King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys

Handsworth Grammar students celebrate excellent GCSE results for 2026

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Handsworth Grammar GCSE Results 2026: Students at King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys are celebrating an excellent set of GCSE results,...
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Fairfax Academy

Fairfax Academy celebrates strong GCSE results and rising top grades

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Fairfax GCSE results 2026: Students at Sutton Coldfield’s Fairfax Academy - the founding school of the Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust - are celebrating another...
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Secondary Schools

The Arthur Terry School celebrates A Levels success for 2026

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Arthur Terry A Levels 2026: The Arthur Terry School is proud to announce another year of excellent results and exciting destinations for students,...
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Fairfax Academy

Fairfax Academy students celebrate excellent A Level results for 2026

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Fairfax A Levels 2026: Students in Fairfax Academy’s Sixth Form are today celebrating yet another excellent set of A Level results, with almost...
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Fairfax Academy

Ade Adepitan opens new Fairfax Academy sensory room

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Fairfax Academy sensory room: Former Paralympian and Birmingham City University Chancellor Ade Adepitan officially opened a new sensory room at Fairfax Academy –...
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Arts

Another international Erdington Academy drama trip secured for 2027

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Erdington Academy drama trip: Year 10 drama students at Erdington Academy can look forward to another international trip next year, after the academy’s...
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arts

Arts

Author visits Stockland Green School to inspire students

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Author visits Stockland Green - Students had their imaginations sparked when a noted writer visited to talk to them about the magic...
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Arts

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

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

Our top story tonight: Prime time pupils present the TV news

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Mere Green School TV stars are saying 'move aside' to Bob Warman and Sameena Ali-Khan', because they're taking over the evening news!
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Arts

Fairfax performers shine at FMAT showcase

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Young performers from Fairfax Academy joined students from the other schools in the respected Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust at Birmingham University for a...
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Arts

Fairfax Academy unveils vibrant new murals

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

Fairfax Academy Eisteddfod 2024 – Coventry triumphs as festival celebrates the 90s

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Fairfax Academy Eisteddfod 2024: Fairfax Academy’s annual Eisteddfod was a blast from the past, with the legendary school arts festival delivering two...
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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

Grease at Fairfax Academy raises the roof with a rock’n’roll classic

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Grease at Fairfax Academy - Fairfax was transformed into Rydell High this week, as talented students took to the stage to perform...
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Charity

COLESHILL SCHOOL CHRISTMAS HAMPERS PROVIDE FESTIVE TREATS FOR STRUGGLING FAMILIES

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Coleshill School Christmas hampers will provide a little extra festive cheer for struggling families after caring students helped collect food and festive...
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Community

The Royal Sutton School – ‘excitement and pride’ as former John Willmott is reborn

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The Royal Sutton School: A ‘reborn’ Sutton Coldfield school which has been on mission to drive up standards and instill pride has...
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Charity

John Willmott Crossfit gym: State-of-the-art fitness facility opens at ‘reborn’ school

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John Willmott Crossfit gym - Sutton Coldfield students are swapping exercise books for exercise regimes, after a pioneering new fitness facility opened...
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Community

FMAT Inclusive Sports Day unites students from four schools

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

Community

New Fairfax Academy gym will boost student wellbeing and expand the PE curriculum

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New Fairfax Academy gym: Fairfax Academy has officially unveiled a significant investment in student health and wellbeing which will broaden the school’s...
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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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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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King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys

Handsworth Grammar students celebrate excellent GCSE results for 2026

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Handsworth Grammar GCSE Results 2026: Students at King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys are celebrating an excellent set of GCSE results,...
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Fairfax Academy

Fairfax Academy celebrates strong GCSE results and rising top grades

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Fairfax GCSE results 2026: Students at Sutton Coldfield’s Fairfax Academy - the founding school of the Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust - are celebrating another...
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Erdington Academy

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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Secondary Schools

The Arthur Terry School celebrates A Levels success for 2026

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Arthur Terry A Levels 2026: The Arthur Terry School is proud to announce another year of excellent results and exciting destinations for students,...
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Fairfax Academy

Fairfax Academy students celebrate excellent A Level results for 2026

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Fairfax A Levels 2026: Students in Fairfax Academy’s Sixth Form are today celebrating yet another excellent set of A Level results, with almost...
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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,...
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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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Events

ARTHUR TERRY CAREERS FAIR DECLARED INSPIRATION BY BARONESS

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ARTHUR TERRY CAREERS FAIR - Former Education Secretary Baroness Nicky Morgan declared a record-breaking school careers fair ‘truly inspirational’.
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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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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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