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

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

Fairfax Academy Charity Week raffle collects donation for children’s hospital

Fairfax Academy Charity Week: Caring students from Fairfax Academy used the school’s annual charity week to raise hundreds of pounds for Birmingham...

West Coventry Academy throws open doors or Christmas event

West Coventry Academy threw open its doors to families for a fantastic Christmas Open Day, giving parents the opportunity to speak to...

Erdington Academy Christmas events reach out to community

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

Inspirational Milly sets up seminar for visually impaired young people

An inspirational young sixth former from West Coventry Academy organised a fantastic workshop for visually impaired young people, driven by her own...

Fairfax Academy Eisteddfod 2025 embraces the carnival spirit

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

arts

Erdington Academy Black History Month Expo draws hundreds

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

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

ATLP creative careers spotlight: More than 250 students from eight different schools had a fascinating insight into life in the creative industries...

Some Kinda Wonderful! Arthur Terry’s Rosie O’Sullivan debuts new NHS charity single

Arthur Terry singing star and Sutton Coldfield school vocal coach, Rosie O’Sullivan, has released a new charity single ‘Some Kinda Wonderful’ in...

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

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

FAIRFAX EISTEDDFOD 2019 – STUDENTS CELEBRATE THE BEST OF BRITISH

In the Fairfax Eisteddfod 2019 students at the Sutton Coldfield school celebrated all things British in a colourful and patriotic two-night festival...

NATIONAL ORCHESTRA SPOTLIGHT FALLS ON TALENTED KYNAN

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

John Willmott music star Alfie makes a grand entrance in Birmingham

John Willmott music star Alfie Bennett has been a big hit at Birmingham’s New Street Station this week, showing the world that...

TALENTED JOHN WILLMOTT QUARTET FILL THE AIRWAVES FOR RADIO STAR’S VISIT

A talented John Willmott quartet provided the musical accompaniment when radio star Jeremy Vine appeared at the Town Hall.

community

FORMER FAIRFAX ACADEMY PUPILS IN VIP VISIT

FORMER FAIRFAX ACADEMY PUPILS IN VIP VISIT: Former Fairfax Academy pupils went back to their old school, after an appeal to find...

Fairfax Academy shoes policy welcomed by students

Fairfax Academy shoes policy: Students at Fairfax Academy say a new uniform policy covering footwear at the school is a ‘step in...

ARTHUR TERRY SCHOOL DEFIBRILLATORS COULD SAVE LIVES

New Arthur Terry School defibrillators could save lives by giving students, staff and visitors access to vital the devices that have been...

Fairfax Academy exchange student returns after 36 years

Fairfax Academy exchange student returns: A former teenage student from Down Under who studied at Fairfax Academy in the 1980s took a...

Sport

Fairfax Academy rugby partnership aims to develop future professional stars

Fairfax Academy rugby partnership: A Sutton Coldfield school with a proud rugby history is kicking off an exciting new era – after...

West Coventry Academy sports pod aims to inspire students

A revolutionary new ‘sports pod’ where West Coventry Academy students can change into their kits could also help change how schools across...

Nether Stowe handball stars make it to the national finals

Nether Stowe handball stars - A team of young sporting stars from Nether Stowe School deserve a ‘big hand’ – after making...

ofsted/results

Fairfax Academy Sixth Form achieves best-ever results

Fairfax Academy Sixth Form: A Sutton Coldfield school is celebrating a significant milestone in academic achievement – after its Sixth Form students...

‘Thriving’ St Chad’s Primary School celebrates after glowing report by inspectors

St Chad’s Church of England Primary School has been praised for creating a “joyful and aspirational” learning environment in a glowing report...

Birmingham schools in ‘top ten most improved nationally’ thanks to attendance strategy

An ambitious strategy to drive attendance at a group of Birmingham schools is delivering impressive results – with a rate of improvement...

sixth form

Fairfax Academy Sixth Form achieves best-ever results

Fairfax Academy Sixth Form: A Sutton Coldfield school is celebrating a significant milestone in academic achievement – after its Sixth Form students...

Fairfax Academy rugby partnership aims to develop future professional stars

Fairfax Academy rugby partnership: A Sutton Coldfield school with a proud rugby history is kicking off an exciting new era – after...

West Coventry Academy TV appearance – students quiz money expert

West Coventry Academy TV appearance: It was ‘Lights, Camera, Action’ for Coventry sixth form students this week, when they went live on...

Nether Stowe A-levels 2025: Students celebrate successful A-level results

Nether Stowe A-levels 2025 – Students at the Lichfield school are celebrating another exceptional year of A-level success, after achieving excellent results...

VIdeo

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

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

Perryfields Academy free uniform offer to help struggling families

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

SIGNING SHRUBBERY SCHOOL PUPILS LET THEIR HANDS DO THE TALKING

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

THE ORIGINAL SHRUBBERY SCHOOL HEADTEACHER TRIBUTE UNVEILED BY MP

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