSE Art portfolios so that parents could come and see the work that their children had been doing during their GCSE Art course. Mrs Stott had set up all the work in her room and many parents attended to see the incredible art…
Junior Art Competition
Our Junior Art Competition, much like our Junior Writing Competition, is one of the most well contributed to events we hold at Highclare School. We had hundreds of entrants from many schools across Birmingham who all wanted a shot at being crowned Junior Art Champion. Many of our entrants came from the same schools and…
Excellent school on all accounts
Highclare judged by ISI to be an ‘Excellent’ school Highclare School recently underwent a full educational quality inspection from the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) on behalf of Ofsted. The school was judged by ISI to be Excellent in both of the two key categories and that all compliance regulations had been met. To quote from…
Exceptional LAMDA Success
We had 100% pass with Distinction in the recent senior LAMDA exams with 4 of the students gaining 90 marks or more – Evelyn, David, Sofia and Hannah. Hannah who only started in September got 95 marks which is outstanding. We are all incredibly proud of the work they have put in to their studies…
