Arts

Grease is the word! Smith’s Wood Academy stages first school show in 13 years

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Grease at Smith’s Wood: Smith’s Wood Academy transformed into Rydell High this week as talented students prepared to stage Grease, the school’s first show...
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Events

Smith’s Wood’s female mathematicians crowned winners in Trust’s first maths challenge

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Smith’s Wood female mathematicians triumph: A talented all-girl team of mathematicians took home the gold for Smith’s Wood Academy at Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust’s...
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Bournville School

Bournville Head Boy’s speech on social media resonates across the region

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Bournville Head Boy’s speech: Bournville All-Through School’s Cael Mohanraj proved he is a master of audience engagement when his powerful speech on social...
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Arts

Magical moments as Harry Potter star visits Birmingham school

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Harry Potter star visits Handsworth: Star-struck students at an inner-city Birmingham grammar school conjured magical memories when a Hogwarts star made an inspirational...
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Erdington Academy

Erdington Academy gardening club celebrates winning display at BBC Gardeners’ World

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Erdington Academy gardening club victory: A beautifully crafted wheelbarrow display, bursting with the ingredients for a classic afternoon tea, has earned Erdington Academy...
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Community

Erdington students serve up afternoon tea in a wheelbarrow for BBC Gardeners’ World Live

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Green-fingered Erdington Academy students are hoping that a wheelbarrow bursting with the ingredients of a classic afternoon tea will tempt judges at...
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Arts

Stockland Green arts festival inspires pupils to get creative

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A Stockland Green arts festival has helped pupils show their creative side, featuring everything from arts and craft to photography and music.
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Arts

Perryfields Academy gala production – students take the stage at town hall

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Perryfields Academy gala production: Talented youngsters from an Oldbury School took to the stage to perform their first public show since the...
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Arts

FMAT schools showcase 2024 – Fairfax students shine on iconic stage

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FMAT schools showcase 2024: Students from Fairfax Academy took to the prestigious stage of Birmingham University’s iconic Elgar Concert Hall, in a...
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Arts

Matilda at Perryfields Academy sees students take the stage

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Matilda at Perryfields Academy: A Black Country secondary school has staged its first big musical production since the end of the pandemic...
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Arts

Stockland Green arts festival inspires pupils to get creative

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A Stockland Green arts festival has helped pupils show their creative side, featuring everything from arts and craft to photography and music.
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Arts

Erdington Academy Black History Month Expo draws hundreds

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Erdington Academy Black History Month: Students, staff and hundreds of members of the local community packed into an Erdington school to enjoy...
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Arts

Bournville School students star in showcase at iconic venue

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Talented young performers from Bournville School joined students from across the ambitious Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust at Birmingham University for the fantastic 2025...
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Arts

Fairfax Academy Shakespeare Festival: Students give classic a twenties twist

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Fairfax Academy Shakespeare Festival: Talented young actors gave the Bard’s Macbeth a gangster makeover when they performed the iconic tragedy at Birmingham’s...
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Charity

Stockland Green School ADHD policies set the standard

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Stockland Green School ADHD award: A pioneering approach to supporting students with ADHD has earned Stockland Green School a prestigious new status...
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Community

ATLP Partner Programme grows as AI is discussed

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ATLP Partner Programme grows: More than 20 local business leaders attended the second networking event held by Arthur Terry Learning Partnership’s groundbreaking...
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Community

Nether Stowe sports stars get glimpse inside new hall

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Nether Stowe sports stars got a glimpse inside their school’s state-of-the-art new sports hall as it nears completion. The...
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Community

Digital revolution at Arthur Terry Learning Partnership with 11000 iPads for students and staff

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Highly-respected multi-academy trust The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership (ATLP) is providing 11000 iPads to pupils and staff as part of its digital...
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Sport

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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Bournville School

FMAT STEM students go behind the scenes at Donington Park motorsport visit

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FMAT Donington Park visit: Students from across the Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust enjoyed a once‑in‑a‑lifetime opportunity to go behind the scenes at a major...
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Bournville School

Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust gets national recognition for its commitment to wellbeing

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Fairfax Multi‑Academy Trust (FMAT) has been shortlisted for Wellbeing Trust of the Year at the MAT Excellence Awards 2026, a national celebration...
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Ofsted/Results

Smith’s Wood Academy Ofsted report reveals remarkable turnaround

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Smith’s Wood Academy has improved more than any other school in the country, after years of work trying to turn its fortunes...
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King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys

King Edward VI Handsworth for boys ‘the best performing grammar school’ for A-level progress in Birmingham and Walsall

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An inner-city school has been declared the best performing grammar school in Birmingham and Walsall for A Level progress.
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Events

Fairfax’s Oliver wins Best Individual Speaker at Sutton Schools Debates

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Fairfax Best Individual Speaker award: A talent for debate, developed through Fairfax Academy’s Debating Club, paid off for sixth former Oliver Murdoch, when...
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Bishop Vesey's Grammar School

Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School triumphs at Sutton Schools Debates 2026

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Sutton Schools Debates 2026: Two gifted young debaters from Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School won the coveted trophy at this year’s Sutton Schools...
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Arts

Arthur Terry High School Musical is a hit with audiences

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Arthur Terry High School Musical: Talented young performers showed they are ‘all in this together’ with an all-singing, all-dancing production of a...
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King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys

King Edward VI Handsworth for boys ‘the best performing grammar school’ for A-level progress in Birmingham and Walsall

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An inner-city school has been declared the best performing grammar school in Birmingham and Walsall for A Level progress.
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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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