We are ecstatic to announce
@KNGSlife
has been rated Ofsted ‘Outstanding’! What a wonderful end to the academic year and start to the summer break! Read more here:
We are delighted & super proud to be listed in the
@thesundaytimes
'Schools of the Decade' supplement ranking in the top 20 state secondary schools for the West Midlands - a huge testament to the amazing staff & students (past & present) in our outstanding
@KNGSlife
community!
@KNGSlife
Science Department have donated all spare boxes of nitrile gloves to the NHS to support their need for more personal protective equipment - thanks to Mrs Miller for delivering them to
@unibirmingham
where supplies are being collected
#proud
#communityresponse
#courage
Congratulations to
@KNGSlife
Sixth Formers on their outstanding A Level results. We are so proud of their hard work & achievements despite a difficult year. Staff have worked tirelessly ensuring students have continued to flourish & are able to progress onto their next steps.
Congratulations to
@KNGSlife
students on their outstanding GCSE results. We are so proud of their hard work & achievements despite a difficult year. Staff have worked tirelessly ensuring students have continued to flourish & are able to progress onto further education.
#GCSEs2021
We are very proud of the way our
@KNGSlife
Year 13 students have flourished in their time at Kings Norton Sixth Form. They have shown great dedication & courage, particularly over the last few difficult months & we wish them all the very best for their futures.
#opportunities
The grand re-opening of the ponds behind the Science Block took place today - a huge well done to Year 13 on all their hard work to restore these. Five minutes after finishing work on them yesterday, 3 visitors arrived to inspect - we think they approved!
#pondlife
#SixthForm
Exciting start to the week
@KNGSlife
as we move into our new Sixth Form Centre with lessons taking place & the study room open for Sixth Form students to use for the first time. We are delighted - it is very nice!
#opportunities
#outstanding
#SixthFormOfChoice
A MASSIVE congratulations to
@KNGSlife
Sixth Form students on their exceptional set of A Level Results, we are celebrating our best ever set of results with an incredible 49.4% of grades at grade A* or A! Read more at:
#AlevelResultsDay2022
#resultsday2022
Congratulations to
@KNGSlife
students on a stunning set of GCSE results! Grades 7 & above: 16% higher than national average at 36% and Grades 4 & above: 22% higher than national average at 88% - well done everybody!
#GCSEs2018
#opportunities
Wishing our Year 13 Sixth Form Students the very best of luck in whatever they do next, as they leave
@KNGSlife
today! The sun was shining for your send off and the fancy dress effort was EPIC - have a wonderful summer, stay safe and be amazing - we know you will!
#flouish
#KN6F
We are very proud of the way our
@KNGSlife
Year 11 students have flourished, shown great dedication and courage, particularly over the last few difficult months and we wish them all the very best as they move onto the next stage of their education.
#opportunities
#outstanding
Very excited
@KNGSlife
today to hear that we have been successful in obtaining funding for a new Sixth Form building! As the project progresses information and news regarding the project will be shared through our website and newsletters.
Looking forward to welcoming students back into
@KNGSlife
next week - we have missed you!
Support staff have been busy working hard to prepare the Hall & set up our LFD Test Centre ready for the 1st groups of students to be tested on Monday!
#StaySafe
As we pay tribute to our wonderful friend & teacher, Mrs P
@KNGSlife
staff are completing the
@kngsthreepeaks
Challenge in her memory raising money for
@macmillancancer
a cause close to her heart - lets dig deep & make Mrs P proud!
A great enrolment day
@KNGSlife
Sixth Form - we are delighted that we have a fully enrolled Sixth Form completely full of students, both familiar faces & new, who we look forward & can't wait to welcome in September!
#opportunities
#outstanding
Great to welcome Umar Nasser from the 'Rational Religion' forum
@RRanswers
back into
@KNGSlife
to lead a thought provoking session with Year 13 A Level RS students on the question 'Is belief in God unscientific?' as part of the 'religion & science' topic on their course.
