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Top Mathematician off to Oxford 13 Jun 2011
Ross Edwards (Year 11) has been invited to a UK Mathematics Trust Olympiad Initial Training Camp at the Queen?s College, Oxford, Sunday 28 August ? Saturday 3 September 2011. more...

Niall McManus
Niall Gets His Kicks As British Champion 06 Jun 2011
Ten-year-old Niall McManus from Bromsgrove has taken the martial arts world by storm after being being crowned British Taekwondo Champion. more...

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Hockey Star Ready For European Challenge 06 Jun 2011
Solihull hockey sensation Julie Whiting is aiming for European championship glory in the Czech Republic this summer after being selected for the Wales Under 18 squad. more...

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Twickenham Triumph! 25 Apr 2011
Solihull School celebrated one of the greatest moments in its rugby history after winning its first Under 18 Daily Mail RBS Vase at Twickenham. more...

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1st XV Reach Twickenham Final 14 Mar 2011
1st XV produce excellent performance in Daily Mail semi-final. more...

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One Win Away From Twickenham Final 28 Feb 2011
Solihull School's First XV rugby team is just one win away from making a first-ever senior-level appearance in the final of the Daily Mail Vase competition. more...

Pancake Day
Flippin' Good Time! 28 Feb 2011
Solihull School pupils of all ages have been having a flippin' good time in their new Food Technology Department. more...

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Link Up with Met Office Goes Down A Storm 28 Feb 2011
The catastrophic flooding in Australia and drought in Brazil and North Africa were brought vividly to life for pupils from Solihull Junior School. more...

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World Class Athlete Visit 01 Feb 2011
World Class Hurdler David Oliver visited Solihull School earlier this week and pupils were given a master class in Hurdling. David ran 12.89 for the 110 m hurdles, the third fastest time ever. more...

Chilean Miner
Chilean Miner Visit 26 Jan 2011
One of the 33 Chilean miners who survived 69 days trapped underground was given a hero's welcome by pupils of all ages on his visit to Solihull School. more...

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Rock Star In Bushell Hall 25 Jan 2011
Boomtown Rats founder Garry Roberts will be adding an extra beat to an eagerly awaited music enrichment session by launching Solihull School's new Guitar Club. more...

Ski Team
Ski Success 25 Jan 2011
Solihull School girls have reached the peak of success on the piste after skiiing for England in their very first season as an official School team. more...

Groundsman Award
Head of Grounds Wins Top National Award 25 Jan 2011
Solihull School can lay claim to having a cricket square of first class county standard after the School's Head of Grounds scooped a top national award. more...

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Marathon Charity Run 24 Jan 2011
Jonathan Cox, Marcus de Minckwitz and Victoria Cox are running the London Marathon in April to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support, in memory of ex Solihull School parent Ronnie Bowker and grandfather Stan Hurley. Macmillan is a charity that is very more...

Maths Team
Solihull School In National Finals 29 Nov 2010
Four members of the Sixth Form, Abhinav Gandhi, Lara Dior, Ollie Towers and Jack Cane, accompanied by Mr. Worrall, headed to Solihull Sixth Form College on the 25th November to take part in the Regional Finals of the U.K. Mathematical Trust Senior Team Ch more...

Dream of a show
Dream Of A Show 25 Nov 2010
All the world's a stage for Solihull School's drama lovers who have turned to Shakespeare for their 450th anniversary production. more...

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School History Opens New Chapter In Writing Success 08 Nov 2010
A former Solihull School teacher has put his subject skills to wider use by producing the first official history of the School in almost 70 years. more...

Polar Explorer
Polar Explorer Reveals Route To Success 13 Oct 2010
A polar explorer and record-breaking long-distance skier was given a rapturous reception as the guest speaker and presenter of prizes at Solihull School?s Speech Day in the independent School?s 450th anniversary year. more...

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World-Leading Organist To Give 450th Recital 11 Oct 2010
Solihull School is hosting an organ recital by world-renowned Thomas Trotter on Tuesday 5 October as part of its 450th anniversary celebrations. more...

Music School
Music School Launch 20 Jul 2010
World-leading pianist Peter Donohoe was on hand to officially launch Solihull School?s new £3-million state-of-the-art music centre. more...

