One of our Year 9 students has won team gold at an international gymnastics championship meeting earlier this month. Taking part in the 2024 European Championships, Alfie Lynch was one member of a team of four which gained gold in the Double Mini Trampolining (DMT) team event which took place in Portugal from 3-7 April....Read More

This week we have celebrated the achievements of students who have been doing the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award here at Heart of England.  It was a great event and there was much to celebrate in what our young people can strive for and accomplish. At the special ceremony, students from last year’s programmes received their...Read More

Students from Heart of England have been out collecting litter in Balsall Common recently in what it becoming a regular activity with students. After donning their hi-viz vests and armed with litter picking tongs, they set off along the Kenilworth Road towards the village centre on their search for litter.  The group were joined by...Read More

Heart of England Sixth Form had a special visit this week from pet tortoise Tariq. Tariq was brought into school for the day by Mr Mahmood and was looked after by a small group of his tutees and law students. First seen inside during a lesson, Tariq certainly seemed to make himself at home, moving...Read More

One of our Year 9 students, Nancy Baker has been selected to play as part of the England girls’ ice hockey team this coming May. Nancy has been competing in trials and successfully been selected at the end of each phase to become part of the England girls under 15s ice hockey programme since August...Read More

Year 11 student Hannah Meek has been selected to play for England in the forthcoming Euro and World Championship competitions.  She was one of two top winning girls to get a place on the team. As a member of the England team for the 2023 British Internationals, Hannah will play in venues up and down...Read More

Mrs McLarnon tells us about the welcome return of public speaking and the success of our own students during their first outing: After a hiatus of two years, the national public speaking competition Youth Speaks hosted by the Rotary Club is back on.  This year our team was comprised of four Year 11 students: Farrah,...Read More

Students from Heart of England have been taking part in a public speaking competition organised by the Rotary Club as part of their Youth Speaks competition.  English teacher Claire McLarnon writes about the event: On one Saturday in February Year 10 students Laurence, Noor and Jess competed in the senior category of the Rotary Club...Read More

Year 9 Student Ben attended one of a series of Engineering Masterclasses at Warwick University organised by the Royal Institute. He tells us how the day went: We set out to investigate how different materials can reduce impact on an object, which can then be applied to the design of cars to make them safer...Read More

One of our former students, Jed Thomas has been performing in front of ITV’s X Factor judges Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger for the chance to be in an X Factor band. 16-year Jed who left Heart of England this summer to pursue his Music at BIMM Institute in Birmingham has successfully got through the first round...Read More