Fairfax Academy

Fairfax student’s scouting journey earns royal recognition

Gary Phelps - 0
Fairfax student wins scouting award: A student from Fairfax Academy is set to be honoured at Windsor Castle after achieving the highest youth...
Read more
Arts

Students do their academies proud at FMAT schools Showcase 2026

Gary Phelps - 0
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xRZIQMyjpw4 FMAT schools Showcase 2026: Talented young musicians, dancers and actors from across Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust came together...
Read more
Community

Handsworth Grammar alumni platform launches, as former pupils turned teachers encourage others to reconnect

Gary Phelps - 0
New Handsworth Grammar alumni platform: Three teachers who returned to the Birmingham school where they were once pupils are urging fellow alumni to...
Read more
Arts

Fairfax students perform Shakespeare’s Hamlet with a Norse mythology twist

Gary Phelps - 0
Fairfax perform Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Talented young performers at Fairfax Academy are preparing to bring Shakespeare’s Hamlet to life on a professional stage –...
Read more
Secondary Schools

Smith’s Wood Academy makes awards shortlist for School and Principal of the Year

Gary Phelps - 0
Smith’s Wood makes awards shortlist: Smith's Wood Academy, which was judged to be ‘inadequate’ just three years ago, has been shortlisted for two...
Read more
Bournville School

FMAT celebrates record-breaking attendance awards success

Gary Phelps - 0
FMAT celebrates attendance awards: Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust is celebrating a record six national attendance awards, the highest number its schools have received in...
Read more

arts

Arts

JOHN WILLMOTT MUSICAL PRODIGY ALFIE BECOMES A LOCKDOWN YOUTUBE STAR

UK School News - 0
A 13-year-old John Willmott musical prodigy from Erdington who stunned commuters at Birmingham’s Grand Central with his piano skills has become a...
Read more
Arts

ATLP creative careers spotlight gives students a glimpse of life in creative sector

UK School News - 0
ATLP creative careers spotlight: More than 250 students from eight different schools had a fascinating insight into life in the creative industries...
Read more
Arts

NATIONAL ORCHESTRA SPOTLIGHT FALLS ON TALENTED KYNAN

UK School News - 0
Plantsbrook School's Kynan Walker - a budding violin virtuoso - is set to take centre stage after being named leader of the...
Read more
Arts

Our top story tonight: Prime time pupils present the TV news

UK School News - 0
Mere Green School TV stars are saying 'move aside' to Bob Warman and Sameena Ali-Khan', because they're taking over the evening news!
Read more
Arts

Erdington Academy Christmas events reach out to community

Gary Phelps - 0
Erdington Academy Christmas events: Students and staff Academy enjoyed a fun-filled, jam-packed Christmas week prior to breaking up on 19 December.
Read more
Arts

Arthur Terry High School Musical is a hit with audiences

Gary Phelps - 0
Arthur Terry High School Musical: Talented young performers showed they are ‘all in this together’ with an all-singing, all-dancing production of a...
Read more
Arts

Matilda at Perryfields Academy sees students take the stage

UK School News - 0
Matilda at Perryfields Academy: A Black Country secondary school has staged its first big musical production since the end of the pandemic...
Read more
Arts

Erdington Academy students set to perform at Hippodrome

Gary Phelps - 0
Talented Erdington Academy students will be treading the boards at Birmingham’s most prestigious theatre, after working with a professional artist.
Read more

community

Community

1-2-3-4! Rock’n’roll Maths Day inspires Lichfield pupils

UK School News - 0
St Michael’s Maths Challenge: Staff and students at a Lichfield school were counting on each other when they took part in an...
Read more
Community

Perryfields Academy Coronation visit: VIP delivers message from King

UK School News - 0
Perryfields Academy Coronation visit - Students at Perryfields Academy had a right Royal treat when a VIP visitor delivered a coronation message...
Read more
Community

Handsworth Grammar students hear Holocaust survivor’s harrowing and inspirational story

Gary Phelps - 0
A 93-year-old Holocaust survivor told stunned students at King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School For Boys how she narrowly avoided being killed...
Read more
Community

