Pioneering AI education scheme was born in Brum

Futures Readiness AI education: Tens of thousands of students across the country are learning about the impact AI will have on every aspect...

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...

Fairfax U16s Football Team make history with four trophies in three weeks

Fairfax U16s Football Team: Fairfax Academy has four more trophies to add to its growing collection after the school’s Under‑16 Football Team won...

Erdington students level up their skills at gaming industry careers workshop

Erdington gaming careers workshop: Students from Erdington Academy had the chance to explore their dream job at a recent careers event focused on...

Fairfax Academy celebrated for excellence in inclusive education

Fairfax Inclusive Education Award: Fairfax Academy has been recognised nationally, winning the Best Practice for Inclusive Education Award at the 2026 Business Education...

Smith’s Wood Big Ideas team reaches final with flood alert concept

Smith’s Wood Big Ideas: Smith’s Wood Academy is celebrating after a team of Year 7 innovators secured a place in the 2026 Big...

arts

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...

Two Gates school pupil Jack nets praise from star poet

Two Gates school pupil Jack Cairns netted football goodies and praise from a world-famous poet when he won a competition run by...

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...

BISHOP VESEY OUTDOOR CONCERTS MARK THE END OF TERM

Three Bishop Vesey outdoor concerts were held to mark the end of term at the grammar school, thanks to determined staff and...

House Music – Erdington teacher forms ‘supergroup’ with neighbours to support NHS

A talented Stockland Green music teacher has been raising roofs – and community spirit – after forming a street band with her...

ATLP creative careers spotlight gives students a glimpse of life in creative sector

ATLP creative careers spotlight: More than 250 students from eight different schools had a fascinating insight into life in the creative industries...

Perryfields Academy’s annual show hits the Town Hall stage

Perryfields Academy’s annual show: Talented students from an Oldbury school shone on stage at Stourbridge Town Hall ‘For One Night Only’.

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

Belfry chefs give Erdington Academy students a masterclass in cooking

Year 9 students at Erdington Academy cooked up a storm in a fantastic expert-led cooking workshop, delivered by professional chefs from the...

Fairfax Academy Mental Health appointment helps students

Fairfax Academy mental health innovation: Fairfax Academy students are getting vital support with the challenges of modern school life ­– after the...

Nether Stowe School Macmillan coffee morning raises cash

Nether Stowe School Macmillan coffee morning: Nether Stowe School opened its doors to parents, neighbours and friends for a delightful event in...

Nether Stowe Christmas jumper day raises cash for Save the Children

Nether Stowe Christmas jumper day: Students and staff donned festive knitwear, as part of a fun fundraising effort for Save The Children.

Sport

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...

St Chad’s soccer stars triumph in cross-school tournament 

ATLP Schools Soccer Tournament: Dozens of primary school children from five schools across Lichfield and Tamworth took to the football field for...

Smith’s Wood athletics stars head to School Games County Finals

Smith’s Wood athletics stars: Athletes from Smith’s Wood Academy are heading to the School Games County Finals next month after an outstanding performance...

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...