Handsworth Grammar School celebrated another year of stable A Level results. This is testament to the hard work and commitment of both staff and students and is set against the turbulent backdrop of the national picture of the Examination system which has seen fewer A grades awarded this year. The overall pass rate has risen to 99% and 52% of results were A* to B grades prior to when remarks are taken into account.

The vast majority of students were in the strong position of being able to accept their first choice University offer which has seen them being destined for top Universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, Warwick, Imperial and Birmingham.

Some notable performances include Manraj Danda who attained 3 straight A* grades and will be reading Mathematics at Imperial, Donte Nemdhard also attained 3 straight A* grades and will be reading Chemical Engineering at Churchill College, Cambridge University, Gurdeep Mall attained 2 A* and 1 A grade and will be reading French and Law at New College, Oxford University and Allia Mahmood who attained 2 straight A* and 1 A grade and will be reading Education at Birmingham University. Abdurahman Ajmal, Dhanish Amin and Krishan Lawrence all attained 3 straight A grades. At AS Level Jagjeet Sehmi attained 5 straight A grades whilst Arjun Virk, Shirrushtii Appan and Narvair Kahler all attained 4 straight A grades.

We are delighted to make the following appointments for next academic year:

Head Boy: Adam Saleem

Head Girl: Priya Badhan

Deputy Head Boy: Dilraj Hothi

Deputy Head Girl: Jardel Robinson-Hylton

Chair of School Council: Amar Patel

We wish all our Prefects every best wish as they take up their appointments for next academic year.

Members of the YPP of Handsworth Association of Schools were selected to visit London, as part of their ongoing learning in order to gain an understanding of how government operates in both the House of Commons and House of Lords. Their guide escorted them to St James’s Park after a visit to Buckingham Palace.  They then walked down the Mall, enjoyed a view of House Guards Parade and Oliver Cromwell’s Statue and finally had a detailed guided tour of the House of Commons/ House of Lords.  The information was truly enlightening and ended with a question and answer session. The boys were a real credit to HGS.

As part of the Religious Studies course on Sikhism, year 7 students visited the Gurdwara served by Nishkam Sewak Jatha on the Soho Road.  The boys had been studying the concept of ‘sewa’ (selfless service) in the classroom and the trip enabled them to see ‘sewa’ in action.  We were told about the history of the Gurdwara and many of the activities that take place there.  The students were taken to the roof of the Gurdwara and they were able to visit the ‘dome’.  It was an extremely memorable trip and we thank the Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha for their hospitality and Mrs Chandan for being a fabulous guide.

Thursday 9th July 2015

6:00pm

An evening of music

at

Handsworth Grammar School

Tickets available from Finance Office

£3.00 adult

£1.00 child