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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...

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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...

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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...