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Partnerships


Bablake is proud to have an impressive number of local and national partnerships.

If you are interested in a partnership opportunity as an individual or for your charity, company, school or organisation, please contact the school on 02476 271 200 or email info@bablake.coventry.sch.uk

Primary School Partnerships

We have many Primary partners, who visit us for activities, sports or arts events or who take up our offer of specialist teaching workshops on their site, including, for example, St. Osburg’s which has regular language teaching from Bablake 6th form pupils, and has also attended several arts and sports events at the school.

Bablake Outreach Programme

Arts Award

The Arts Award inspires young people to grow their arts and leadership talents: it's creative, valuable and accessible. Bablake Music department has been running the Arts Award for 3 years, and we have had several successful moderations at all levels. There are 3 levels of Award- Bronze, Silver and Gold; all levels offer opportunities to create and perform in Music, Dance, Drama, Art, Textiles and Photography. There is a real focus on independent learning in the arts, and as pupils progress through the levels, they increasingly offer chances to lead arts activities for others.

Arts Award

Bablake Wines

Bablake Wines is a local company, established in 1929 by Vincent Wyles; members of his family still run the business today from the purpose-built Coventry headquarters. In 2013, Bablake Wines began supplying Bablake School with our own labelled wines for functions, reunions, concerts and of course for visitors and parents to purchase directly. The ‘1344’ has been a great success and has attracted many positive comments!

Browse Bablake Wines

Cambridge Chemistry Challenge

Bablake Chemistry department enters this Cambridge University organised challenge; the competition aims to stretch and challenge students interested in chemistry, and provides an excellent experience for anyone considering taking their studies further. Set by an experienced team of teachers and university chemists, it is designed to be accessible to Lower 6th pupils but takes them significantly beyond the syllabus and encourages them to think about science in the way they would at university.

Cambridge Chemistry Challenge

Coventry Rotary Club

Bablake School hosts both the Youth Speaks and the Young Musician competitions each year, which pupils from Bablake as well as many other local schools take part in. Our Design and Technology department have also been successfully involved in the Rotary Club DT Awards for a number of years. The DT Awards are a celebration of DT in all Coventry Schools, in previous years Bablake pupils have been awarded prizes for craftsmanship and excellence at GCSE and A level. 

Coventry Rotary Club

Coventry University

We are lucky to be part of the Coventry University Phoenix Partnership, a programme devised by the University’s outreach and admission department to give a mutually beneficial structure where schools can work together with the University in encouraging pupils to pursue their goals and support their higher education ambitions. Benefits of the Partnership include access to activities at the University, use of the University facilities and library and regular communications about the higher education sector. The University has also helped with the development of our 'F1 in Schools' team entry in recent years. 

Coventry University

Duke of Edinburgh

Bablake School has been involved with the D of E programme for 21 years. A DofE programme is a real adventure from beginning to end! There are programmes at three levels, which when completed, lead to a Bronze, Silver or Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award. The Award is achieved by completing a personal programme of activities in four sections (five for Gold) - Volunteering, Physical, Skills, Expedition and for Gold, a Residential. You'll find yourself helping people or the community, getting fitter, developing skills, going on an expedition and taking part in a residential activity.

The Duke of Edinburgh programme 

Engineering Education Scheme

The link with the Engineering Education Scheme was first established by Bablake Design Technology in 1994 and since the department has been linked with civil engineering company Arup (through their Solihull office) and Unipart. Arup sponsor an entry fee for CREST awards, a residential workshop and send two engineers to Bablake every week for a teaching session, and Arup have maintained the link for the past 14 years as they recognise that here they deal with reliable and highly motivated pupils. Our pupils have also been successful in being offered work experience with Arup after completing the scheme. Bablake’s DT link is recognised within the scheme as being one of the most successful, both in terms of getting pupils onto engineering courses at University and also in the length of time we have been linked.

