Double Header Football Success!
Year 7 launched their new football season in great style with a double header victory over Aston Manor. HGS won 8-2 in a joint Cup and League fixture. This is a great start to the new season – well done!
The Benefits of Reading for Pleasure!
Recent research has shown that reading for pleasure really benefits children and is important for a child’s development. Reading for pleasure in free time enables children to perform better in Mathematics and English. Please click on the link below and read the article in full. It makes very interesting reading!
HGS Teacher has his hair cut off in aid of charity
Mr Sood who until recently taught Law at HGS will be having all his hair cut off to raise funds for the Little Princesses Trust which provides wigs for cancer patients. Prior to him leaving HGS at the end of last term Mr Sood (who was ably supported by Sixth Form students) had collected over £400 towards the fundraising event. Please click the link to the press release for more details.
Year 7 raise funds for Lepra
Year 7 raised over £300 for Lepra recently which is a great achievement – well done. Lepra work on a global scale fighting disease, poverty and prejudice.
New Sixth Form Centre – work begins!
Exciting times are ahead for HGS as work has started on our brand new £1 million Sixth Form Centre and as a result you will notice that the Woodbine Pub is no more and the ground is being checked and cleared in readiness for the build phase of the project to commence. Work has also started on the new Substation by the back gate as this is an integral part of the new Sixth Form project. There will be some minor disruption during the next year as the project continues to take shape so please bear with us at the busy times but we are excited about the prospect of having an excellent new facility operational for our Sixth Form this time next year. The final product will mean that Handsworth Grammar School will offer its students one of the best Sixth Form facilities in the city. Do visit the gallery to see up to date photographs as the work continues.
Headmaster’s Letter to Parents September 2013
Please visit the Letters to Parents section in Publications to read the Headmaster’s September letter. A copy has also been given to your son/daughter to bring home.
HGS enjoys another year of GCSE Examination Success
Handsworth Grammar School continues to enjoy examination success at GCSE level displaying another year of improved examination results. The number of A* and A grades rose to 43% with the number of A* to C grade passes rising to 94%. Twenty Students secured 10 or more A*A grades, seven Students secured 12 or more A*A grades and two Students – Vikram Patel and Donte Nembhard attained no less than 13 A*A grades. This is a wonderful achievement.
Netcraft AQA A Level Computing Award
Our congratulations go to Faisal Qureshi who has won an award sponsored by Netcraft for his A Level Computing exam performance. Faisal attained an A* grade for his Computing exam in conjunction with another A* and A in his other subjects. Netcraft is providing prizes nationally to the top 50 performing Computing candidates in this year’s A Level Computing exam. Netcraft is an internet services company which provides internet data analysis, defences against fraud and phishing and web application security testing who has teamed up with AQA to sponsor the prizes this year. Well done Faisal!
A Level Results 2013: Another year of Improvement and Success
Handsworth Grammar School continues to enjoy examination success with another year of improved A Level examination results with a pass rate of 99% overall. 10% of Students attained all A* and A grade passes which is a fantastic achievement. A notable achievement was the performance of Sucbinder Johal who secured 3 A*grades to take up his place to read Chemical Engineering at St Johns College, Cambridge. 53% of results were at A* to B grade which is a continuous rise of 13% over the last 2 years. The average A Level points score per entry was 225. At AS Level the pass rate increased to 86% overall and this was a continuous rise of 11% over the last 2 years.
Year 8 Super Capacitor Car Challenge
Year 8 enjoyed a day off normal timetable to take part in an unique learning experience both in and outside the classroom. The focus was to learn about the issues surrounding electric cars and the technology that makes sustainability possible. The Students made a buggy using a super capacitor which once charged does not need a battery. These were made and then raced – to varying degrees of success. We were grateful for the support of Renault who provided inspiration in the form of an all-electric car – the Twizy. This was an exciting experience for the Students (and Staff!) and generated a genuine enthusiasm to learn more about the issues and challenges that we will have to face in the not too distant future.
