Solihull School Shenstonian 2012/2013 40 years of girls at Solihull School Shenstonian 2013 Shenstonian 2013 Teaching Staff Contents 2012/2013 1970 2002 S R Hifle; N J Atkins; C I Mayer Headmaster’s Report & Heads of School ............................................... Page 2 1971 N A Cluley 2003 M Smith; P J Higley; H E Pike; T J Bryan; K A Powell; A R Lancaster; M Bishop; 1972 Development and Alumni Relations ............................................................. Page 6 M P Penney; J Johnson; C Greswold; 1973 V Taylor University and College Entries 2012 ............................................................. Page 10 1974 2004 A Bussey; D L Buckle; O W H Bate; D A Farrington; S Thomas; S A Crowther; 1975 Valetes ............................................................................................................................................... Page 12 S J Phillips (Nov) 1976 2005 S J Thompson; G J Affleck (Jan); Junior School Art .................................................................................................................. Page 18 1977 S G Mitchell; N E Corbett; N Cheetham; G Cureton 1978 The Junior School ............................................................................................................... Page 20 1979 M A Barrett 2006 A Jones; P G May; J Wilde; D W Jenkinson; J J Grandrieux; Third Form and Shell Form Art ........................................................................... Page 34 1980 D L Trim (Jan) 1981 J J Nickson 2007 J E Humphreys; R A Atkinson School Chapel ......................................................................................................................... Page 36 1982 2008 D G Morgan (Jan); P E Morgan; 1983 P D Brattle H J Middleton; O R Anderton; Fourth Form and Lower Fifth Art ...................................................................... Page 40 E A M Campbell; H E P Smith; P Cramb 1984 P J Irving 2009 D L Hemp (Jan); H M Smith; D R Harford Music ................................................................................................................................................... Page 42 1985 J Troth 2010 D E J J Lloyd; O M Walker; L C Wolsey; 1986 B M E Rossay-Gilson; D E Penney; Upper Fifth Art ......................................................................................................................... Page 48 1987 L A Benge L J Lynch; P F Spratley; S R Phillips; H J Walsh Performing Arts ...................................................................................................................... Page 50 1988 L M Fair 2011 H C Johnson (Jan); S T Baddeley; 1989 C L Black; D J Brough; S L S Compton; Lower Sixth Art ....................................................................................................................... Page 56 1990 M J Covill T B Emmet; E H Ford; E J Hadley; M Partridge; K R Sykes Societies, Visitors and Academic Success ........................................... Page 58 1991 D Reardon; S J Perrins; S A Morgan 2012 L J Rutherford; B Sandford-Smith; 1992 R Morgan (Jan); R E Airdrie; N L Evans; Lower Sixth Photography ........................................................................................... Page 76 1993 S E Foster; C H Goodman; J C Hanlon; L M Harper; E J Johnson; J L Mander; Languages and Cultural Exchanges ............................................................ Page 78 1994 H Dolby; A C Roll; N W S Leonard; S S Sawicki; C W Thomas; L M Thomas; M J Garner D Wilcox Upper Sixth Art ....................................................................................................................... Page 86 1995 D H Wild 1996 Sport .................................................................................................................................................... Page 88 1997 A C Hutchinson; L J Brough Upper Sixth Photography ........................................................................................... Page 112 1998 C Steele; U Mynette; A M Vaughan Travel and Trips .................................................................................................................... Page 114 1999 P J Davies; P R Jackson; M P Babb; S A Hart; E Cassano Teams of the Week ........................................................................................................... Page 132 2000 2001 J S Brown; P G Gunning; R R Hadley-Leonard; M Worrall; E R Hurst Editor: Peter Spratley Designed and Printed by Hill Shorter Limited Shenstonian 2013 At A-Level, we achieved 83% A* - B grade and matched our Veterinary Science or Dentistry at university. Paul is with us best ever performance at A* - A grade with 58%, putting us this year on a part-time basis to coach and induct a new 2 fi rmly in the top 100 independent schools nationally according Medics Coordinator and maintain momentum in this important 3 to The Daily Telegraph. 