We are delighted to announce St Edmund’s Catholic Academy was selected to take part in the Wolverhampton Community Commonwealth Baton Relay today to celebrate the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

A group of students, who have shown excellent commitment to PE and sport, were chosen to be the Baton Relay Team.

The team made a guard of honour as the baton was received from The Kings School then gathered in the Peace Garden to watch the baton be blessed by Monsignor Mark Crisp.

Following the baton being taken on a tour of the academy students departed St Edmund’s to hand the baton to Christchurch Infant & Nursery School, Tettenhall.

Congratulations to the Baton Relay Team:

Amelia Beet, Lysia Bayley, Kayliah Henry, Tori Chambers Brown, Megan Grove, Simran Sohi, Ellie Clews, Autumn Marchant, Kylah Johnson, Arthur Stuttard, Jonah Byrne, Frankie Lewis-Black, Mahdi Asaney, Rocco Di Gianvittorio, Tino Makombe, George Darling, Jack Barrowman, Niket Kumar, Chukwudi Ojeli Ezike and Mercedes Baczynska

Thank you to Mrs Cartlidge (Curriculum Leader PE) and Mr Taylor (Teacher of PE) for organising this wonderful historic event.