@UmarN91
Fantastic atmosphere at the
@KNGSlife
Summer Fete today - huge thanks to our VIP Guests
@TheHaraBand
who rocked the stage & went down a storm! Amazing student talent the Talent Show - many stars in the making plus a guest appearance from Rex!
#summerfun
Glorious weather for our
@KNGSlife
'Key Worker Lockdown Sports Day'. Well done everybody! Thanks to Mrs Currie for organising & Mrs Edwards for providing prizes for the winners Sharman House, followed by Nightingale House in 2nd place & Keller/Goodall Houses taking joint 3rd 🌞
Welcome back to all our students & a particularly huge
@KNGSlife
welcome to all our new Year 7 and Year 12 pupils joining us this morning! Nice to see lots of smiles and smart new uniforms! 😀
#opportunities
#wednesdaymorning
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty the Queen, Elizabeth II - a role model and inspiration to generations. The thoughts and prayers of all
@KNGSlife
are with The Royal Family at this very sad time.
#QueenElizabeth
Fantastic morning celebrating with the Year 11 Class of 2019 at our GCSE Certificate Presentation. We were also very proud also welcome back
@KNGSlife
alumna
@amaagbeze
MBE who offered lots of great advice & inspiration to our students - thank you!
#opportunities
#flourish
#proud
Fantastic to see the hall full of family & friends last night for the
@KNGSlife
Christmas Concert - amazing performances from all the students supported by
@knbs_school
& a great start to the festive season 🎄🎶well done to everybody who performed!
#outstanding
#flourish
A very warm welcome to Harry Bibring, who is sharing his testimony as a Holocaust survivor with students
@KNGSlife
this afternoon as part of the
@HolocaustUK
Outreach Programme - it is a privlidge to hear him talk and have him share his story with us - thank you.
Today
@KNGSlife
students & staff took part in 'Wear Red Day' in support of the 'Show Racism the Red Card' Charity by swapping an item of uniform for something red - well done to everybody who got involved!
#WRD20
#respect
#opportunities
#community
Fantastic evening
@KNGSlife
Year 11 Prom last night
@BhamBotanicalGd
- you all looked amazing! A huge thank you to our Heads of House & the Year 11 Prom Committee for all their preparation & hard work in organizing such a fab evening and event!
#proud
#opportunities
#flourish
Tomorrow a fab group of
@KNGSlife
staff are doing the
@kngsthreepeaks
Challenge to raise money for
@macmillancancer
in memory of our wonderful friend & teacher, Mrs P. There's still time show your support by donating - good luck everybody you are amazing!!
We are so proud of
@KNGSlife
Yr 7 student, Amelie Zarifeh who has written & beautifully illustrated a short book entitled 'Super Sis', to help support others who have a sibling with neurodevelopmental struggles:
@JKPautism
@Autism
@bbcmtd
@ITVCentral
We are delighted to confirm that
@KNGSlife
is ranked in the top 3% of schools in the country as published in the national School Performance Tables. A testament to the hard work of students and staff at KNGS! Read more:
It has been so lovely to welcome the first group of our Year 10 & 12 students back into
@KNGSlife
today! They adapted brilliantly to the new systems we have put in place to keep everybody safe - very much looking forward to welcoming the next group of students in tomorrow!
Wishing all
@KNGSlife
students and staff a wonderful summer break! Stay safe and we will see you all in September when we can't wait to welcome our new Year 7 & Year 12 cohorts!
#opportunities
#Summer2022
Fantastic live online Transition Event last night for the Yr 6 students joining us in Yr 7 in Sept, along with their parents/carers - it was great to see so many of you & we really can't wait to meet you all in person in September!
#welcome
#induction
#outstanding
#opportunities
Wonderful morning welcoming families & friends to celebrate the successes & achievements of
@KNGSlife
students at our Annual Awards Ceremony! A huge well done to everybody who received an award - congratulations!
