KING EDWARD VI CAMP HILL

'King Edward VI Camp Hill Boys' and 'King Edward VI Camp Hill Girls' () are a pair of grammar schools in Kings Heath, Birmingham. They are voluntary aided schools, part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI. The two single-sex schools are located on the same site; the buildings are connected and some facilities and activities are shared, but they are separate establishments. They are selective schools, but not private schools. They teach students from the ages of 11 to 18 (Year 7 to Year 13). The name comes from the previous location of the school at Camp Hill in central Birmingham. In 2006, Camp Hill boys celebrated 50 years at its current site in Kings Heath.

Contents

Admission

Shared Features

Facilities

Sports Hall

Dining Room

Camp Hill Boys

History

Specialist status

Headmaster

Sports

Houses

Notable Former Pupils

Camp Hill Girls

Specialist School Status

Headmistress

Houses

Awards

External links

Admission

Along with the other grammar schools in Birmingham, the Camp Hill schools grant admission to students based on their performance in the Eleven plus exam. About 90 to 120 places are available at each school for children leaving primary school, so there is a lot of competition for these places, as nearly 1000 people take the exam with Camp Hill Boys as first choice, and an even greater number for Camp Hill Girls. In addition, the pass mark for the 11+ exam is 350 out of 400. On average over 1000 children sit the exam for each school but only about 100 are actually accepted.

Shared Features

The two schools share the same site, to an extent, and share some major music events such as concerts, and occasional drama activities, such as plays and musicals. However they rarely have joint lessons. Both groups of pupils can use the two entrances to the grounds but most of the facilities are separated. The fields, tennis courts, playgrounds and the main school buildings are not shared. There is a swimming pool which is shared but boys never use it at the same time as the girls during lesson time. Sixth form social swim and swimming training is technically open to anyone although is more popular with the boys school due to the girls school not advertising these. The only shared part is the sixth form block, although technically the upstairs belongs to the girls school and the downstairs belongs to the boys school. Construction of a Joint Sports Hall was completed in September 2006 and is used by both boys and girls with a separation barrier. A shared dining room is being planned, due to be implemented in the latter half of the Autumn term 2007. At present there is also discussion about a shared playground. These discussions will now after building work ceases will be a reality

Facilities

The swimming pool has recently undergone major repair work after unexpected deterioration of the tiles and is now open. Both schools boast dedicated computer rooms, libraries, several science labs, art and design rooms, and of course many classrooms. Nearly all of the classrooms are equipped with smart boards and projectors. All the pupils also have their own email and home page that are used for communication.

Sports Hall

In October of 2006, the sports hall was officially opened, and is now available for use by students at both schools. The hall boasts a considerable amount of space, with two gyms, a mini-cafeteria, two classrooms on the second floor and a small drama studio. The building also includes a lift for the disabled. The facility is regarded as one of the best owned by a school in the UK, both visually and physically attractive. The school aims to increase the range of sporting activities they provide by introducing more extracurricular activities such as badminton and volleyball.

Dining Room

The school catering company is currently Alliance in Partnership, who hold the catering contract for all of the King Edward VI Foundation schools in Birmingham. As mentioned above, they hold plans for a shared dining room for later implementation. They also serve in the Sixth Form block at times. The dining room has been refurbished .

Camp Hill Boys

History

The boys' school was founded in January 1883 and operated for two terms on the New Street site of King Edward's School. It opened at its intended site at Camp Hill in Birmingham, near the city centre in September 1883, and moved to its current location, adjacent to Kings Heath Park, in 1956. Camp Hill Boys celebrated it's 50-year jubilee in 2007 with a concert at Symphony Hall and the burial of a time capsule to be opened in another 50 years time.

Specialist status

Camp Hill boys has been granted the status of Specialist College for Science and Humanities. Prior to this it had the status of joint Technology College with Wheelers Lane Boys School.

Headmaster

The headmaster of Camp Hill Boys is currently Vincent Darby, formerly deputy headmaster at King Edward VI Aston. Previous headmasters include Roger Dancey and the legendary Mervyn Brooker.

Sports

Being a rugby school, the main sport is rugby, followed by hockey. During the summer, athletics and cricket are also played. During gym lessons anything from basketball, fitness, judo, gymnastics or tennis are played. Sixth formers have the opportunity to play football during games, and seniors (Years 11–13) have the opportunity to play a wide variety of sports, including football, hockey, rugby, cricket, athletics, basketball, badminton, volleyball, table tennis, swimming, squash and tennis.In 2006-7 The Junior Atletics Team made it to the National Athletics Final and came 7th.

Houses

There are four houses, all named after families who fought in the War of the Roses — Seymour, Tudor, Beaufort and Howard. The houses also each have their own colour - Seymour are yellow, Tudor are green, Beaufort are red, and Howard are blue.
The winner of this year's house championship, after a long and tense battle, was Mr. Southworth's Beaufort. They pipped Tudor to first after an outstanding performance in Athlectics Standards and Athletics Sports Day. Howard managed to escape last place from Seymour by 2 points.

KECHB Houses

House	Colour	Head of house
Beaufort	Red	Mr Southworth
Howard	Blue	Mr Carman
Seymour	Yellow	Mr Bruten
Tudor	Green	Mr Nash

Notable Former Pupils

★ Alan Dedicoat, BBC announcer, newsreader

★ Richard Mottram, Permanent Secretary, Intelligence, Security and Resilience

Camp Hill Girls

Specialist School Status

Camp Hill Girls is a specialist school in Maths and IT. Because of this, IT long-course GCSE has become compulsory and AS Computing has been offered as a new GCSE option. Some of girls also get the chance to do Statistics at GCSE.It is currently located on Vicarage road and is next to the boys school. It is in the high top ten as one of the highest scoring grammar schools in the country. The school also promotes Maths and IT locally. In the past local pupils have been invited into school and have taken part in various Maths activities. There have been special maths days for Year 8 and for Year 7 also. Bacause of the IT status there has also been a new IT block created which consists of two new IT rooms which can facilitate up to sixty pupils.

Headmistress

The current headmistress is Mrs Drucilla James.

Houses

Camp Hill Girls have 6 houses called Cartland, Warwick, Priory, Meriden, Stratford and Lichfield.There are various house events throughout the year such has a house festival and house fair. In the house fair various houses have a stall set up in the hall selling items. The most attractive stall is given a prize and also the house that raises the most money wins. The house festival is like a talent competition between all the houses. It is judged by th teachers. Competitions range from singing to acting. There are also house sports competitions. House points are also awarded throughout the year. At the end of each academic year the House Cup is awarded to the best house.

KECHG Houses

House	Colour	House Captain	Deputy House Captain
Meriden	Red	Nathalie Key	Katie Salt
Cartland	Green	Heather Ainsworth	Zeinab Majid
Warwick	Dark Blue	Mara Livermore	Aditi Jaganathan
Priory	Yellow	Jenny Hopwood	Ruth Traynor
Lichfield	White	Rebekah Atkins	Claire Fooks
Stratford	Light Blue	Amraj Didially	Rosie Beamount-Thomas

Awards

Both schools consistently rank highly in the top state schools in the UK, and Camp Hill Boys was The Sunday Times' state school of the year of 2006.

External links

★ Camp Hill Girls official website

★ Camp Hill Boys official website