Engineering Education Scheme

F1 in Schools

F1 in Schools is an international competition in which teams of students use CAD/CAM software to collaborate, design, analyse, manufacture, test, and then race miniature compressed air powered balsa wood F1 cars. Pupils use ICT to learn about physics, aerodynamics, design, manufacture, branding, graphics, sponsorship, marketing, leadership/teamwork, media skills and financial strategy, and apply them in a practical, imaginative, competitive and exciting way.

At Bablake we have entered a team of 4th/5th year pupils for the last 4 years, and we are looking forward to our best season yet. The challenge gives the pupils the opportunity to put the extensive CAD/CAM skills they develop in Design Technology to the test, and hopefully inspire them to go on to study a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) subject at University.

F1 in Schools

International Cross of Nails Schools

The school is an International Cross of Nails School (ICONS), linked to the Community of the Cross of Nails at Coventry Cathedral and committed as part of our life and ethos to the mission of the city of Coventry: Peace and Reconciliation.

At Bablake, we are committed to promoting the values of Peace and Reconciliation:

  • in our own lives, as we seek to be at peace with ourselves.
  • in our attitude to others, as we seek to live at peace with our neighbours.
  • in our life as a school community, as we seek to resolve conflict and reconcile our differences.
  • in our curriculum, as we seek to deepen our awareness and understanding of the world beyond school.
  • in our service to the local and national community, as we seek to build links and work in partnership with others.
  • in our commitment to social justice and peace, as we seek to eradicate injustice and conflict.
  • in our international links, as we seek to promote mutual support and understanding which transcends boundaries of faith, culture, race and gender.

These values are underpinned by our school aim to "promote an awareness of the world beyond school, a generosity of spirit, and a sense of service to the wider community", and form part of our mission as an International Cross of Nails School.

In making this commitment, we believe that each of us can play a significant part in bringing peace and reconciliation to our world.

Kings Camps

Bablake School is excited to partner with Kings Camps for the provision of children’s activity camps during Easter, Summer and October school holidays. Kings Camps are a nationally recognised, industry leading activity camp provider. They have over 50 camps situated across the U.K. Kings Camps have been established since 1992. The camps are non-residential, mid-week sports camps. They provide families with high-quality childcare, and they offer children fantastic holiday experiences. 

In addition, the camps have a range of options: from half day to full day, from part week to full week, for children between the ages of 4 and 17. 

For more information or to book please visit our website or call 0114 263 2160.

Orchestra da Camera

OdaC forged a link with our Music Department in September 2012; so far the partnership has provided outstanding visiting instrumental teachers to the school, as well as jointly hosting instrumental workshop days for Bablake pupils as well as those from other schools. Guest workshop leaders have included Tasmin Little, the internationally renowned violinist, and Australian classical guitar star Craig Ogden, as well as Hans Nygaard (cello) from the Kontra Quartet and Birmingham Conservatoire and Margaret Cookhorn (contra-bassoon) from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

For more information on Orchestra de Camera

Relate

Relate provide our school counselling service as well as peer support and staff training.

Relate Coventry

Royal Society of Chemistry

Bablake Chemistry department enter the Chemistry Olympiad organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Royal Society of Chemistry

Zoё’s Place

Zoё’s Place provides palliative, respite and end-of-life care to babies and infants aged from birth to five years old suffering from life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. Zoё is the Greek word meaning “gift of life” and Zoё’s Place believes that life is precious no matter how long it lasts. Zoё’s Place Baby Hospices are the only baby specific Hospices in the UK; they opened their doors in Coventry and began welcoming special babies and their families in 2011. They can take up to six infants at any one time; there is also ample accommodation and facilities for the whole family if these are needed. The hospice receives little Government funding, therefore they rely on donations and fundraising, and Bablake are proud to be regular contributors to that fundraising with a range of charity events, collections and concerts.

To find out more about Zoё’s Place

They are the best fundraising school group I have ever had in Coventry and Warwickshire, well done and thank you so much for all your help and support.

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