Erdington Academy

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

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

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

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

Handsworth Grammar Junior Baccalaureate scheme helps students embrace school life

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

Bournville students celebrate their heritage on Culture Day

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

Fairfax Academy Shakespeare Festival: Students give classic a twenties twist

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

Arthur Terry alumni Jessika returns to inspire students

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

Fairfax Academy Arts Showcase 2024 – stunning artwork on display

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

Magical Fairfax Academy musical – 100 students stage Beauty and the Beast

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A Magical Fairfax Academy musical told a tale as old as time when talented students staged a lavish production of Beauty and...
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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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Arts

TALENTED JOHN WILLMOTT QUARTET FILL THE AIRWAVES FOR RADIO STAR’S VISIT

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A talented John Willmott quartet provided the musical accompaniment when radio star Jeremy Vine appeared at the Town Hall.
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Arts

Coton Green Egyptian project uncovers mysteries of history

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

Fairfax Academy Eisteddfod 2025 embraces the carnival spirit

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Fairfax Academy Eisteddfod 2025: Roll up, roll up! Fairfax Academy’s annual Eisteddfod brought a splash of festive magic to the school, as...
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Community

Stockland Green Black Excellence Conference inspires students

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

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

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

NETHER STOWE KNIFE CRIME TALK GIVES STUDENTS HARD-HITTING INSIGHT

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

Erdington Academy Black History Month Expo draws hundreds

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Erdington Academy Black History Month: Students, staff and hundreds of members of the local community packed into an Erdington school to enjoy...
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Sport

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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Bournville School

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

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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...
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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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