Thank you for your interest in Bishop Vesey's Grammar School. We trust that you will find our school to be a lively forward looking and dynamic institution, which leads all who live and work here to a new vision of their potential. Our beliefs, principles and values are central to the culture of our school; and to what has become known as the 'Vesey Experience'. Through the information in this website, we hope to give you a glimpse of the nature of life at Bishop Vesey's

Launching Team Vesey 2010!

Calling All Runners (and potential runners)!!

On your marks! Get set!...............

Our aim is to have a team of at least 100 participants (parents, teachers, students, governors and friends of the school) to run(or jog or walk!) in this year’s Sutton Fun Run with the ultimate target of raising £5,000+ through individual sponsorship, for school investment funds: funds that will help to support the school’s and parents’ aspirations for student achievement in academic, sports and cultural activities.

Of course we won’t leave it all to you!

Bishop Vesey’s is the
Champion School
for “Escape from Genopolis” by T.E.Berry-Hart in the KS3 Escapes Book Award.

The plot is set in the future, in a world where the City of Genopolis is run by a super race who feel no pain or emotions.

Arlo is a “Natural” and Usha is a “Gemini” slave, and both are on the run from the authorities…will they ever be safe?

Listen to the podcast, created by a group of year 8 boys to find out more, and DON’T FORGET TO VOTE and support our champion read.

Sixth Form students at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School have been helping charity Strip Amnesty to collect football kits to send out to South Africa for this year's football World Cup.

"The Strip Amnesty started out as an initiative that would enable our city to show its social responsibility on the international stage. The concept was to collect "redundant" football shirts from fans of our local clubs and then get them shipped to South Africa for distribution to underprivileged children during the World Cup later this year" said Chloe Jones of Strip Amnesty who supplied both posters and a collection box to the school.

"It's a very worthwhile cause," said Bishop Vesey Sixth Former Andrew Cotterill. "We've been trying to get involved by encouraging children to bring in their shirts to help children who are less fortunate than them. We've been doing assemblies and getting the message around the whole school in the hope of raising as many kits as possible for a fairly unknown charity who are trying to do a lot of good purely through goodwill."

The school wishes to extend thanks to Boldmere Falcons Junior Football Club for their incredibly generous donation of over 50 shirts. Thanks go to Steve Tregenna, Simon Moore and David Griffiths for assembling the collection.

If you would like to donate to this cause, you can send any strips to: Shoosmiths, 125 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 3SH. You can also call 03700 864 217 for more information or visit www.stripamnesty.org.

 

The sessions are open to all Year 11 students and any new additions will be very welcome. Free refreshments will also be available.
This week's session will focus on Poems From Other Cultures.

Poem of the Week

 

 

Visiting Author - Mark Walden

Mark Walden, the author of the popular H.I.V.E. series came into school  on 24 November. Mark spoke to students in Years 7.8 and 9.

Also, below is the link to Connexions : 'Which Way Now'
http://www.connexions-direct.com/whichwaynow/  

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Community Cohesion Through Rugby

 See the full report on Sky Sports
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'Invictus' is now showing in cinemas

Hockey Champions

U18 Warwickshire County Champions at Hockey.

On Tuesday 2 February BVGS emerged with the County Champions Trophy following victories over Rugby School 1 - 0 in the semi final and KES, Birmingham 1 - 0 in the final. This is a tremendous result and was last achieved by the school back in 1986. congratulations to all team members and coaches Chris Howell, Head of Hockey and James Rostron.

At the water-logged West Midlands Championship meeting in the War Memorial park, Coventry there were two superb performances from Vesey runners.
Sam Watkins (9B) came fourth in the U14 race and Kieran Smith (MSL) came fifth in the U19 event.  Conditions underfoot were energy-sapping and both runners showed tremendous qualities of grit and determination. 
Final selection for the English Schools Championship at Heaton Park, Manchester will be made after the Inter-Counties race at Rutland on 6 February.

The BVGS Allotment

The Environmental Team is working hard to make BVGS a green EcoSchool. we have already achieved Bronze Award EcoSchools and will be busy over spring half term preparing an allotment site in the school grounds.

We would like to ask for support and donations for our green cause for the following;

• plant seeds or plugs
• compost
• water butts
• 2 wheelbarrows

Please e-mail the team on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to discuss delivery to school of the donations.