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450th Open Day 20 Jul 2010
The official opening of the David Turnbull Music School by a world-leading pianist was one of the highlights of Solihull School?s 450th anniversary open day. more...

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Double Centurion Rewrites The Record Books 24 Jun 2010
Solihull School?s First XI cricket captain has rewritten the record books after scoring a double century in the school?s highest-ever run score. more...

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450th Anniversary Recital 23 Apr 2010
One of the world's most acclaimed organists will be returning to his musical roots to help Solihull School celebrate its 450th anniversary. more...

Cross Country
Race Into The Record Books 14 Apr 2010
Solihull School has raced into the record books by winning the Greater Birmingham League cross country championship for the third year running. more...

Cricket
Cricketers Net New Record 14 Apr 2010
Solihull School?s cricketers have set a record in their run up to the new season. The keen youngsters from the co-educational independent school began training last October ? three months earlier than ever before. more...

Fencing
Fencers Hit The Mark 14 Apr 2010
Three fencers from Solihull School are targeting national success after hitting the mark in regional qualifying competitions. more...

South Pacific
South Pacific 17 Mar 2010
Theatregoers are being promised 'Some Enchanted Evening' by Solihull School in its revival of the hit musical South Pacific this week. more...

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Junior School Code Breaking 26 Feb 2010
Junior School pupils had a ?cracking? time learning about the history of code breaking through the ages and the famous Enigma machine in a first-ever field trip and video conference. more...

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450th Anniversary 26 Feb 2010
One of the country?s most outstanding independent schools has posted its intentions for a memorable 450th anniversary year. more...

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Scientists Bound For USA 11 Feb 2010
Sixth Formers from Solihull School are heading Stateside this week to learn about some of the most exciting developments in the world of science. more...

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Alannah achieves National Success 11 Feb 2010
Thirteen-year-old Alannah Griffin from Solihull School has smashed her way to a top ten national tennis ranking ? despite playing almost exclusively at an older age level. more...

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Visit of Leading Artist 05 Feb 2010
Sixth Form art students at Solihull School have been able to draw on their creative potential with the help of a renowned portrait artist. more...

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Oh What a Lovely War 08 Jan 2010
The Solihull School production of Oh What A Lovely War has supported veterans and serving soldiers by collecting money for the Royal British Legion. more...

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Music Technician appointed 08 Jan 2010
Solihull School has appointed a specialist music technician to manage its state-of-the-art £3 million music centre. more...

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Solihull Students show they have a certain je ne sais quoi 08 Jan 2010
French-speaking sixth formers from Solihull School have proven their debating and language skills after taking part in a Europe-wide event. more...

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Rugby Masterclass 16 Nov 2009
One of the Solihull School?s rugby teams have tackled their sporting skills head on with a masterclass from top Leicester Tiger more...

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History Maker at Speeches 28 Sep 2009
One of the world?s foremost producers of history documentaries brought the past to life when he returned to Solihull School as guest speaker for the annual speeches. more...

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Perfect Handwriting! 23 Sep 2009
For the first time, last term the JS entered the SATIPS Handwriting competition. more...

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Charity Bike Ride Completed 20 Jul 2009
Greg Kirby and Oscar White have just completed their Charity bike ride from Lands End to John O'Groats more...

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Jumping Success! 07 Jul 2009
Molly Eales (4S) has recently been selected to represent the West Midlands in the High Jump at the All England Championships on July 10/11 2009. more...

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Team reaches National Cup Final 02 Jul 2009
Solihull School U13 team has reached the National Final of the ESCA Cricket Cup. The Final will take place at Oundle School, near Peterborough, on Thursday 9th July 2009 with the match due to commence at 11:00am. Our opponents are Whitgift School from C more...

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Dracula Spectacula! 02 Jul 2009
Solihull School pupils are raising the stakes when it comes to honing their acting and singing skills by staging the spoof horror Dracula Spectacula. more...

School Defeats The MCC 02 Jul 2009
The MCC declared on 249 but the time period left for the School to achieve this was slim and the MCC must have been confident of at least a draw. more...

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Real High-Fliers 25 Jun 2009
The sky?s the limit for two Solihull School RAF cadets who have been awarded their gliding wings. more...