#respect
#flourish
#courage
#opportunities
Despite school closures we are seeing some amazing work from students - we are super proud that students are showing courage & resilience and producing some incredibly creative work - great examples of some Year 13 A Level work!
#creativity
#opportunities
Good luck to everybody waiting for
#gcseresultsday2019
!
See you tomorrow to enrol at Kings Norton Sixth Form - be part of our success story - this year we celebrated our BEST EVER A Level results with 30% of grades at A*- A & 64% at A*- B!
#opportunities
#flourish
To mark the end of their 'celebration' unit, Year 9 were asked to bake a French cake. Cake challenge completed with brio for Lizzie Jones: gâteau au citron!
#bonapp
étit
#flourish
#opportunites
#StaySafe
An enormous thank you to everybody
@KNGSlife
for supporting our 'Day of Action for Refugees & Those Displaced by Conflict' run by our
@AmnestyUK
Gp! We planted 150+ sunflowers, raising over £50 for
@decappeal
& have received so many donations for the Ukrainian Refugee Appeal 👏👏
Our
@KNGSlife
Pupil Voice Gp have been busy celebrating
#DyslexiaAwarenessWeek
delivering staff training themed ‘Breaking Through Barriers’, a 'Red for Dyslexia’ face painting event & an ‘Overcoming Barriers’ competition delivered to Y8 in library lessons - well done everybody!
What a fantastic end to the term
@KNGSlife
with a whole school rendition of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' - courtesy of Mr Currie! Wishing everybody a wonderful Christmas break and a Happy New Year!
Lots of change on the front field
@KNGSlife
as our contractors
@Link_Cont
secure the site, put the road in & prepare for digging out the foundations of our fabulous new Sixth Form Building over the next few weeks! Can't wait for our Sixth Form to benefit from this new addition!
We delighted to announce
@KNGSlife
Sixth Form Student, Eve Connor, has won second prize in the Trinity College 'Gould Prize for Essays in English Literature' competition, run by
@Cambridge_Uni
. Congratulations Eve, we are super proud of you!
@TrinCollCam
#opportunities
#flourish
It's only the end of the 1st week of the summer break but so much has already been done with two classrooms stripped out & work well underway to decorate, put in new flooring & a new ceiling plus an IT room stripped out ready for the installation of new equipment! What a team!
It's European GOLD for Alicia Field in the junior women's individual tumbling final 🥇
A fantastic display in the final makes sure of gold!
Massive congratulations to Alicia 🇬🇧
#Rimini2022
Delighted that
@KNGSlife
is listed 4th in Birmingham for it's Progress 8 score at GCSE in the latest School Performance Tables published yesterday by the Government A huge well done to all our staff and pupils
#proud
#opportunities
Year 12 English Language & Literature students were treated to some fine French food, prepared by Chef Manager Andre & team, during their lesson today as part of their Paris Anthology. Some foods were more popular than others!
@Academy_Food_UK
@RobCass3
#opportunities
#flourish
Today
@KNGSlife
we have been fundraising for
@comicrelief
#rednoseday2021
with a superhero themed non uniform day. So far we have raised £1963, which doesn't include money raised from doughnuts & samosas - well done Team KNGS! Watch this space for the grand total raised...
#proud
A very warm welcome to visiting speakers Adrian Bailey from Humanists UK
@brumhums
& Umar Nasser from Rational Religion
@RRanswers
, presenting to Year 11 & debating the thought provoking question 'In an age of science, is religion needed?'
@baileynagy
@UmarN91
There is a lot of rowing going on today
@KNGSlife
as we row the Channel for
@sportrelief
@sportreliefsch
- well done to all our students, Sixth Formers & staff that are getting involved and to everybody who has supported!
Welcome back to all
@KNGSlife
students and staff and a very warm welcome to our new Year 7 & 12 students - hope you have a fantastic first day!
#opportunities
Thought provoking assembly and form activities
@KNGSlife
today as we approach the 100 year Armistice anniversary, resulting in the creation of poppy wreaths each sharing the students own reflections and gratitude
#Armistice100