Today was a very special evening for our year 11 boys. Today was the last and final time our boys could wear the KESH jersey and represent this fantastic Academy in the finals.

We played Small Heath school who put up an fight. We had managed to take the lead as the constant pressure was too much for our opponents, Benji had managed to intercept a pass from the defender and calmly slot it past the keeper.

Read more: Year 11 boys are football cup champions!

Last night the KESH Academy band performed in a concert at The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire as part of the Music Service's Gala concert series. They performed three pieces - Match Day, Hedwig's Theme and a Queen Medley. They did themselves and the Academy proud, putting on an excellent performance.

We collected £360 from the sale of red noses. Thanks to everyone involved especially the Sixth Form for selling them.

Our year 9 boys fought tremendously to beat 8 other schools and be crowned as Birmingham Festival cup winners!

In the group stage we managed to scrape through by 1 win to help us reach the semi finals. We comfortably beat Small Heath in the semi’s which then we had to play Holy Trinity in the finals. Holy Trinity had the upper hand in this game as they beat us 1-0 during the group stage but the boys were ready for redemption! The final ended 0-0 so it went to penalties. Both teams scored fantastic penalties but all Luka take a bow! He saved 2 penalties and decided to step up to score the winning penalty to bring the trophy home. Phenomenal scenes tonight, couldn't help but join in on the celebrations. Please congratulate the boys on their fantastic win.

KESH Academy Sixth Form is pleased to report some outstanding achievements by its students in their GCE and other level 3 qualifications this summer. This year, following the cancellation of exams, grades were awarded through a process of teacher assessed grades (TAGs), against a national standard and were approved and awarded by the exam boards.

The government is not publishing performance data for any schools or colleges this year due to the varying impact of the pandemic. We are immensely proud of our students, who secured grades A*-B in 72% of the A-Levels studied, especially after such a difficult and disrupted year.

Read more: Sixth Form Results Update - Summer 2021

At KESH, we believe it is very important, especially in the current coronavirus climate, to look after your mental and physical wellbeing. On 26 February, we held our first staff and student wellbeing afternoon. This was a chance for all to take part in an activity that interested them. Away from the computer screen, many varied activities took place, as is evident from our Twitter feed. We hope everyone was able to enjoy the afternoon, look out for the next one.

Year 12 students presented their train project at the Engineering Education Scheme conference and won best project. Their reward is a visit to the JCB factory. Well done to everyone involved!

Students were very fortunate to have South African international netball player Bongiwe Msomi come to our Academy to coach the girls from years 7-12. The girls were every excited to have someone they've seen on television, coach them. Bongiwe Msomi firstly started the girls off with a warm up, followed by ball handling skills and then finally a game. Bongiwe Msomi has also signed to play for the Wasps so it will be great to see her in action. Thanks to the team for inspiring the girls.

Nathan Redmond (an ex pupil at KESH Academy) was issued with a cap for the England first team in the match against Germany on 22nd March 2017.

Before the honour of the England cap, the young winger received his squad number for the first team at Birmingham City FC and joined the initial 19-man-squad as a reserve and has since figured in the first teams for both Birmingham City and Norwich. This is a great achievement for Nathan and we wish him all the best. (Picture courtesy of Birmingham City Football Club).

As part of their preparation for the written A/S Drama exam the year 12 students took part in two theatre visits this term. They saw ‘Le Strada’ at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry on Thursday 16th February and ‘Pygmalion’ at Warwick Arts Centre on Thursday 2nd March. The students made detailed notes on the way the productions are put together and in their exam will explain how successful theatre is created.