News

Our uniform goes to Malawi

21st September 2017

  Pupils from Highclare Junior Schools have been busy this week packing up items of old school uniform which is to be donated to children in Malawi. Through a personal contact, arrangements are being made for the items of uniform that are no longer required by the children, to be transported to Chapanama Primary School,…

Open Morning at Highclare St Paul’s

21st September 2017

Pupils and staff are looking forward to welcoming prospective parents and pupils to their Open Morning at Highclare St Paul’s on Saturday the 23rd September. With a selection of demonstrations and activities to view, parents can see at first hand the excellent opportunities for children from 2+ to 11 years at Highclare Junior School. Conveniently located…

Open Evening 19th September

14th September 2017

We have enjoyed welcoming all our new pupils to the school this term and especially our new U3 pupils who are settling into Highclare life very well. We are all looking forward to welcoming visitors, prospective parents and pupils to our Senior School Open Evening on Tuesday  (19th September) 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm. There…

GCSE students gain excellent results

24th August 2017

Our Year 11 students gained some excellent GCSE results with another 100% pass rate and 92% of the candidates gaining A* to C grades (or equivalent) in English and Maths. Congratulations to Lawrie Cox with 9 A*/A grades and Remahn Beckford-Gardner and Urooj Ayyub both with 8 A*/A grades. Other excellent results included those by…

A Level Results

17th August 2017

Highclare students are celebrating their excellent results and personal achievements having received their examination results . The overall pass rate achieved was 94% with nearly half of all passes at A*, A and B, not including General Studies. A further cause for celebration came as they confirmed their entries to a variety of universities and…

Highclare launches new Sports Field

7th July 2017

  Highclare School chose a lovely July afternoon to celebrate the acquisition of it fourth site, Highclare Sports Field. With the support of local guests, Councillors and the Mayor of Sutton Coldfield, Cllr David Pears, pupils engaged in an exciting inter-house competition in rounders, soft ball and Kwik Cricket.   Other sports personalities supporting the afternoon…

Congratulations to all our Junior pupils

7th July 2017

The annual Prize Giving for Highclare Junior Schools took place at Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, with many guests, parents and friends. Pupils from throughout the Highclare Junior Schools, J3 to J6 performed some of their best musical and drama pieces for guest of honour, Mr Neil Roskilly, Chief Executive Officer of the Independent Schools Association.  …

Headmaster’s Golf Challenge

3rd July 2017

This event is now in its second year and parents, friends and staff of Highclare School enjoyed a sociable and competitive evening of Golf, at Walmley Golf Club in June. Playing in teams, the competitors enjoyed the course which, although centrally located in Sutton Coldfield hides some beautiful wild life environments and is currently in…

An Outdoor Experience for J4

3rd July 2017

J4 pupils from Highclare Junior Schools had a wonderful trip to Weston Park, nr Weston under Lizard  in Shropshire recently to enjoy the park and woodland.  They spent the day investigating and exploring the extensive woodland areas in the park,  where they were introduced to the many different types of trees and their characteristics.  The children created…

A Day of Discovery

28th June 2017

Birmingham University’s School of Engineering and Physical Sciences was the venue for a day of discovery this week for L5 pupils from Highclare Senior School, in Erdington, Birmingham.   During a series of  workshops on robotics, medical engineering, mathematics and particle physics pupils were able to participate and learn.  They all had a great day…