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Show Jumping Success 25 Jun 2009
Gold medal winning equestrian Georgia Lovett from Solihull School has been taken the show jumping world in her stride. more...

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Visit of Wessex School, Chile 08 Jun 2009
Solihull School has strengthened its links with a school in Chile after hosting the biggest party of students from South America in its history. more...

Cross Country
School Races To Record-Breaking Success 08 May 2009
Solihull School can lay claim to being one of the top ten schools in Britain after its cross-country runners celebrated a record-breaking season. more...

Muscians
Musician Of The Year To Give First Recital 01 May 2009
A gifted 13-year-old from Solihull School who won the 2008 West Midlands Young Musician of the Year award is to give her first full violin recital at the independent co-educational school. Jacqui Martens will be performing popular works by Bach, Bartok more...

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Pupil Dances To World Title Hat-Trick 01 May 2009
A fleet-footed Solihull School pupil is on top of the Irish dance world after notching up his third successive world title. more...

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Eco Club 2009 01 May 2009
We are trying to spread the ?Green? message to students around the school and the Club has given Assemblies in Junior and Senior School. more...

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Charity Bike Ride For Cancer Research UK 01 May 2009
On June 18th Greg Kirby, Oscar White and Sam Massey a boy from outside school will be taking part in the Lands' End to John O'Groats bike ride in order to raise money for Cancer Research UK. They are putting every effort into the trip and are training on more...

Badminton
Badminton Team Reaches All England Final 01 May 2009
On Saturday, 25th April, the U16 Badminton Squad, comprising of Martin Bullard (Captain), Edward Johnson, Tom Wintle, Sultan Hameed and Greg Langley played in the finals of the KS4 National Schools Championships at Center Parcs, Sherwood Forest. more...

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Sixth Form Artists visit the Saatchi Gallery 27 Apr 2009
Solihull School Sixth Form students currently studying Art and Photography have visited the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea. more...

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School Wins Record Engineering Scholarships 28 Jan 2009
Solihull School is advancing by design after enhancing its prototyping technology and winning two of the UK?s most prestigious engineering scholarships. more...

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Sporting Brothers Succeed 27 Jan 2009
Three brothers have brought a new high note to the life of their school after showing what can be achieved by trying. more...

It is with great sadness that the School reports the untimely death of Mr Gerry Reddington 08 Jan 2009
I am sure all members of the School Community will be shocked and saddened to learn of the death of Gerry Reddington. more...

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Solihull School Wins The Challenge 18 Dec 2008
A team of pupils from Solihull School had their fingers firmly on the buzzer when it came to putting their general knowledge to the test. more...

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Cricket Star Appointed School Coach 10 Dec 2008
A top international batsman is to begin a fresh innings as cricket coach at Solihull School after offering his services to the co-educational school. more...

Children's Book Launch In America By Video Link 10 Dec 2008
Solihull Junior School is to take part in a unique videoconference to introduce America to a children?s book character that could become as popular as Harry Potter. more...

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Ten Year Old Golfer Drives Towards World Title 05 Dec 2008
A ten-year-old Solihull Junior School pupil is teeing up to be a world-class golfer after winning the European Championship. more...

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Tennis Players Smash Their Way To National Finals 03 Dec 2008
Solihull School's Under-13 tennis players are aiming to be the best in Britain after becoming Midland champions. more...

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Moseley Ten Year Old Gets His High Kicks 13 Nov 2008
Talented ten-year-old Harry Simmons from Moseley is high-kicking his way to the Birmingham Hippodrome this month to dance with two national ballet companies. more...

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Pupils Dig Deep In Act Of Remembrance 13 Nov 2008
Solihull School's fifth-formers chose to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Armistice by putting on a famous play about the First World War. more...

Paul Hale
Top Musician Celebrates Organ Rebuild With Recital 06 Nov 2008
World-leading organist Paul Hale is to complete a series of recitals by past pupils celebrating the £220,000 restoration of Solihull School's chapel organ. more...

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Former Cadet Lays Wreath 06 Nov 2008
Newly commissioned RAF officer Victoria Thorpe will be returning to Solihull School on Remembrance Day to honour past pupils that died fighting for their country. more...

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Michael Vaughan Visit 02 Nov 2008
Students from Solihull School were bowled over when former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan called in to help with the coaching. more...

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England International Appointed School Netball Coach 13 Oct 2008
Former England international Helen Smith has given Solihull School's sporting reputation an added boost after being appointed the school's head coach for netball. more...

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Solihull School Speech Day 09 Oct 2008
Popular Radio 5 Live presenter Simon Mayo returned to Solihull School to be the guest speaker at the school?s annual Speech Day celebrations more...

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Solihull School Girl to represent Britain in Czech Republic 17 Sep 2008
Solihull School student Courtney Hyde is to represent Great Britain at a world-title event in the Czech Republic after being crowned the Under-16s British Youth Pentathlon champion. more...

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Royal Honour for Former Solihull School Cadet 15 Sep 2008
A former Solihull School student is looking forward to a glittering career in the Army after being presented with a special award by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal. Charlie Mulira, who was born and brought up in Solihull, received the Sword of H more...

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Organ Recital at Solihull School 04 Sep 2008
Celebrated organist and former Solihull School pupil John Butt, will be returning to the Borough on Thursday 4th September to give a public recital to celebrate completion of the school?s newly restored organ more...

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Greg In Chile 01 Jul 2008
Greg Kirby is currently in Chile as a gap student at Wessex school, Concepcion. He will be there for 7 weeks; to follow his progress visit his blog! more...

Europe Day
Europe Day triumph for Solihull School 23 May 2008
Solihull School students enjoyed all the excitement of BBC Question Time-style debate as they quizzed the region's MEPs about the role of the European Union on Europe Day. more...

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School supports England v Malawi at netball 18 Apr 2008
On the 16th of April, girls of a various ages went to Coventry Sky Dome to watch England play netball against Malawi. We went to watch this game to help us improve on our own netball skills and pick up on new tactics. The stadium was full with buzzing sup more...

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Joe O'Donnell Bitter wins the world Irish dance championship 16 Apr 2008
For the second consecutive year 14 year old Catherine de Barnes resident, Joe O'Donnell Bitter won the world Irish dance championship March 24 2008 at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. more...

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BBC1's The Big Questions 15 Apr 2008
Upon arriving at The Grace Academy, the nine 6th Form students: Adam Carver, Lauren Haines, Lauren Clark-Hughes, Richard Crampton, James Benge, Adam Khimji, Georgina Aldridge, Chris Hall and Cameron Stocks were preparing themselves to be broadcast, live, more...

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Trueman tries hard for England 10 Apr 2008
Solihull School's James Trueman came up with a trio of tries as England Under 16s A, led by skipper Will Radburn from Solihull's Tudor Grange School, made it two wins out of three in the Mill-field International Festival over the more...

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School to build new £3 million Music Centre 09 Apr 2008
Solihull School is aiming to create a top-class performing arts quarter within its Warwick Road campus by investing £3 million in a new state-of-the-art music school. more...

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Solihull School stages The Scarlet Pimpernel 04 Mar 2008
Solihull School students are promising theatre-goers a week of swashbuckling romance and adventure with a musical journey back to the French Revolution. more...

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School expands Chilean exchange programme 28 Feb 2008
Solihull School has strengthened Spanish language learning in the borough by expanding its exchange programme with a school in Chile. more...

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Chapel organ rebuild programme 2008 26 Feb 2008
School Organ Rebuild programme reaches final phase. more...

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Pupils celebrate raising £70,000 for charity 11 Feb 2008
Solihull School pupils have celebrated raising more than £70,000 for a vital charity by presenting a £21,490 cheque to Teenage Cancer Trust. more...

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Fire Service Accident Prevention Group visit 04 Feb 2008
The Accident Prevention group from the Fire Service, led by Paul Guyver, gave a presentation more...

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Pupils return for borough's biggest bag packing campaign 12 Dec 2007
Big-hearted students from Solihull School are looking to add to the amazing £52,000 they have bagged for a teenage cancer charity. more...

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School brushes up on it's Shakespeare 01 Dec 2007
Solihull School students are preparing to take part in the cut and thrust of one of Shakespeare's most popular plays more...