52 pupils achieved 3 or more A* - A part of school life. grades and 11 pupils are going to Oxford or Cambridge, with 3 going to Oxford to read Medicine. I’m sure you will The Rev Canon Niall Cluley joined in 1971 as a teacher of join me in congratulating pupils and staff for their hard work Economics and has also been Housemaster of Pole House, Ist and dedication. Regardless of role, all staff are demonstrably XV rugby coach, a prolifi c writer for the rock music press and committed to providing Solihull School pupils with the best latterly, Head of Careers. Moreover, he remains a Magistrate foundation upon which to build successful and happy adult and a member of the Renewal Christian Centre, recently lives. celebrating his Doctorate as a Biblical Scholar. Niall has given his working life to Solihull School and service of this kind is an At the end of last term we said farewell to a number of staff. example to us all. Sam Baddeley (Classics and Windsor, 1998-2005) and Lydia Wolsey (Design Technology) left us after relatively short Sir Alex Ferguson once said of Manchester United: ‘It is spells, with Sam winning a prestigious scholarship at Oxford important to me to leave an organisation in the strongest University, researching New Testament Greek and Hebrew, and possible shape and I believe I have done so’. Well, the same Lydia setting up her own jewellery-making business. and more can be said of Solihull School and its leavers. Thank Eric Hadley (Languages), Jacques Grandrieux (Languages), you and bon voyage to all! Lindsay Brough (Junior School), Paul Brattle (Biology) and Niall Cluley (Careers) all retired and have notched up an impressive I don’t think members of the Old Silhillians’ Association 104 years service between them! If Niall wins the gold medal would attack me for stating that the relationship between the for 42 years, silver goes to Paul for 30 years and bronze to School and OSA is currently purposeful and exciting. The Lindsay for 23 years. OSA offi ce in the Leonard Stevens Building (formerly the Old Music School) is increasingly busy and our fi rst ever Director of Lindsay fi rst welcomed girls to the School in 2005, laying the Development and Alumni Relations, Alison Bond, is 9 months foundations for the successful transition to coeducation at into the job. All leavers now become automatic life members Solihull and under her leadership the Junior School has grown of the Association and Alison is successfully establishing in size from 143 to its current 209 pupils. Congratulations go university, regional, international and occupational alumni to Mark Penney, formerly Deputy Head of the Junior School, groups with more and more pupils benefi tting from work on his appointment as Lindsay’s successor. experience offered by former pupils. We are very grateful to our alumni for enriching the pupil experience and the message Paul has worked tirelessly in the Biology and Sports we are increasingly emphasising is that when pupils join the departments for three decades, and more recently established Solihull School community they are making a lifetime decision, and ran our very successful Medics Programme. This is the with a seamless transition at 18 from Silhillian to ‘Old Silhillian’. Against this ever-changing backdrop Solihull School continues envy of many schools, identifying aspiring medics and helping When we appoint our new Careers Advisor, the brief will be to Headmaster’s Report to provide stability for over 1000 pupils and their families. them to prepare thoroughly and successfully for Medicine, provide careers guidance across the whole School, beginning Our results go from strength to strength and amidst gloomy national reporting we have achieved some of our best ever In last year’s Shenstonian, I made reference to the ever-shifting results. At GCSE, we achieved a record-busting 77% A* - A education landscape and 12 months on it is fair to say that grade, beating our previous best by 5%. 10 pupils achieved schools are still grappling with change at a national level. 10 or more A* grades, 25 pupils achieved 8 or more A* grades Modularity at GCSE has gone; pupils are now embarking on and 38 pupils achieved 10 or more A* - A grades. We are linear courses akin to those many parents themselves will delighted with these results, particularly given that this is the have followed, and a return to linearity at A-Level is not far fi rst year of the higher entry threshold for our Sixth Form. For behind. As Headmaster and parent, what does cause me many years we have stipulated 6 B grades at GCSE, but from some concern with change of this nature is consistency of now