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00:33 Since the school first opened, it was built by the local community.
00:38 The Sikh community came together and created this school.
00:42 And it appealed to a very small group of people at that time.
00:47 I think as exam results came in, as people could see what the school was achieving,
00:52 not just in terms of exam results, but with our young people, the nurture and the love and the care that they received,
00:59 that reputation grew. And it has continued to grow.
01:04 Our results have continued to improve year on year, even through COVID, post-COVID.
01:10 We've had great success with those exam results.
01:14 And with that came, obviously, a desire to send children here.
01:20 So on average now, we have about 1,100 applications each year for 100 places.
01:26 So yeah, it's really changing and has changed, even in the four years that I've been here as well,
01:34 in terms of who we're getting into our school. But we welcome every single person.
01:39 I think what sets our admissions apart from other schools as well is we have children that come from around 45 different primary schools.
01:47 So we get a good group from our local primary school, which is about 40 students.
01:53 And then the other students that all come from around 45 of the primary schools from all over the West Midlands.
01:58 We're about creating this community of young people that are good people who treat each other with respect,
02:06 who are willing to learn from their mistakes. And we model that as adults in the school as well.
02:13 One of our virtues is humility. And I think parents and families see that when they come and visit us,
02:20 when they hear us talk, they understand that that's actually who we are.
02:25 And if that means that their child will also leave with great exam results, then that's fantastic.
02:31 But parents mostly want their children to be loved, nurtured, cared for, stretched, challenged.
02:39 And that's what they get when they come here.
02:42 The big thing about our curriculum is our faith-inspired and virtues led.
02:47 And each child and every member of staff has a passport. And in there are all our virtues.
02:52 And we use these in all our conversations.
02:55 So we have a virtue of the week, which we speak about in collective worship.
02:59 But when you're talking to a child, if a child gets something wrong, we talk about, we use this as a reflection tool on how they can improve.
03:08 Even our form names are Seven Compassion, Love, Humility, Truth.
03:14 So when you're saying, "Oh, Seven Humility, can you come over here?" We're using that language of virtues all the time.
03:21 So I think it's about putting the school you want first as your options, because if they fill the form,
03:29 then that would be the only small advice. And even that doesn't always play out.
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