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Kings College London Scholarship Last years Head girl Catherine Munyarari was awarded a prestigious desmond Tutu scholarship to Kings College London. The scholarships which are named after one of the Universitys most famous alumni are dedicated to the advancement of knowledge learning and understanding in the service of society. Catherine had to submit an essay her curriculum vitae as well as examples of her community work in the application process. Only a handful of such awards are made by Kings each year and it is to her immense credit that Catherine was successful in her application. Congratulations England Call Up shoaib Farooque has been called up to the england Under 15 Cricket squad by the eCB england and wales Cricket Board. He will be training with the eCB squad this winter with a view to playing various england fixtures in the summer. shoaib has been playing County Cricket for staffordshire for the past 2 years and all his hard work has paid off with the call to join the england squad. well done Prizegiving and awards 8 Hgs receives 5 star rating in its recent real schools guide the Birmingham Mail awarded Handsworth grammar school the top score of 5 stars. This is based upon attainment Teaching attendance and Outcomes data and makes us one of the top 8 schools in the city as well as one of the top performing schools nationally. This is a great achievement and is something the whole school community can be proud of Year 12 PHYsiCisT OF THe Year Congratulations to Manraj dhanda who has received an award for his progress and attainment so far during his studies in a level Physics. The awards sponsored by the Ogden Trust are presented to the most promising Physicists in Birmingham and solihull schools. in addition to the presentations the Celebration evening involved a tour of Birmingham University Physics department a lecture about astrophysics some demonstrations and speaking to research students about their work. Mr Jones Microsoft Kodu Kup Finals we were delighted that the following students Max Henry ibrahim Hussain robert Frater Team seemakhawk were shortlisted for last years national Microsoft Kodu Kup finals for their design and development of the game Kodu eruption. The dragons den style finals took place at Microsoft HQ in reading. stuart Ball from Microsoft said Congratulations on making it to the 12 finalists. To give you a sense of the scale of your achievement 380000 students have been using Kodu in the UK this year. The quality of the 160 games that were entered was outstanding and your games were voted the best by our judging panel. But making the game was just the start. well done to those who took part. NACE Membership Handsworth grammar school is pleased to be re-awarded its naCe membership for showing consistent commitment to provision for more able and talented pupils in school. naCe is the national association for able Children in education. SSAT Educational Outcomes Award Handsworth grammar school has been nominated to receive an Outstanding Progress award at the specialist schools and academies Trust educational Outcomes awards 2014. This is as a result of Handsworth grammar school being in the top 20 nationally for Key stage 4 value-added scores. The ssaT have identified Handsworth grammar school by using their educational outcomes database which is a unique tool for comparison and collaboration that brings together the latest department for education performance and contextual data and Ofsted gradings on every school in the country. it is testament to the hard work and effort of our Teachers and students as well as the continued progress and improvement over the last few years. Congratulations