KEVI Handsworth Wood Girls’ Academy House System is an integral part of Academy life where students develop a sense of pride and belonging through having access to a wide range of healthy competitions each half term. 

Every student is assigned to a house group when they join the Academy and are encouraged to show team spirit through participating in house competitions, encouraging others to become involved and supporting one another in these half-termly events.  

The House System provides pupils with the opportunity to learn, develop and master a range of skills that will help to create lifelong interests, whilst building positive relationships, confidence, self-esteem and resilience.  We encourage all students at King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls’ Academy participate in as many house competitions as possible to help develop these important character skills.

The House System is overseen by the Director of Character and Personal Development, and the House Co-Ordinator.  Each house group has a dedicated House Captain who promotes and encourages engagement in house competitions across all year groups.  House Captains will plan and lead their own house competitions termly.

The House Groups – KS3 & 4

Key Stage 3 & 4 have six houses in each year group.   These houses have been named after inspirational female role models in sport.  

The House Groups – KS5

The Sixth Form Students have four house groups.  These houses have been named after inspirational women within history.

House Captains at HWGA

Ennis – Zaynab Yahia 11E

Guha – Ayra Enver Hoxsha 10G

Holmes – Salome Erikowa 11H

MacArthur – Nazia Akhtar 11M

Pendleton – Marufa Begum 13P

Simmonds – Laiba Zaheer 10S

Parks & Arc – Marufa Begum

Bedi & Teresa – Mediha Rahman

House Rewards

Students who demonstrate commitment to their house by participating in house events receive house points on Arbor.  Students who show regular commitment will be able to progress to achieve their Half and Full colour Awards. Additional house points are awarded for 1^st to  6^th place entries, with the student receiving a prize if they come 1^st in a competition:

1^st place = 60 points

2^nd place = 50 points

3^rd place = 40 points

4^th place = 30 points

5^th place = 20 points

6^th place = 10 points

All of the house points are added together at the end of the academic year and the house with the highest number of points will win over all .  This house group is congratulated with the House Trophy.

The House Competition Schedule

Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Autumn 1 House Art Wildlife Competition House Football Competition Textiles Competition Creative Writing Competition European Day of Languages Quiz Black History Month Quiz     Autumn 2 Christmas Card Competition House Benchball Competition Christmas Poetry House Photography Christmas Maths Challenge House STEM Competition STEM Logo Competition Christmas Quiz	Spring 1 House badminton Design Technology – model making (stadium design) Poetry Slam Art Landscape Competition Maths Puzzle General knowledge quiz     Spring 2 House Dodgeball Competition The Big February Quiz Rate my bake Design a model Stadium Design a book cover Competition The Maksed Reader Competition Readathon Song Writer Superstar Manga and Graphic Novel Drawing Competition	Summer 1 House Rounders Maths Puzzle The Summer Extravaganza Quiz House Music competition Coding Competition STEM Competition – Building bridges Young Writers Summer 2 Sports Day Maths Challenge/Countdown Debating Competition Chess Competition House Photography Masterchef Orienteering     There is still more to be confirmed in the summer term!