Hillcrest has won the top scoring newcomer award in the CyberFirst Girl's Competition 2024 and 3rd place in the West Midlands for highest score. Well done to all of the Year8 CS students who participated, in particular Nica, Zaria, Simreet & Hiranya who got the most points in the school!

The school is closed during the half-term holidays.

We wish all of our students and their families a safe and relaxing break and look forward to seeing you when we reopen on Monday 4th November 2024 at 08:45am.

If you have a safeguarding concern, please refer to the useful links below to access the support you may need. 

If you are a student and/or parent and are in need of additional support for your well-being or mental health, please refer any of the organisations below:

Kooth - https://www.kooth.com/

Forward Thinking Birmingham - https://forwardthinkingbirmingham.nhs.uk/ or ring 0300 300 0099

Young Minds - https://www.youngminds.org.uk/

You can also use the Waiting Room to find information on a range of support services in Birmingham, including housing and financial support -   https://the-waitingroom.org/

If you require immediate assistance, please contact the Samaritans or call 999 in an emergency. If you require support from Birmingham Children's Services please ring 0121 303 1888. 

Additionally, you can access further support by visiting http://www.hillcrest.bham.sch.uk/keeping-children-safe

Dear Parents/Carers,

The Birmingham Admissions Team removes all applicants from the waiting lists across all schools at the start of every school year. If you were on our waiting list in 2023-24, you are  welcome to reapply for the new school year 2024-25 now. If you would like to reapply, please fill in an ‘In-Year Application Form’ and bring this into our reception.

Kind regards

Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre