Please click on the link to read a summary report of our 2015 RaiseOnline Report as recently published by the Department for Education. It is a very positive and pleasing report which clearly demonstrates the excellent levels of progress and achievement made by our students. Notably we attained our highest ever Best 8 GCSE average point’s score of 399 where the national average is 309. We also achieved our highest ever Value Added score of 1021.4 where the national average is 1000. We are significantly above national results in almost every single category. This is due to the hard work, support and effort of our staff and students.

RAISEOnline HGS Summary Report 2015

On Tuesday 6^th October twenty five AS Geographers and teaching staff jumped in the minibuses to make their way up the A5 to Snowdonia which is one of the annual trips for students of AS Geography.

We were braced for some awful weather: the forecast even included hail which would have been terrible during our walk around Cwm Idwal, where we studied the glacial landforms and processes in this beautiful and unique part of the Snowdonia National Park.  Pupils were well equipped for bad weather but we dodged the worst of it and even had a spot of sunshine mixed in with occasional mist which gave the landscape an eerie but beautiful feel.

A few arêtes, diffluent cols and roche moutonees later and we were back in the minibus just in time for a wintery down-pour.   This was very satisfying as we made our way to the comfort of our lodgings at the Plas Curig Bunkhouse, a very cosy and welcoming place to stay.

We then headed to Betws-y-Coed where, unbeknownst to us, all the chip shops close on a Tuesday!  Thankfully, the local pub was able to cater for us at short notice and some pupils, who shall not be named, enjoyed two main meals!  Clear signs that they had worked very hard that day!

The weather was less kind to us on Wednesday when our hopes for a break in the cloud on the summit of Snowdon were dashed!  But pupils got a good sense of this wet and cold environment and were able to glimpse at some glacial troughs, ribbon lakes and corries on our way down via the Snowdon Mountain Railway.

Many thanks to Ms Wharton, Mr Keane and Mr Griffiths for their help making the trip a great success.

Mr D Bird

This term has seen considerable success with a number of fundraising initiatives and HGS has raised over £5,250 for good causes. These include Children in Need and Riding for the Disabled as well as a number of House Charities like the British Heart Foundation and Cancer Research.

Well done!

The results are in from the 2015 Senior Mathematics Challenge where we had a good number of entrants – especially from our Year 11 Mathematicians. HGS attained six Silver Certificates and thirty Bronze Certificates which is a tremendous effort. Our six Silver winners were:

Hamid Ali, Nathan Bell, Isaac Rafiq, Zeshan Kian, Safran Hossain and Harry Virk.

Congratulations to all who took part.

Handsworth Grammar School Sixth Form have been presented with an award by the National Citizen Service. The award recognises the contribution that the Sixth Form have made to the Local Community by taking part in the National Citizen Service. Stephen Greene, Chair of the NCS Trust has acknowledged the high level of participation by our Sixth Form students. Nearly 90 of our students are actively involved in giving something back to the Local Community and being a Force for Good. This is one of (if not) the highest participation rates across all Birmingham schools. Well done!