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After a long hiatus, charity events have returned to the life of the school and the Heart of England Sixth Form have player a charity football match for the Teenage Cancer Trust. On a hot and sunny lunch time the teams gathered on the field where the spectators paid a £1.00 donation for a view of the match. Playing the game were Team Black and Team Blue and after a...Read More

We are very pleased to have hosted a visit from children’s author Jo Cotterill who came to talk to groups of Year 7 and 8 students. Each of three workshop sessions began with Jo Cotterill showing various pictures on screen and leading a discussion about what might be happening in a picture, who the people are and perhaps imagining what might happen next. There were many excellent scenarios suggested by...Read More

On Thursday last week, Mrs Henton, Head of the Music Department brilliantly orchestrated the Spring Concert, the first school music concert since the pandemic.  Hannah Little, one of our Sixth Form students, writes about the concert: When I joined Heart of England School, one of the first things I did was join the school choir. Since then I’ve continued to participate in the music department and found a great community...Read More

Three Year 11 students write an address to their year group, reflecting on changes, GCSEs and stepping into the future. Friday 13 May 2022 was our final day of lessons in year 11 at Heart of England.  After all the shirt-signing, gift-giving and a few tears we attended our final Year Assembly at the end of the day. Looking around we could see so many faces; equally familiar, yet different....Read More

This week and last, whole Year Assemblies have been led by our Principal Miss Hughes-Williams taking up the theme of school values and what they mean during a process of transition… At this time of year, a lot of young people are on the threshold of transition, preparing for the next step: from Year 6 to 7, 7 to 8, from key stage 3 to 4 and from GCSE to...Read More