Where Does 250 Years Get You? On June 16th 2015 Jasper Carrott unveiled a plaque at Moseley School to mark his 70th birthday. In attendance were three of his closest school friends; Bev Bevan, Tony Lewis and Phil Ackrill together … Continue reading
Press Release from Moseley School We are pleased to announce that the Governors of Moseley School interviewed for a new Headteacher to succeed Mr Jansen, who is leaving at the end of the year to lead a group of schools … Continue reading
We are very sad and shocked to report on the sudden death of our Membership Secretary, Vic Corner, on 25th April 2015. Vic was a much liked and hard working member of the MA Committee and his loss will leave … Continue reading
The Spring 2015 Gazette comes in at a whopping 20 pages and is packed full of information and articles about the people and buildings associated with Moseley School and it’s many predecessors. The Gazette is available now for members to … Continue reading
Letter sent to parents, Thursday 5th March 2015 From: Ms Patricia Beanland OBE, Chair of Governors Dear Parents/Carers, I write to you as Chair of the Governing Body of Moseley School to bring you up to date with the … Continue reading
Sir Douglas Hague, born October 20 1926, died February 1 2015 Economist who helped Mrs Thatcher to get to grips with monetarist and free market theory Sir Douglas Hague, who has died aged 88, was one of Margaret Thatcher’s earliest … Continue reading
Harry Arthur (aka Camp-Simpson) Simpson Congratulations to Harry who celebrates his 100th birthday on 16th December. Harry attended Moseley Grammar School from 1925 to 1929 but it took him a further 83 years to join the Moseleians Association which he … Continue reading
It is with sadness that we report Derek Mayman BEM passed away last week after a short illness. Derek, who was 93 led our part in helping to secure the future of the Spring Hill College building, as well as … Continue reading
Close relatives of Birmingham WW1 veterans, on 8th November 2014, planted trees in their memory at Moseley School, Birmingham, the barracks where volunteers who fought as the 16th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment were trained in 1914. It was the first … Continue reading
The BBC were filming a drama, WPC56 at Moseley School, Spring Hill College on 27th October 2014 and there was a little bit of type-casting going on!!! On 31st October 2014 BBC Midlands Today ran an item about how popular … Continue reading
Our Autumn 2014 Gazette covered the story of the 3rd Birmingham Pals and the time they spent at Spring Hill College training for their part in World War 1. Private Frank Brazier, C Company, 16th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, father … Continue reading
Internet marketing consultant Shamus Mahmood’s fast-moving high tech world has not prevented his spotting a precious link with an age when communication was a great deal more leisurely. And the evidence, which he has presented to the Moseleians Association, not … Continue reading
The latest edition of The Moseleian Gazette hit members letter boxes this week with sixteen packed pages. The Moseleians Gazette is a twice yearly magazine sent FREE to association members and contains a mixture of anecdotes from the past, articles … Continue reading
It’s a proud autumn for Moseley School with two nominations being put forward for this year’s awards – both involving cricket. Moeen Ali is a left handed batsman and off-spin bowler played county cricket for Warwickshire after leaving Moseley School … Continue reading
Following the announcement of its most successful A Level results ever, Moseley School was again celebrating as news of its best-ever GCSE results emerged. An impressive 66% of students achieved an A* to C in GCSE English Language and 61% … Continue reading
Mikhail Huggins, former Moseley School pupil and Head Boy, took part in the formal proceedings of the 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Glasgow, as a support athlete for Libby Clegg, who is partially sighted. Together they recited their commitment … Continue reading
England cricketer and former pupil Moeen Ali revisits Moseley School to reflect on his life there and how it influenced his fine start to Test cricket with England. … Continue reading
Congratulations to Mohammed Bilal Razwan, winner of the 2014 Maurice Paramore Award For Outstanding Citizenship, sponsored by The Moseleians Association. Awards in the form of tokens were awarded to nominees from all eight Moseley School houses with Bilal from Nuffield … Continue reading
Moseleians chairman Richard Cobb presented flowers and gift vouchers to two of Moseley School long serving staff who retired this week with 33 year behind them. Debbie Lowe, Head of Health and Social Care has been at Moseley School for … Continue reading
Former Moseley School teacher and local author, Rod Ling, donated copies of his recently published novel, If These Walls Could Whisper, to the school for use within the curriculum. A group of students, teachers and some members of the Moseleians … Continue reading
After several months of hard graft and head scratching the new Moseleians website has finally gone live. The new site introduces a range of exciting features including 100’s of never before published gallery photographs, several new you tube videos, articles … Continue reading
The surprise selection for the opening Test against Sri Lanka is hoping to cause more by bowling the elusive doosra The Islamic communities of Birmingham have had weightier matters to consider this week, but they may find light relief in … Continue reading
On the 70th anniversary of the D Day landings – an event when fair weather was critical – a group of Moseley School staff, students and community were joined by a leading scholar of weather studies to officially launch … Continue reading
In memory of Maurice Paramore who passed away in 2013, the Association are sponsoring annual awards to school students who have shown particular distinction in community engagement – either in school or the wider community outside. There will be 8 … Continue reading
Former Moseley School teacher and local author, Rod Ling, has donated copies of his recently published novel, If These Walls Could Whisper, to the school for use within the curriculum. A group of students, teachers and some members of the … Continue reading
FROM THE TRUSTEES OF THE OLD GROUSE COTTAGE TO THE HEADMASTER AND STAFF OF MOSELEY SCHOOL May 2014 Dear Headmaster, Re: The Old Grouse Cottage. Cymro Road. Gilwern. Abergavenny NP7 OHH The Trustees of The Old Grouse Cottage, often referred … Continue reading
Sport England and Lottery grants funds for new Moseley School sports facility Moseley School has been granted a sizeable Lottery contribution of £445,000, awarded by Sport England, towards a new, more environmentally-sustainable community sports hall on its site. The facility … Continue reading
Was this the most successful First XV? The Moseley School 1st XV Rugby team of 1976-77 won all the matchs on the fixture list except one, which was drawn. The only loss, not on the fixture list, was to King … Continue reading
The ever active MA Archive Team spent a sunny Tuesday afternoon in April cleaning up the roof of Moseley Schools iconic 120 foot tower in preparation for the grand switch-on of the met station in May. … Continue reading
A special appeal made in the spring 2014 Gazette for association members to help sponsor year 7 pupils for a residential course in Staffordshire has so far raised a total of £640 – enough to sponsor eight pupils.
Can you shed light on this badge? A badge, measuring 42mm x 42mm, and made from some form of very light alloy was found in Spring Hill College (former Moseley Grammar School buildings) during the 1990’s restoration. According to the … Continue reading
During the 2012 refurbishment of Spring Hill College the school honours boards were taken down and stored for safe keeping in the Moseleians archive. We would now like to get them up to date and awaiting details of a new … Continue reading
We are looking for contributors for our twice yearly magazine. All contributions are welcome including articles, memories, comments, letters/emails, thoughts, reminisces, photo’s etc. Articles don’t just need to be about the school or your time there. send to: gazette@moseleians.co.uk … Continue reading
In glorious sunshine Moseley School finally opened its doors to a bright new future. In the early summer sunshine of June 2013 and, as the two year building project at Moseley School neared its conclusion, Moseley’s new school building was … Continue reading
A memorial mosaic which replaces a doorway left ‘hanging’ by recent building works and funded by the bequest of David Marks, who was a pupil at Moseley from 1948 to 1953, has been unveiled. David, who passed away in 2012, … Continue reading
In November 2013 Richard Cobb was elected Chairman of the Moseleians Association and we wish him every success in his new role. … Continue reading