Community

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

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

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

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

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

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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...
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Bournville School

FMAT celebrates record-breaking attendance awards success

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

FMAT students discover a love of reading thanks to funding boost

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FMAT reading funding boost: Students across Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust are set to benefit from a significant investment in reading after each of the...
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Erdington Academy

Erdington Academy students explore engineering and manufacturing careers at MAKE UK

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Engineering at Erdington Academy: Students from Erdington Academy explored the exciting possibilities of a future career in engineering, during a visit to one...
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arts

Arts

FMAT schools showcase 2024 – Hard work pays off for talented Erdington Academy students

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FMAT schools showcase 2024: Creative arts students from Erdington Academy took to an iconic stage at Birmingham University when they joined other...
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Arts

Magical Fairfax Academy musical – 100 students stage Beauty and the Beast

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A Magical Fairfax Academy musical told a tale as old as time when talented students staged a lavish production of Beauty and...
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Arts

Fairfax Academy Eisteddfod 2025 embraces the carnival spirit

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Fairfax Academy Eisteddfod 2025: Roll up, roll up! Fairfax Academy’s annual Eisteddfod brought a splash of festive magic to the school, as...
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Arts

Coton Green Egyptian project uncovers mysteries of history

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Coton Green Egyptian project: Youngsters at a Tamworth school stepped back in time to ancient Egypt when they took part in a...
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Arts

Perryfields Academy’s annual show hits the Town Hall stage

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Perryfields Academy’s annual show: Talented students from an Oldbury school shone on stage at Stourbridge Town Hall ‘For One Night Only’.
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Arts

Royal Sutton School Remembrance project partners with national landmark

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Royal Sutton School Remembrance project: Talented students from the Royal Sutton School marked this year’s Festival of Remembrance by creating colourful posters...
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Arts

UNITED NATIONS OF CHRISTMAS FOR PUPILS’ FESTIVE SHOW

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Town Junior School's Christmas show saw pupils discover how youngsters around the world celebrate the festive season in a globe-trotting festive production.
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Arts

Plantsbrook High School Musical goes down a storm

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Plantsbrook High School Musical: ‘We’re all in this together’ - that’s the best-known song from High School Musical… and dozens of talented...
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community

Charity

John Willmott breakfast scheme fuels learning at school

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A John Willmott breakfast scheme is ensuring that hundreds of Sutton Coldfield students are enjoying a healthy start to their school day.
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Charity

Fairfax Academy wellbeing event – staff show their star quality for festive celebration

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Fairfax Academy wellbeing event: It was ‘lights, cameras, action!’ at Fairfax Academy this week, when some of Hollywood’s best-known characters were spotted...
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Community

Nether Stowe peer mentors scheme to boost students’ wellbeing

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Nether Stowe peer mentors scheme - Students at a Lichfield school are to be trained to become ‘peer mentors’ to help their...
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Charity

Plantsbrook School Christmas collection delivers for Food Bank

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Plantsbrook School Christmas collection: A trio of caring students at Plantsbrook School have helped struggling families this Christmas by organising a collection...
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Sport

Community

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

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New Fairfax Academy gym: Fairfax Academy has officially unveiled a significant investment in student health and wellbeing which will broaden the school’s...
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Fairfax Academy

Fairfax football team present signed shirt to hospital after kit sponsorship

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

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

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Erdington Academy girls’ cricket: As the legends of women’s cricket limber up for the World Cup, girls at Erdington Academy are taking to...
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ofsted/results

Bournville School

Record rise in top GCSE results at Bournville School for 2026

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

Handsworth Grammar students celebrate excellent GCSE results for 2026

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Handsworth Grammar GCSE Results 2026: Students at King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys are celebrating an excellent set of GCSE results,...
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Fairfax Academy

Fairfax Academy celebrates strong GCSE results and rising top grades

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Fairfax GCSE results 2026: Students at Sutton Coldfield’s Fairfax Academy - the founding school of the Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust - are celebrating another...
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sixth form

Secondary Schools

A Levels celebrations 2026 at The Coleshill School and Sixth Form

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Coleshill School A Levels 2026: Students and staff at The Coleshill School are celebrating a wonderful round of A Level results today.
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Secondary Schools

West Coventry Academy celebrate A Levels and vocational results for 2026

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West Coventry A Levels 2026: Students and staff at West Coventry Academy are overjoyed with wonderful A Level and vocational results today.
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Secondary Schools

The Arthur Terry School celebrates A Levels success for 2026

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Arthur Terry A Levels 2026: The Arthur Terry School is proud to announce another year of excellent results and exciting destinations for...
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Fairfax Academy

Fairfax Academy students celebrate excellent A Level results for 2026

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Fairfax A Levels 2026: Students in Fairfax Academy’s Sixth Form are today celebrating yet another excellent set of A Level results, with almost...
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VIdeo

Charity

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

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Two enterprising Hill West bee girls created a buzz when they set up a stand selling refreshing smoothies to raise cash for...
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Perryfields Academy

Perryfields Academy free uniform offer to help struggling families

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Perryfields Academy free uniform scheme: A Black Country secondary school is set to help families during the cost of living crisis –...
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Community

SIGNING SHRUBBERY SCHOOL PUPILS LET THEIR HANDS DO THE TALKING

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Signing Shrubbery School pupils have been taught a handy new skill – by learning sign language. Pupils at the...
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Events

THE ORIGINAL SHRUBBERY SCHOOL HEADTEACHER TRIBUTE UNVEILED BY MP

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The original Shrubbery School headteacher who founded the independent school has been remembered with a newly-refurbished building...
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