Welcome
There are about 300 pupils in the Sixth Form at Solihull School. About 120 of those pupils have entered the Sixth Form from other schools after their GCSE examinations, and over 100 of these entrants are girls. The school offers a very wide range of subject choices for A Level, and achieves outstanding academic results: in the last two years we have achieved 80% A or B grade passes at A level and in the last three years 45 pupils have been offered places at Oxford and Cambridge. There is also a very strong record in winning places to read Medicine.
Academic success is clearly very important for pupils. However, the school also provides a very rich experience through the Enrichment programme, through sport, drama and music and through a very wide range of extra-curricular activities.
In recent years the school has made substantial developments to its facilities. In 2002 the Bushell Hall was opened, the old Big School was transformed into the new Kent Library and the provision for Art and for the Sixth Form pupils was increased in the original School House. In 2003 the Alan Lee Pavilion was built and in September 2005 a new teaching area, the George Hill building, providing 16 new classrooms for five departments was unveiled.
Solihull School Sixth Form aims to challenge its students, not only through its academic life, but also through the many ways in which students at this level can contribute to the wider community. Students are encouraged to involve themselves with an array of extra-curricular interests and to lead the rest of the school by example. It is through such diversity and responsibility that our students explore their potential and discover their strengths.