Category: News
Carol Singing in the Gracechurch Centre
We were very proud of our Senior School Choir and Chamber Choir who sung a selection of Christmas carols and entertained the public and some parents who came along to support us, at the Gracechurch Centre last Friday. We received some wonderful comments from passers by, not only about their wonderful singing but about their…
Children in Need
Abbey Seniors raise money for Children in Need A fabulous fun day was had by all in the Senior School on Friday and we raised well over £700 for Children in Need in the process. Staff and pupils dressed up and there were many fun competitions based around the ‘spotty’ theme. The winners of the…
Highclare Tennis Exhibition
On Thursday 3rd November one of the school enrichment groups organised a Tennis exhibition to help raise money for our chosen school charity. The exhibition was between Emily Smith and Tennis Coach Louisa from Sutton Coldfield Tennis Club. Over a hundred tickets were sold by the pupils in the group: James, Danny, Thomas, Maria, Berlinda,…
Senior Speech Night
We think you will all agree that last Friday’s Senior Speech Night was a huge success. Our guest speaker, Mrs Kym Jones, former pupil of Highclare spoke with real passion and enthusiasm about her role as a Landscape Architect. The pupils were a credit to the school and to their parents and we were very…
Midlands Air Ambulance
Pupils from the Abbey and St Paul's adopted the Air Ambulance as their charity for the year and raised an amazing sum of £7930. Amrita Patel from Air Ambulance visited us last week to speak to the pupils about the charity, and tell them how the money will be used to save lives within the…
PGL
Another successful PGL trip! Well done to all of Year 8 who got totally involved, behaved impeccably and were a real credit to the school. Staff had lots of photo opportunities, so look out for the updated PGL board coming soon!
Cross Country Success
CROSS COUNTRY SUCCESS FOR LAURA RICHARDSON On Saturday 5th March, Laura Richardson , won the overall trophy in the U14 girls section at the Independent Schools’ National Final for Cross Country. This makes her National Champion for her age group. Laura is a current Year 7 pupil at the school and won the school’s first…
Annual Speech Day
WHAT MAKES HIGHCLARE ‘HIGHCLARE’? This was the theme for the speeches at this year’s annual prize giving event for Highclare Senior School, on Friday 12th November. Mrs Margaret Viles, Head of Highclare School, congratulated all the pupils on the excellent results and with the help of guest speaker, Mr David Roberts, awarded prizes for academic…
A fantastic result!
Well done to all our students on their success in their GCSE exams, another excellent year of results with 100% pass rate. Whe parents and pupils gathered at the school on Results Day, the atmosphere was tense as always, but tears and smiles soon followed as one by one the long awaited results were revealed….
Our Year 7 Historians
As part of their History course our Year 7 historians have been finding out some interesting facts about the history of Sutton Coldfield, a town full of surprises! They have spent an afternoon in the town centre to look at places of historical interest, some of which would normally not get a second glance! They…
