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Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 27 June 2023

28th June 2023

Good morning, Prep School family,   I hope this Bulletin finds you all well and very relaxed from the weekend.   I had a super lovely weekend which mostly involved spending time with Amelie and Arthur, my niece and nephew! I had them to stay all weekend! We had so much fun together from coming…

Junior Mathematical Challenge Results 2023

27th June 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

22nd June 2023

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…

Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 20 June 2023

20th June 2023

Good morning, Prep School family,   I hope that you are well and have had a great weekend. I had a lovely time. The Highclare 90th anniversary ball was fantastic on Saturday night. A super mix of parents, governors and staff who had all come together to celebrate the success of Highclare over the past…

Good Reads – June – KS4

14th June 2023

This Month’s Good Reads are below: Five Survive by Holly Jackson Five Survive reached a top place in The Sunday Times Children’s and YA Fiction charts and is ideal if you like crime thrillers. Red and her friends are on a road trip heading to the beach until their vehicle breaks down and they come…

Junior Art Competition

13th June 2023

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…

Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 13 June 2023

13th June 2023

Good morning, Prep School family,   I hope you are well. I hope you all had fun weekends doing lots of the things that you love, with the people you love!   I had a great weekend – very productive! I spend most of Saturday and Sunday in the garden – jet washing, weeding, pinning…

Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 06 June 2023

6th June 2023

  Good morning, Prep School family,   I hope you are well and are enjoying the sunshine – long may it last! The forecast looks good for the rest of the week and into half term so hopefully there will be lots of time spent outside; soaking up that vitamin D, blowing up those paddling…

Excellent school on all accounts

25th May 2023

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…

Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 23 May 2023

25th May 2023

  Good morning, Prep School family,   I hope you are well and are enjoying the sunshine – long may it last! The forecast looks good for the rest of the week and into half term so hopefully there will be lots of time spent outside; soaking up that vitamin D, blowing up those paddling…