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...

Donated prom dresses bring joy to Erdington Academy students

Erdington Academy Prom Pop-Up: Erdington Academy hosted a pop‑up boutique to dress 60 students for prom – completely free of charge – in...

West End star returns to Coventry school to help students prepare for Rock of Ages musical

A West End star from Coventry returned to his old school to inspire students as they prepared to take the stage for their...

arts

FMAT schools showcase 2024 – Hard work pays off for talented Erdington Academy students

FMAT schools showcase 2024: Creative arts students from Erdington Academy took to an iconic stage at Birmingham University when they joined other...

Fairfax Has Got Talent! Piano maestro Mindy wins annual contest

Fairfax Has Got Talent: Talented students at Fairfax Academy took to the stage to entertain their classmates in a colourful competition of...

FMAT schools showcase 2024 – Fairfax students shine on iconic stage

FMAT schools showcase 2024: Students from Fairfax Academy took to the prestigious stage of Birmingham University’s iconic Elgar Concert Hall, in a...

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...

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...

TOWN JUNIOR SCHOOL CHRISTMAS SHOW REVEALS STORY BEHIND CLASSIC FESTIVE CAROL

A colourful Town Junior School Christmas show saw youngsters transported back in time to the 18th century and a snow-bound Austrian village.

Fairfax pupils blast off to Forbidden Planet

Students blasted off for an out-of-this-world school production of Return to the Forbidden Planet at Fairfax School. More than...

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...

community

Royal Sutton School renaming ceremony marks new era

Royal Sutton School renaming - it’s official! Students, staff and members of the community joined VIPs to celebrate the official renaming of...

Stockland Green School conference for International Women’s Day inspires students

Stockland Green School conference: An event for International Women’s Day saw six inspirational ladies take the stage to talk to students.

PLANTSBROOK SCHOOL MOCK INTERVIEWS: HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS TAKE PART IN INNOVATIVE EVENT

Plantsbrook School mock interviews - Students were put through their paces as future jobseekers when the school held hundreds of mock interviews...

FMAT Inclusive Sports Day unites students from four schools

FMAT Inclusive Sports Day: Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) from across four Birmingham schools came together for a challenging...

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...