Osborne Primary Ofsted 2024: School hailed as a ‘harmonious and happy place to be’

UK School News - 0
Osborne Primary Ofsted 2024 - Staff and pupils are celebrating after an Ofsted report saw the school given an overall rating of...
Read more

Sport

Community

New Fairfax Academy gym will boost student wellbeing and expand the PE curriculum

UK School News - 0
New Fairfax Academy gym: Fairfax Academy has officially unveiled a significant investment in student health and wellbeing which will broaden the school’s...
Read more
Fairfax Academy

Fairfax football team present signed shirt to hospital after kit sponsorship

Gary Phelps - 0
Fairfax football kit sponsorship: Triumphant Fairfax Academy soccer stars have thanked a Sutton Coldfield hospital for sponsoring the kit that kicked off their...
Read more
Erdington Academy

Girls at Erdington Academy step up to the crease with new cricket club

Gary Phelps - 0
Erdington Academy girls’ cricket: As the legends of women’s cricket limber up for the World Cup, girls at Erdington Academy are taking to...
Read more

ofsted/results

Bournville School

Bournville School receives best-ever Ofsted report

Gary Phelps - 0
Bournville School Ofsted report: Bournville All-Through School is celebrating the most positive Ofsted Inspection in its history – after meeting the expected standard...
Read more
Bournville School

Record rise in top GCSE results at Bournville School for 2026

Gary Phelps - 0
Bournville GCSE results 2026: It was a celebratory morning yesterday, as Year 11 students at Bournville School received a fantastic set of GCSE...
Read more
King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys

Handsworth Grammar students celebrate excellent GCSE results for 2026

Gary Phelps - 0
Handsworth Grammar GCSE Results 2026: Students at King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys are celebrating an excellent set of GCSE results,...
Read more

sixth form

Fairfax Academy

Fairfax student’s scouting journey earns royal recognition

Gary Phelps - 0
Fairfax student wins scouting award: A student from Fairfax Academy is set to be honoured at Windsor Castle after achieving the highest youth...
Read more
Secondary Schools

A Levels celebrations 2026 at The Coleshill School and Sixth Form

Gary Phelps - 0
Coleshill School A Levels 2026: Students and staff at The Coleshill School are celebrating a wonderful round of A Level results today.
Read more
Secondary Schools

West Coventry Academy celebrate A Levels and vocational results for 2026

Gary Phelps - 0
West Coventry A Levels 2026: Students and staff at West Coventry Academy are overjoyed with wonderful A Level and vocational results today.
Read more
Secondary Schools

The Arthur Terry School celebrates A Levels success for 2026

Gary Phelps - 0
Arthur Terry A Levels 2026: The Arthur Terry School is proud to announce another year of excellent results and exciting destinations for...
Read more

VIdeo

Charity

Hill West bee girls Isla and Emilie create a buzz with smoothie stall

UK School News - 0
Two enterprising Hill West bee girls created a buzz when they set up a stand selling refreshing smoothies to raise cash for...
Read more
Perryfields Academy

Perryfields Academy free uniform offer to help struggling families

UK School News - 0
Perryfields Academy free uniform scheme: A Black Country secondary school is set to help families during the cost of living crisis –...
Read more
Community

SIGNING SHRUBBERY SCHOOL PUPILS LET THEIR HANDS DO THE TALKING

UK School News - 0
Signing Shrubbery School pupils have been taught a handy new skill – by learning sign language. Pupils at the...
Read more
Events

THE ORIGINAL SHRUBBERY SCHOOL HEADTEACHER TRIBUTE UNVEILED BY MP

UK School News - 0
The original Shrubbery School headteacher who founded the independent school has been remembered with a newly-refurbished building...
Read more
© UK School News is part of the service provided by Gary Phelps Communications Ltd, specialists in PR, publicity and editorial services for schools. Text and images are subject to copyright. For more details on how your school or Multi-Academy Trust can be featured on UK School News, email garyphelpscomms@outlook.com or visit www.garyphelpscomms.co.uk