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

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...

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...

Perryfields Academy gala production – students take the stage at town hall

Perryfields Academy gala production: Talented youngsters from an Oldbury School took to the stage to perform their first public show since the...

Fairfax Academy unveils vibrant new murals

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

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...

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...

English teacher ‘proud as punch’ as students win FMAT writing competition

FMAT writing competition: Students across Fairfax Multi‑Academy Trust have been recognised for their creativity and flair after impressing judges in FMAT’s Fabulous Fiction...

Magical moments as Harry Potter star visits Birmingham school

Harry Potter star visits Handsworth: Star-struck students at an inner-city Birmingham grammar school conjured magical memories when a Hogwarts star made an inspirational...

community

Holocaust survivor Mindu Hornick moves Perryfields students with story of wartime ordeal

Holocaust survivor Mindu Hornick left students at Perryfields Academy spellbound when they had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear her moving story.

Royal Sutton School Flourish project aims to inspire girls

Royal Sutton School Flourish project: A pioneering new scheme is seeing much-loved charity Cherished inspire young girls to build confidence, learn about...

Solicitors visited Sutton schools to give budding legal eagles a glimpse of life in law

Inspirational solicitors visited Sutton schools to give budding legal eagles a glimpse of life as a lawyer with a talk to sixth...

Nether Stowe School FoodBank to help families

Nether Stowe School FoodBank - Lichfield’s Nether Stowe School is to set up its own ‘mini FoodBank’ to help struggling families in...

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...