In a remarkable achievement, 14 pupils have been invited to the prestigious "Millionaire's Club" after reaching an extraordinary milestone — reading half a million words in one term. This accomplishment highlights their dedication, passion for reading, and commitment to self-improvement. The "Millionaire's Club" is a recognition reserved for pupils who demonstrate exceptional reading habits, and to mark their success, the pupils were invited to a special celebration — the "Millionaire's Breakfast." Held in the school’s iCentre, the breakfast’s menu was simple yet indulgent: a comforting hot chocolate paired with a flaky pastry. In addition to this tasty treat, pupils also received a Millionaire’s certificate and a token for the book vending machine. Congratulations to all the Millionaires and we hope that this programme will motivate other pupils to read more.

Barr Beacon School are proud to announce the performance of Matilda Jr on Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th February 2025 at Barr Beacon School Hall at 6pm. Tickets are available via WEDUC and are £3.

Doors will be open at 5.45pm for you to view the Matilda inspired work from across the school. We do hope you can join us to support the wonderful talent and hard work of the Performing Arts pupils at Barr Beacon School.

We are proud of our pupils’ resilience to commit to excellent attendance because we know it can make such a difference to pupils’ achievement. At Barr Beacon School, we recognise this resilience with awards for 100% attendance for the Autumn Term and the opportunity to enter our prize draw to win vouchers.

Congratulations to all pupils who received their certificate and also entered our prize draw - and ‘well done’ to those pupils who were lucky enough to win vouchers. We look forward to our pupils showing their resilience again in Spring to once again have excellent attendance together at Barr Beacon School.

On Wednesday 8th January, Lincoln University came to Barr Beacon to deliver a Dance workshop to a selection of our Year 9 pupils. The session began with pupils learning some contemporary dance techniques, before learning a contemporary dance phrase. Pupils then worked together in groups to complete choreography challenges. Lincoln Uni staff had primarily planned to give each group 3 challenges each. However, our students showed a high level of skill and ambition, resulting in them completing even more challenges!

Our exceptional staff put on a Pantomime performance for each House today. Oh yes they did! A huge ‘thank you’ to the staff who made today so memorable for our pupils with a pantomime performance of ‘Robin Hood’. All the planning and rehearsing paid off as  all pupils enjoyed the performance on the last day of term before Christmas.

A group of Year 7 pupils enjoyed a visit to the annual Christmas Lectures at University of Birmingham. Pupils attended two engaging sessions. The first was themed around Christmas, where pupils learnt about the evolution of Christmas and how cracker jokes are created, before having a go at making their own. We then moved on to a lecture about space travel, where lecturers discussed if we should live on the moon. Finally, pupils enjoyed a tour of the university and were surprised by its scale and the amount of extra services on offer, such as societies, sports pitches and event their own train station.

A massive ‘thank you’ to everyone who generously donated items for our Food Bank collection. All donations were collected today and Great Barr Food Bank were so grateful for everything we have supplied as a school community. Around 150 people are currently using Great Barr Food Bank each week so we will be making a huge difference to our community around Christmas time.