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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Community

Fairfax Academy Duke of Edinburgh: Students rise to the challenge

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Fairfax Academy Duke of Edinburgh: Intrepid young explorers from Fairfax Academy put their resilience, teamwork and determination to the test during a...
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Arts

Artwork by West Coventry Academy students lights up major exhibition

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Artwork created by talented students from West Coventry Academy has gone on show in a stunning project at the National Memorial Arboretum,...
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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

Hundreds return for Fairfax School anniversary reunion

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Former pupils from all across the world returned to take part in the Fairfax School anniversary reunion – and to see a...
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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

Talented Fairfax Academy performers ‘steal the show’ at regional awards

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Talented Fairfax Academy performers: Talented students, from Fairfax Academy, wowed business leaders and politicians from across the West Midlands with a series of...
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Arts

Fairfax Academy Eisteddfod 2023: It’s ‘Hooray for Hollywood’ as arts festival goes to the movies

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Fairfax Academy Eisteddfod 2023: Fairfax Academy’s annual Eisteddfod brought the stars of the silver screen to Sutton Coldfield, as the legendary school...
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Arts

Fairfax Academy unveils vibrant new murals

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Fairfax Academy wall art: Fairfax Academy students are feeling a renewed sense of pride in their school community thanks to vibrant new murals...
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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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Community

Smith’s Wood Academy free uniforms offer to support local families

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Smith’s Wood Academy free uniforms: A caring secondary school is to provide free branded school uniforms for September’s new Year 7 students,...
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Charity

Louis Watkiss Memorial Garden opened at Plantsbrook School

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Louis Watkiss Memorial Garden: Family, friends, classmates and school staff came together to remember a much-missed Sutton student when a ‘stunning’ memorial...
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Community

PLANTSBROOK SCHOOL LOCKDOWN LEGENDS NAMED IN UNIQUE AWARDS

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Plantsbrook School lockdown legends have been celebrated in unique awards to mark achievement through the Coronavirus crisis. Lockdown and...
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Community

Curdworth Primary School joins the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership

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Curdworth Primary and the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership have linked up, with the village school joining the trust's growing family of academies. 
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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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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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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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