We are a unique independent boarding school where music, creativity and academic excellence work in harmony.
We are proud to nurture confident, compassionate young people who are encouraged to discover their talents, embrace challenge and achieve their full potential.
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Located in the heart of Birmingham, the school offers students daily access to a vibrant, diverse city rich in culture, music, and opportunity—bringing learning to life beyond the classroom.
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Kimichi News Issue No.1 | 04.09.26
A Level & BTEC Results Day
KIMICHIFEST 2026
A welcome from our Executive Headteacher
I started Kimichi School in 2014 because I was tired of seeing music treated as an afterthought. Here, music comes first. It is the spine of our school day, the way our children find their voice, build confidence, and learn to work with and listen to one another. Our academic teaching is strong and ambitious, but it is shaped around a school where creativity leads, because we have seen what happens to children when you put music at the centre of their education rather than at the edge of it.
In January 2026 we opened Kimichi School Worcester, on Battenhall Avenue, for children aged 11 to 16. We did it because families kept telling us they wanted what we had built in Birmingham but needed it closer to home. It is a small school, with classes of no more than ten, and it runs on exactly the same principles: music at the heart of it, teachers who know every child by name, and an education built around the whole person.
We welcome children who will thrive in a place like this. Admission is not based on academic ability. What we ask for is a genuine love of music, whether your child already plays an instrument or is ready to begin the moment they join us.
We are proud to run a fair, inclusive and transparent admissions process. Every application is considered on its own merits, without discrimination on the basis of disability, gender, race, ethnicity or national origin. Every child deserves an equal opportunity to benefit from the education and the experiences Kimichi offers, and we hold ourselves to that promise.
Many of the children who flourish here did not feel at home in mainstream education. Our restorative ethos means we work with children rather than against them, building trust instead of issuing detentions, and treating behaviour as something to understand rather than simply to punish. Music gives them a reason to belong, and that sense of belonging changes everything.
We are also developing weekly boarding at our Birmingham school, for children aged 11 to 16. It is designed for families who live too far to travel each day, or whose child would simply do better with the rhythm of a school week spent among people who understand them. It will feel like the rest of Kimichi — small, warm, and built around music, with evenings full of practice, rehearsal and the ordinary business of growing up alongside others. If that sounds like something your family needs, do talk to us about it. Children will also benefit from single or twin en-suite bedrooms.
If you want a school where music is taken seriously, where your child is seen as a whole person, and where kindness matters as much as achievement, we would love to welcome you. Come and visit either of our schools, meet our staff and pupils, and hear for yourself what a school built around music sounds like.
I am proud of what we have built together, and prouder still of the children who make Kimichi what it is.
With warm wishes,
Sally Alexander MBE Executive Headteacher, Kimichi Schools