Ade Adepitan opens new Fairfax Academy sensory room

Fairfax Academy sensory room: Former Paralympian and Birmingham City University Chancellor Ade Adepitan officially opened a new sensory room at Fairfax Academy –...

Another international Erdington Academy drama trip secured for 2027

Erdington Academy drama trip: Year 10 drama students at Erdington Academy can look forward to another international trip next year, after the academy’s...

Erdington students serve afternoon tea at the Belfry Hotel & Resort

Erdington students serve afternoon tea: Erdington Academy students rounded off a week-long work experience placement at The Belfry Hotel & Resort by serving...

West Coventry Academy chemistry stars prove their formula for success

West Coventry Academy chemistry stars: Two talented Coventry sixth formers have become the first students from their school to win awards in a...

Scotch Orchard teacher won national silver Teacher of the Year award

Scotch Orchard teacher won award: A Lichfield teacher has been presented with one of the education sector’s top honours after being praised for...

Students take centre stage at Erdington Academy Culture Festival

Erdington Academy Culture Festival: Students, families and staff came together at Erdington Academy for an evening of music, food, fashion and performances celebrating...

arts

Bournville School students star in showcase at iconic venue

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

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...

TOWN JUNIOR SCHOOL SHOW SEES PUPILS STEP BACK IN TIME TO WAR YEARS

A Town Junior School show saw pupils learn how to ‘keep calm and carry on’ when they stepped back in time to...

Mere Green Primary music excellence recognised with lead role in Birmingham

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

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.

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

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

Fairfax Academy show 2025 brings the magic of Queen alive

Fairfax Academy show 2025 - It’s a kind of magic! Fairfax Academy students made audiences go ga-ga with their rockin’ rendition of...

Matilda at Perryfields Academy sees students take the stage

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

community

The Royal Sutton School – ‘excitement and pride’ as former John Willmott is reborn

The Royal Sutton School: A ‘reborn’ Sutton Coldfield school which has been on mission to drive up standards and instill pride has...

Revamped Fairfax Academy library sees students open new chapter in their studies

Revamped Fairfax Academy library: Students opened a new chapter in their education – after a VIP visitor officially unveiled a fully-refurbished library...

FAIRFAX ACADEMY NEWSPAPER ARTICLE SPARKS SEARCH TO FIND 1980 STUDENTS

FAIRFAX ACADEMY NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: Fairfax Academy is hoping to find former students who appeared in a newspaper article about the school –...

Bournville School is the first in Birmingham to earn prestigious SEND award

Staff and students at Bournville School are celebrating after it became the first secondary school in Birmingham to be awarded the prestigious...

Sport

Fairfax football team present signed shirt to hospital after kit sponsorship

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

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

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

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

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...

ofsted/results

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

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

Smith’s Wood Academy Ofsted report reveals remarkable turnaround

Smith’s Wood Academy has improved more than any other school in the country, after years of work trying to turn its fortunes...

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

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

sixth form

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

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

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

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

Arthur Terry High School Musical is a hit with audiences

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

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

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

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...