University of Birmingham
Please see the certificate below in recognition of the work we are doing with the University of Birmingham.
Saragarhi Memorial
Year 13 students from HGS were invited to attend the Saragarhi Memorial at the National Arboretum on Tuesday 12th September.
The memorial commemorated the Battle of Saragarhi in India in 1897 when 21 Sikh soldiers fell after fighting against ten thousand Pathans.
The memorial ceremony coincided with the launch of a new documentary about Saragarhi made by ex HGS student Jay Singh Sohal.
Our students also heard presentations from the British Army Sikh Association, and were wonderfully received by the organisers of the memorial.
Readathon Certificate
Please see the certificate below in recognition of our fundraising last term.
HGS joins King Edward VI Academy Trust and King Edward VI Foundation
As of 1st September 2017 Handsworth Grammar School has converted to Academy status and has joined the King Edward VI Academy Trust Birmingham and King Edward VI Foundation.
Handsworth Grammar School now becomes King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys. We look forward to further collaboration and closer ties with the King Edward VI Foundation, the Academy Trust and its family of schools of which we are now a part of, in order to continue providing outstanding education to the children of Birmingham.
GCSE Success at HGS 2017
Handsworth Grammar School has enjoyed an excellent set of GCSE results despite the national volatility and turmoil surrounding new courses and grading systems, with some outstanding individual results achieved by our hard working students. It is acknowledged that there has been much unpredictability this year (and last year!) in the light of major reforms and changes to the examination and assessment system. We are very pleased to report that the overall picture at HGS is again one of consistent and sustained progress as well as positive development. Approximately 50% of all entries were at A* and A grade which is up on the results of the last 2 years as well as being well above the national figures. Overall 97% of all entries were at A* to C grade. In Mathematics 100% of all entries were at A* to C grade. In both English Literature and English Language 99% of all entries were at A* to C grade. This is a wonderful achievement bearing in mind the changes that have taken place in both of these subjects this year. 100% of all entries were at pass grade level.
40 students attained 8 or more A* and A grades.
33 students attained 10 or more A* and A grades.
14 students attained straight A* and A grades – they were:
Joshua Nagra, Khanh Pham, Sunni Purewal, Arunvir Singh, Sankavan Sukanthan, Ibrahim Kabir, Raqeeb Khan, Hassan Ahmed and Jubaer Ahmed, Hasan Arif, Kyron Chander-Masaun, Safwanul Haque, Elias Idjer and Gugandeep Sohal.
We congratulate all of our students for their hard work and dedication to their studies, and wish them every success as they embark upon their A Level courses. We also congratulate and thank our dedicated staff who have supported their students every step of the way.
A Level Success at HGS
Handsworth Grammar School has enjoyed an excellent set of A level results despite the national volatility surrounding new courses, with some outstanding individual results achieved by our hard working students. Nearly 60% of all entries were at A* to B grade and the overall pass rate was 99.6%. Nearly 30% of all entries were at the top grades of A*/A. Nineteen students attained the top grades of A* and A in all their subjects. Two students, Rahul Patel and Zayd Saleh achieved the maximum 3 A* grades. Rahul has decided to work in a Chemical Engineering firm this year to gain work experience and will be applying to the University of Cambridge for September 2018. Zayd will be studying Mathematics at the University of Birmingham.
Mohsin Gandhi, Qasim Mushtaq and Hussein Said all gained 2 A* grades and 1 A grade and they too will be studying at the University of Birmingham. Mohsin will be studying Mathematics, and Hussein and Qasim will both be studying Medicine.
Hung Nguyen who achieved 1 A* and 2 A grades will be studying Law at the University of Birmingham, and Deepak Dhaliwall who attained 1 A* and 2 A grades will be taking a gap year in preparation for University in September 2018.
Mathematics is also the choice of Maninder Bansal and Nathan Bell who are off to Warwick University and Bristol University respectively, after their superb results. We also have a number of students who have successfully gained places to study Dentistry, with Sushanto Chanda off to the University of Sheffield and Amario Chander going to the University of Leeds.
Arjun Borhara will be studying Accounting and Finance at the University of Warwick and Chandan Patel will be studying Optometry at Aston University following their 3 straight A grades.
There are a number of other high achieving students who are still considering their options after superb results. Ayyan Satter who gained 2 A* grades and 1 A grade, Isaac Rafiq who achieved 3 A grades and brothers Harvinder Bhambra and Jasdeep Bhambra who both secured 3 A grades may choose to go to university this year, or re-apply for September 2018.
Bobby Bola, Rafayeth Mustafa and Jas Randhawa all attained 3 A grades and they are also still thinking about where their future lies. Finally, Jason Lee who attained an A*, an A and 2 Bs will be attending the University of Nottingham to study Computer Science.
We congratulate all of our students for their hard work and dedication to their studies, and wish them every success at university and in their future careers. We also congratulate and thank our dedicated staff who have supported their students every step of the way.
House Competition 2017 Final Results
1st Galahad 29,487 points.
2nd Nelson 29,046 points.
3rd Alfred 27,231 points.
4th Henry 26,733 points.
5th William 26,640 points.
Thus Galahad win for the second year in a row! Congratulations to all staff and students for another fantastic year of House activities.
Sports Day Results 2017
Here are the results for Sports Day 2017:
Who killed Mr Kafai?
Who killed Mr Kafai? That was the theme of Year 8’s last Enrichment Day this academic year. We saw the scene of the crime, where Mr Kafai had been killed, and it was our task to analyse clues found using science activities such as blood spatter, chromatography and more. One of the activities was match the fingerprints on some of the items found at the crime scene. We learnt about 8 different types of fingerprints and also found out what categories our own fingerprints fitted-into. The suspect that had the same fingerprint found at the crime scene was Mr Mohsin. The next activity was to match the chromatograms of Mr Kafai’s pen – and Mr Jones’s matched. We also matched the murder weapon to the blood spatter – this was Mr Maju as the blood spatter had matched blood on the knife he uses for “educational” purposes! The next task was to identify the white powder found at the crime scene, and also do food tests on the stomach contents of each suspect to find out which matched the food found at the scene, and also to find what type of poison may have been added to Mr Kafai’s drink. The final activity was to use the microscope to match the hair, fibre and cheek cells found at the crime scene. Overall, this Enrichment day was educational, and fun too, and I learnt many things. I think Mr Jones committed the crime!
Shahzaib Latif
