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On Saturday 10th November, Sana played in the U15 Bronze Leicestershire Badminton England tournament. She won her groups after playing three matches and proceeded to the semi-finals where she won 22-20 in a close but exciting match. In the finals, she won 21-18 in a tight match and received a Gold medal...

The Dunlop British Junior Squash Championships 2018 were held in Nottingham during the half term. 32 of the top girls and boys across the country played in each age category with matches commencing from Friday morning and final positions being played on Sunday afternoon. Meha competed in the Under 13 Girls’

​On Monday 5th November, the Under 14 Netball team participated in the annual Birmingham Schools Netball County Tournament. They made a great start winning their pool with the help of a strong defence by Grace, Lauren and Helena.

Six KEHS girls represented South Birmingham at the West Midlands Cross Country Trial race in October, and following some impressive performances, four of them have been selected to represent the West Midlands in the Inter-Counties race next month.

KEHS dominated the South Birmingham Schools Cross Country race at Shenley Academy this week with a formidable team of 15 girls. In the Year 7 race, Amira was the clear winner, a good distance ahead of her nearest rival.

On Friday 14th September, 15 girls in the Lower and Upper Fifth attended Girls Go Gold, an annual sports conference organised by the GSA. It is aimed at girls who are passionate about sport and who may want to pursue a career in the field of sport, not just as an athlete but also in medicine...

​On 30th June, Ella and Carola competed in the annual 12 hour Southport Junior Sailing Regatta for the Midland Sailing Club team. The race started at 8:00 in the morning, and the sailors (two at a time in the boat) swapped every couple of hours until the race finished at 20:00.

​On the 28th April, our Key Stage 4 badminton team set off to the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes, to compete in the National Schools finals. KEHS has never made the national finals, so this was a very special day for us.

​Before the Easter holidays, Imogen, from the Lower Fourth, competed for West Midlands at the English Schools Swimming Association (ESSA) National Championships. The competition, which took place in Crawley at the end of March, saw the best school age swimmers from around the country come together to compete...

Last weekend, sisters Anya (U4S) and Meha (3S) qualified to play in the English Junior Squash championships in Hull. Thirty two of the top girls across the country played in each age category with matches commencing from Friday morning and final positions being played on Sunday afternoon.

​Well done to our Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 badminton team who recently won first place in the Birmingham School Badminton Competition! The girls will progress to the Midlands competition in late March. Congratulations to:

Congratulations to our swimming squad, Imogen, Ruby, Abigail and Audrey, who competed at the Bromsgrove School Invitational Swimming Relays on Monday 26th February. The girls did extremely well, finishing third in the freestyle relay and second in the medley relay out of 19 teams across the region.​

Last term, girls from the Lower and Upper Fifth competed in the Birmingham School Games rowing competition. The teams did extremely well, winning gold in all relay events. Congratulations to:

Congratulations to Hannah and Noor, in the Thirds, and Melissa in the Lower Fourth for competing in the annual King Edward’s School Fencing Competition. Melissa did extremely well, finishing third overall in the Under 14 competition and Noor, who has only been fencing for a few months, won her pool.​

​On Sunday 21st January, Sana in 3H, competed in the Under 13 Badminton England Bronze Tournament held at Hertfordshire County. Sana did extremely well, winning all gold medals in the Girls’ Singles, Girls’ Doubles and Mixed Doubles matches!​

Congratulations to Imogen, in the Lower Fourth, who has been selected to represent KEHS at the English Schools’ Swimming Association National Championships!

​Last weekend, five girls competed in the Warwickshire Junior Inter-County Squash Championship finals at the University of Nottingham.

Congratulations to our Key Stage 3 badminton team who recently won the Birmingham School Games tournament! They did extremely well, winning all of their matches against the University of Birmingham School, Bishop Challoner and Camp Hill. They now progress to the next round of the competition in February.

​Congratulations to Sana Sibal in 3H for her string of successes in the Under 13 Badminton England Warwickshire County Bronze Tournament.

Congratulations to Shivani in the Lower Fourth for achieving her black belt in karate! Shivani, who has been learning karate since the age of five has just completed her 12 month black belt course, which incorporated coursework as well as intensive karate training.

Congratulations to Aditi in the Lower Fourth for her string of successes in a number of Badminton England Tournaments! Aditi, who recently won the Gold Medal in the Girls’ Singles Under 15 Tournament, is now ranked 11th in the Under 15 England Rankings and 148th for all ages and adults combined in the England rankings.

This season’s Hockey County Tournaments have seen some fantastic results from KEHS teams with the Under 16s achieving first place, the Under 14s placing second and the Under 18s coming in third place. Well done to all the teams who have now progressed into the Midland Rounds! Netball

​On Sunday 12th November, two KEHS teams competed in the UK Ultimate Juniors and Schools Women's Indoor Nationals in Wolverhampton. After a gruelling six-match day, during which the teams faced numerous current GB players, the Under 14 team placed 5th and the Under 17 team placed 8th.

On Thursday, eight of our Upper Fifth and Lower Sixth girls attended the Girls Go Gold Conference. Students from Girls Schools' Association member schools across the country gathered in Wimbledon for an inspiring day of elite sport, focusing on what it takes to be a high performing athlete in today’s world.