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Solihull School has appointed experienced non-executive director and charity trustee Steve Currie to the post of Chair of the Board of Governors, as outgoing Chair Damian Kelly prepares to step down after 16 years, including five serving as Chair.
Last month, more than 340 children from schools across the Solihull area came together for Solihull Sings - a large-scale community project led by Solihull Preparatory School’s Head of Music, Miss Jenna Sainsbury.
This morning (10th June 2026), Equity Group members, supported by Mrs Rooney, led a Pride 2026 Assembly with a powerful question for our school community: When it matters most, what matters most?
A 100-strong team of teachers, parents, alumni and friends of Solihull School embarked on a 36km challenge walk from Solihull to Stratford Upon Avon on June 6th, along the tow paths of the Grand Union and Stratford canals, to raise funds for the wonderful Tea Leaf Trust.
We are working hard to address all the impacts of school operations on the environment, and all pupils from 3-18 are taught a range of sustainability topics, to encourage them to think more about the world they are growing up in and how they can make it better in the future.
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Solihull School is proud to celebrate national STEM success for four of its pupils, highlighting the strength of academic talent and ambition across the school.
Since 2024, Solihull School has curated a series of one-day festivals designed to inspire pupils in subjects as diverse as Shakespeare, modern languages, engineering and AI. As well as engaging Solihull pupils, pupils and teachers from the local community and across the country were invited to attend too, building valuable and long-term education partnerships. Headmaster Charles Fillingham explained to Independent Schools Magazine, in May, what first inspired the festivals programme and its bold ambitions for the future.
Solihull School has published an Impact Report entitled 'Partnerships, People and Planet', which sets out some of the many ways that Solihull School seeks to be a good neighbour and responsible corporate citizen.
Charles Fillingham, Headmaster at Solihull School, has been shortlisted for this year’s Tes Schools Awards, which celebrate the UK’s most inspiring teachers and schools from both the state and independent sectors, following a record-breaking number of nominations.
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Solihull School hosted its second Shakespeare Festival on Saturday 14 March, welcoming leading academics, performers and students from over 20 schools nationwide for a day celebrating the enduring works of William Shakespeare.
Always a popular draw, Solihull's Loynton Lecture on Friday 23 January was not even standing room-only as more than 100 pupils packed into the lecture theatre – filling up the aisles and sitting on the stairs to join in with the topic of the day: US President Donald Trump.
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In January's Independent Schools Magazine, Michael Jones, Senior Deputy Head (Academic) in the Prep School, explores the role that coaching plays in leadership development at Solihull School.