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

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

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

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

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...

Handsworth Grammar Junior Baccalaureate scheme helps students embrace school life

Handsworth Grammar Junior Baccalaureate: A groundbreaking new awards scheme has young students enthusiastically embracing life at a renowned inner city grammar school...

Bournville students celebrate their heritage on Culture Day

Bournville Culture Day 2026: Music, art, food and fun came together in a kaleidoscope of colour as students at Bournville All-Through School celebrated...

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...

arts

Fairfax Academy Shakespeare Festival: Students give classic a twenties twist

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

Arthur Terry alumni Jessika returns to inspire students

Arthur Terry alumni Jessika goes back to school: An up-an-coming pop star inspired students at her old school when she took to...

Fairfax Academy Arts Showcase 2024 – stunning artwork on display

Fairfax Academy Arts Showcase - Talented A-Level and GCSE art students celebrated their imaginative artwork in a stunning afterschool display.

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...

Royal Sutton School Remembrance project partners with national landmark

Royal Sutton School Remembrance project: Talented students from the Royal Sutton School marked this year’s Festival of Remembrance by creating colourful posters...

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.

Coton Green Egyptian project uncovers mysteries of history

Coton Green Egyptian project: Youngsters at a Tamworth school stepped back in time to ancient Egypt when they took part in a...

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...

community

Stockland Green Black Excellence Conference inspires students

Stockland Green Black Excellence Conference: Students rounded off Black History Month by attending an impressive conference – featuring speakers ranging from a...

John Willmott Sixth Form students meet Michelle Obama and Cherie Blair on “life-changing” day

John Willmott Sixth Form students have spoken of their “inspirational” meetings with two of the world’s most powerful women, Michelle Obama and...

NETHER STOWE KNIFE CRIME TALK GIVES STUDENTS HARD-HITTING INSIGHT

NETHER STOWE KNIFE CRIME TALK: Students at Nether Stowe School in Lichfield learned about the devastating impact of knife crime and violence,...

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...

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...