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FOUNDED BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN 1722
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The Blue Coat School provides a stimulating environment and a wide variety of opportunities and experiences. We aim to nurture well-rounded, confident and articulate young men and women. The individual gifts of your child will be encouraged and celebrated within a community based on Christian values. All staff actively promote the fundamental British Values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
We welcome children from the age of 2 years to Buttons Nursery. Three-form entry in Pre-Prep moves to four-form entry in Prep, allowing for an intake into Year 3 at the age of 7 years. Entry to Prep is determined by an Entrance Test. Scholarships and means-tested Bursaries are available to internal and external candidates for entry to Year 3 each September.
The girls of St Margaret’s have been busying themselves since the Easter Break, when they were were presented with the “Fiver Challenge”. With a real entrepreneurial attitude the girls set about making their fivers work! They became supermarket bag packers, car and ambulance washers, bakers, sewing Bees, Buskers, marathon runners, readers, Pom-pom makers, card makers,…
Children in Pre-Prep have been very busy this week exploring different aspects of the world around them. The week began with a trip to Prep’s assembly where the theme of “Our World, Your World” was introduced. Activities have included using Google Earth to consider how we fit into the World, looking at how we can…
Day 1 A fantastic first day is coming to an end here at Colomendy and our Year 4s are smiling as they walk back down to the site after their night hike. The staff here at the Kingswood site engage with the children so well, and it didn’t take long to be out and about…
The Sorting Hat made an exciting appearance in the School Hall today to sort next year’s Year 3 into their new Houses! Both the current Blue Coat Year 2 children and new children from other schools took it in turns to have their place in the sorting spotlight. Would it be St George’s, St Philip’s,…
On our return from half-term holiday we decided to begin with attempting to secure a Guinness World Records™ title! The record-breaking project, spearheaded by Year 2 Co-ordinator, Mrs Nicola Wingfield, was a wonderful way to bring the whole school community together. From the youngest children in Buttons Nursery aged 2 years, to the senior pupils…
This morning we were delighted to welcome back former pupil Mike King who had arranged for a visit by thirty-nine students from Bao-Lai Junior High School and seven Year 6 pupils from Jian-Shan Primary School. The children sing in an Indigenous Taiwanese Choir and come from Kaohsiung in Southern Taiwan. Bao-Lai Junior High has only…
The children donned their best blue on Tuesday afternoon to mark our 297th Birthday with a wonderful Founders’ Day service at St Philip’s Cathedral. Our Year 6s reminded us of our School’s history, which began with the Revd William Higgs and his team back in 1722. The children acted out the story and reminded us…
After an early start on Bank Holiday Monday, Year 6 arrived at Château d’Ebblinghem. The château is set in a beautiful rural location 8km east of St Omer on the Opal Coast in northern France, just 45 minutes from the Channel Tunnel. The children soon began exploring the grounds and enjoying a scavenger hunt. A…
After a safe journey Year 5 arrived at Bushcraft, Cholmondeley Estate, Cheshire. There was much excitement as the children found out about their tribes and their tents. Tribes are the groups the children spend the day activities in, and their tent buddies are the ones the children chose together before they left. Alice, the Bushcraft…
CRICKET U9A Cricket v Solihull School Date: Tuesday 7th May Result: BCS win by 13 runs Most Valued Player: Dylan Ram Report: A brilliant start to the Cricket season saw the U9As comfortably take control of all aspects of the game against Solihull. Fielding first, Harris opened the bowling with a selection of fast and…
The Blue Coat School
Birmingham Limited
Somerset Road, Edgbaston
Birmingham
B17 0HR
Registered Charity No. 1152244
Tel: 0121 410 6800 – Main Reception
Tel: 0121 410 6807 - Admissions
Email: info@thebluecoatschool.com - General
admissions@thebluecoatschool.com - Admissions
