Indira in the Thirds and Sophie in Lower Fourth have both been selected for the U13 Warwickshire County Cricket squad. Isabella in Lower Fourth has achieved a place in the Warwickshire U13 Netball Academy. Huge congratulations to the girls; we are looking forward to seeing what 2021 brings!
We’ve had a wave of fantastic netball success in recent days. Arya has been selected for the U17 Severn Stars Nova Academy, and Dhaksha also in our U16 team, has not only been chosen for the U17 Loughborough Lightning Academy, but is also a new member of their Development Squad. We’ve also heard some...
The Sports Department are really missing the girls, their humour and energy. The girls are also missing their PE teachers!
In line with the community spirit of both the KEHS and KES school's student body, Charlie, Ella and Hanna from Lower Sixth have been undertaking a cycling fundraising challenge to raise money for NHS charities.
KEHS girls have been staying active throughout the lockdown period by participating in a variety of challenges set up by the Sports Department.
As the netball and hockey season comes to an end, we are proud of the sporting achievements of all the girls who have participated in both sports. Overall, we have played 88 fixtures and entered our teams for 17 tournaments. Our netballers finished the season winning 72% of their fixtures and scoring 1159 goals!...
Last week, our Sixth Form Sports Committee set up the PE Department’s gym bikes in the Entrance Hall to undertake a static charity cycle ride to raise money for Langa Hockey Club in South Africa. The aim was to cycle 1917 km from the northern most part of South Africa, Messina, down to Cape Agulhas in Cape Town...
It has been a good term for fencing at KEHS. In February, Ella, Hannah and Melissa all qualified for the British Youth Championships, one of the UK’s largest fencing competitions. At the qualifying competition, in the Under 16 girls’ foil, Hannah was placed 3rd whilst Melissa achieved 2nd place. In the Under 18...
On Saturday 7th March, we hosted the annual Society of Heads hockey tournament, involving six schools. Our Under 13A team got off to a great start by winning their group and making it through to the cup competition. The Under 13B team also did well and made it through to compete in the plate competition...
On Saturday 7th March, Erin, Annalisa, Sumayyah, Lily, Evelyn, Nidhi, Ava and Jessie competed in the Rookie Lifesaving competition at Droitwich Leisure Centre. They faced some really strong and challenging teams, excelling in the ‘torpedo buoy relay’ where they achieved first place. Overall, our team came a...
On Tuesday 3rd March, KEHS hosted a mini Under 13 hockey tournament involving Edgbaston High School, Sutton Girls’ School and KE Fiveways. In the first match against Sutton Girls, our team conceded an early goal and ultimately lost the match 1-0. However, in the second game of the tournament, Skye fantastic...
On Thursday 27th February, the KEHS swimming team, comprising of Imogen, Ruby, Abigail, Audrey, Neave, Skye, Emily and Maisie, competed against KE Five Ways, KE Camp Hill and KE Handsworth in the annual Minchin Cup swimming competition. There were many individual successes during the event...
On Monday 2nd March, the Under 12A and Under 12B netball teams competed in the annual county tournament. Despite the weather and some tough competition, both teams played really well but missed out on qualification for the Semi-Finals.
On Thursday 27th February, our Under 15 netball team competed in the ‘Sisters n Sport’ National Plate Quarter Finals at Loughborough High School. We knew it would be a difficult competition from the start. However, the team were outstanding and won the competition; they will now face Bolton High School in the Semi...
Following her impressive performance at the Warwick 50s in January, Skye has been selected to represent KEHS at the English Schools' Swimming Association National Championships. Good luck to Skye who will be competing in the Championships this weekend!
During February half term, 19 upper school students visited Cape Town in South Africa for a sports tour. The tour consisted of various tourist attractions as well as hockey and netball games. We won both hockey games against Langa and Pineland, as well as one netball match against St Cyprians. As well as playing...
On 14th February, our Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 badminton teams competed against Camp Hill Girls and King Edward’s Handsworth. Both teams got off to a great start winning all their games against Handsworth. Camp Hill provided much tougher opposition and our Key Stage 4 team just missed out on qualification
Our gymnasts have been very busy with competitions over the past couple of weeks and have executed some fantastic performances on both the floor and vault. In the Birmingham Schools Competition on Wednesday 5th February, both of our teams performed extremely well, with Maya, Shalu, Lily, Rosie and...
On Thursday 6th February, our Under 12 and Under 13 swimming teams headed to Warwick School to compete in the Warwick 50s. Overall, we were placed 10th out of 16 schools, which is a great result from our girls given that, for a number of them, it was the first time they had taken part in a competitive event...
On Friday 31st January, five girls from the Lower School competed in the Birmingham Schools Novice Gymnastics Competition at Edgbaston High School. Despite it being most of the girls' first competition, they held their nerves well and performed brilliantly on both the floor and the vault, managing to come away...
On Tuesday 4th February, we took two Under 13 netball teams to the annual county tournament at Sutton Girls’ High School. Our Under 13 B team showed great skill and determination, and just missed out on a place in the semi-finals by one point! Our Under 13 A team managed to win all their games in the group...
On Sunday 26th January, our Under 19, Under 16 and Under 14 netball teams represented Birmingham in the annual regional tournament. All three teams knew they would have to play some of their best ever netball in order to qualify for the national tournament. Our Under 14 team played really well throughout the day...
It has been a very busy and successful start to 2020 for Amira, our super talented cross country athlete. On 4th January, she achieved second place in the Warwickshire County Championships, qualifying for the County Team for the Inter-county National Championships. She was also placed second in the West Midlands...
On 30th November, Lina travelled to London to complete a three hour karate exam, consisting of basic moves and fighting. Lina showed some excellent skill and successfully achieved her Dan Black Belt. Well done Lina!