Events

Smith’s Wood Big Ideas team reaches final with flood alert concept

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Smith’s Wood Big Ideas: Smith’s Wood Academy is celebrating after a team of Year 7 innovators secured a place in the 2026 Big...
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Bournville School

Bournville students treated to Shakespeare show

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Bournville School Macbeth show: It was ‘double double, toil and trouble’ for GCSE students at Bournville School, as they were treated to...
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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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Bournville School

Alumni needed for fast‑paced Bournville ‘Guess My Job’ event

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Bournville Guess My Job event: Bournville School is inviting former students to take part in this summer’s Guess My Job careers event, designed...
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Bournville School

Birmingham student says new school provision ‘rebuilt him brick by brick’

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Bournville School Alternative Provision: A 15‑year‑old boy from Birmingham says a new education facility for children who cannot attend mainstream school “changed his...
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arts

Arts

COLESHILL STUDENTS GET ARTY TO WIN LOCKDOWN POINTS

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Coleshill School lockdown contests saw students keeping their spirits up with a series of weekly competitions – which have encouraged them to...
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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

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

Two Gates school pupil Jack nets praise from star poet

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Two Gates school pupil Jack Cairns netted football goodies and praise from a world-famous poet when he won a competition run by...
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Arts

Mere Green Primary music excellence recognised with lead role in Birmingham

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Mere Green Primary music stars: Mere Green Primary School’s fantastic commitment to music has been rewarded after being given a prestigious new...
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Arts

Erdington Academy drama students travel to Athens for a week of cultural discovery

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Erdington Academy  drama students jetted off to Athens, ready to immerse themselves in a rich programme designed to deepen their understanding of...
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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

FAIRFAX EISTEDDFOD 2019 – STUDENTS CELEBRATE THE BEST OF BRITISH

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

Anna Seward Primary School

Innovative ATLP Partner Programme allows businesses to improve opportunities for thousands of students

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Innovative ATLP Partner Programme - Business leaders attended the launch of an ambitious new scheme at the highly-respected Arthur Terry Learning Partnership...
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Community

Slade Primary School Dancer Inayah helps get the Games going

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A talented Slade Primary School Dancer dancer put in a gold medal performance to help declare an important part of the Birmingham...
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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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Community

MP praises John Willmott litter picking students

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MP praises John Willmott students - Community-minded pupils who have joined volunteers from Sutton’s biggest litter picking group have won praise from...
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Sport

Events

St Chad’s soccer stars triumph in cross-school tournament 

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ATLP Schools Soccer Tournament: Dozens of primary school children from five schools across Lichfield and Tamworth took to the football field for...
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Events

Smith’s Wood athletics stars head to School Games County Finals

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Smith’s Wood athletics stars: Athletes from Smith’s Wood Academy are heading to the School Games County Finals next month after an outstanding performance...
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Fairfax Academy

Fairfax Academy rugby partnership aims to develop future professional stars

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

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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