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Solihull School Maths Champions 20 Nov 2007
Four members of the Sixth Form, Richard Brough, George Haynes, Qiao Sun and James Timperly more...

Enjoying a slice of the action during Solihull School?s charity week are toastie-makers Isaac Webber, Amran Thandi, Ryan Inman, Fraser Waddell, Jack Hines, Joe Lankester and Nick Starkey
Pupils raise £17,500 from Charity Week 16 Oct 2007
Solihull School's youngest pupils were the toast of their older colleagues after making a big slice of the staggering £17,558 the school raised from its annual charity week. more...

Solihull School Open Morning will take place on 19th January 2008
Open Morning 05 Oct 2007
The Open Morning took place on Saturday 29th September 2007 more...

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Girls salute an exciting future 04 Oct 2007
Girls as young as 13 are now saluting the opportunity to take part in exciting adventure training as members of Solihull School's Combined Cadet Force. more...

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Clare Balding - Guest of Honour 28 Sep 2007
Clare Balding, one of Britain's most popular TV presenters, was guest of honour at Solihull School's annual speech day. more...

European Youth Parliament
Solihull School to represent UK at Euro Forum 14 Sep 2007
Solihull School is to represent the United Kingdom at Europe's biggest parliamentary forum for young people after winning a national debating competition. more...

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European Youth Parliament 11 Sep 2007
In March a team of 8 LVI students represented Solihull School at the West Midlands Regional Forum of the European Youth Parliament more...

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Vocal Successes at Northfield Festival 14 May 2007
A number of Solihull School pupils have taken part and achieved excellent places at the Northfield Festival of Music and Speech... more...

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Success for Potential Young Engineers 27 Apr 2007
Four pupils from Solihull School have been working throughout the last six months with sponsors National Grid as part of the Engineering Education Scheme... more...

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Solihull Pupil Wins World Dance Championships 20 Apr 2007
Dancing since age 7, Joe had a single focus of winning the world championships. This year he finally succeeded.... more...

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Solihull Under 15s Take Second in Daily Mail Vase Cup 29 Mar 2007
Woodhouse Grove School used forward power to lift the Daily Mail Under 15 Schools Vase for the first time in the final at Twickenham. The Yorkshire school scored five tries, all from their pack, which broke down Solihull's brave resistance... more...

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Classrooms Come Alive with Sound of Music 21 Mar 2007
Solihull School has come alive with the sound of music - thanks to a local star from the London Palladium production of the world's best-loved musical... more...

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Under 15s Reach Daily Mail Cup Final 15 Mar 2007
The Vase semi-finals were overshadowed by a neck injury to Solihull's James Meredith, which required him being airlifted to hospital as a precaution... more...

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Solihull U15s Reach Semi-Final of Daily Mail Cup 02 Mar 2007
Solihull School's U15 rugby squad are one match away from Twickenham after a thrilling Quarter-Final win against Colston's School, Bristol. more...

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England Rugby Squad at Solihull School 22 Feb 2007
The junior stars of England rugby are to hone their skills at Solihull School in preparation for this season's international matches. more...

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Youngsters Bag Record £22,000 for Cancer Charity 22 Feb 2007
Hard-working sixth-formers from Solihull School put in bags of effort to burst their fund-raising target for a teenage cancer charity. more...

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Youngsters Bag Record £22,000 for Cancer Charity 22 Feb 2007
Hard-working sixth-formers from Solihull School put in bags of effort to burst their fund-raising target for a teenage cancer charity. more...

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Oxbridge Applications 17 Jan 2007
Fourteen Solihull School pupils have now been offered places at either Oxford or Cambridge universities. This beats last year's total of eleven, while several applications are still pending a response. more...

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Heart of England Schools Clay Pigeon Shooting Competition 17 Jan 2007
On the 19th November 2006 the Solihull School Clay Pigeon teams entered the Heart of England Schools Competition. The event was held at Hereford and Worcester Shooting Ground in Redditch. more...

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School Bags Record Sum for Acorns 10 Jan 2007
Efforts to provide hospice services for life-limited children throughout the Midlands have been given a record-breaking boost by the pupils of Solihull School... more...