On Thursday 9th May 2022, a group of athletes from Year 7 & 8 participated in the annual KE Foundation athletics meeting at KES Birmingham. In true Sheldon spirit, we fought hard and competed in all events with some outstanding performances along the way.... The students were a credit to the Academy. The Year 7 team came 5th out of the 6 schools in attendance finishing ahead of KE Handsworth. Aiden - 1st place in Long Jump. Yusuf - 3rd place in 200m. The Year 8 team came 6th missing out by only a few points, deserving more for their efforts. Nathanael - 3rd place in 100m. Omar - 3rd place in Javelin. Thanks to KES for hosting a great event. @schoolsofkevi @KESBham

A group of year 7 students had the opportunity to participate in a table cricket event at Edgbaston Cricket ground. The students competed against four other schools across Birmingham and cricket was the winner. It was all about inclusion and participation, allowing every child, regardless of ability, to feel involved and have a great time.

Wow! Layla in Year 11 will be carrying the baton for the Commonwealth Games. Well done Layla, we know this is a huge moment and you will do the country proud! @birminghamcg22

Yesterday evening we hosted @HandsworthGS for a basketball game. In the last dance of this academic year they came out on top with a 23-20 victory! It was a great game played in good spirit. They did us all proud.

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.