Category: Community

11th July 22

What a super weekend it has been to mark the 300th anniversary of the Blue Coat School. Complete with musical entertainment, all the fun of the fair, a spectacular fireworks display and a delicious lunch with special guest, Denise Lewis, it has certainly been a weekend to remember. We welcomed guests old and new, from…

30th June 22

The Eco-Committees from both Pre-Prep and Prep have been working hard towards the School’s Green Flag Award for this academic year. We are very pleased to say that we have successfully achieved this! Eco-Schools were impressed with the work the children, both those in the Eco-Committee and throughout the school, have completed to improve the…

30th June 22

Our TED debating group has participated in the KES debating challenge this year. After a series of in-school debates in the Michaelmas Term, Chloe and Sofia in Year 6 were selected as the Blue Coat team. The girls have made enormous progress over the course of the year, and developed their critical thinking and rhetorical…

28th June 22

A glorious evening of cricket was enjoyed by parents, staff and old scholars!

10th June 22

“WOW WOW WOW!” This was Reverend Allcock’s reaction at the end of a superb celebratory assembly given by the boys of St Philip’s and St George’s Houses to start their charity day. Incredibly the boys have already raised over £10,000 towards the St Martin’s Youth Centre in the heart of the Highgate area of Birmingham….

20th May 22

BCS took part in ‘Walk to School Week’, from Monday 16 May to Friday 20 May. As part of the initiative, we encouraged all children to either walk, cycle or scooter their way into or home from school. Walking has so many benefits from physical to mental wellbeing; aiding concentration and creativity and creating safer,…

4th April 22

On the final day of term, pupils and staff across the whole school donned t-shirts designed by our Art and DT Technician, Miss Moore. The artwork features the Ukraine flag and a sunflower, the country’s national flower, which has become a symbol of peace, resistance and solidarity in the face of atrocity. We are delighted…

25th March 22

As part of Blue Coat’s Community Outreach project, the Board Games and Gardening TED groups went into the local community and planted some lovely daffodils and bluebells along a small stretch of land on the Harborne Walkway. The children had to clear a section, before working with Mr Allmark to dig the right sized holes…

18th March 22

After two years of restrictions imposed by COVID, it was wonderful to have the BCS community back in full force, bringing together children of all ages, family members of all generations, and BCS pupils past and present. The aim was to raise a significant sum of money for Edward’s Trust and St Martin’s Youth &…

11th March 22

On Friday 4th March, as part of Blue Coat’s Community Outreach project, the photography TED group completed a litter pick on the Harborne Walkway. Equipped with gloves and litter picking sticks, the children tackled the task with enthusiasm, showing the BCS Values throughout the afternoon. Overall, we managed to collect two full bags of litter,…