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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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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Charity

Donated prom dresses bring joy to Erdington Academy students

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

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

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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...
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Fairfax Academy

From first aid to finance: How PSHE at Fairfax is preparing students for life beyond school

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Fairfax first aid workshop: Students at Fairfax Academy learned life‑saving skills during a visit from Young Responders at St John Ambulance.
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King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys

Handsworth Grammar Anti-bullying Ambassadors at the heart of school life

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Handsworth Grammar Anti-bullying Ambassadors: A groundbreaking leadership programme at Handsworth Grammar is giving students the knowledge, skills and confidence to stand up to...
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arts

Arts

FAIRFAX ACADEMY EISTEDDFOD 2021 – IT’S BACK TO THE 80s!

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Fairfax Academy Eisteddfod 2021 - super-talented students impressed the judges so much at the annual Eisteddfod that they declared the much-loved arts...
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Fairfax Academy

Fairfax pupils blast off to Forbidden Planet

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

TOWN JUNIOR SCHOOL CHRISTMAS SHOW REVEALS STORY BEHIND CLASSIC FESTIVE CAROL

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

Erdington Academy stars take to iconic stage

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Talented creative arts students from Erdington Academy joined the other schools in the respected Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust at Birmingham University for a...
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Arts

Fairfax Has Got Talent! Piano maestro Mindy wins annual contest

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

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

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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...
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Arts

TOWN JUNIOR SCHOOL SHOW SEES PUPILS STEP BACK IN TIME TO WAR YEARS

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A Town Junior School show saw pupils learn how to ‘keep calm and carry on’ when they stepped back in time to...
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Community

THE SHRUBBERY SCHOOL HISTORY: THE STORY OF SUTTON’S LONGEST-ESTABLISHED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

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The Shrubbery School History is fascinating. When the Shrubbery was first founded in...
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Community

Schools leader Richard Gill awarded CBE for outstanding commitment to education

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Schools leader Richard Gill has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List after dedicating more than 25 years to...
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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

Erdington students visit Fairfax for innovative sixth form taster day

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Erdington students visit Fairfax - Pupils who have applied to join Fairfax Academy sixth form in September had the opportunity to visit...
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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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Erdington Academy

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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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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Fairfax Academy

Fairfax Academy ranked number one state-funded sixth form in the West Midlands

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Fairfax Academy has been named the top-performing, state-funded sixth form in the West Midlands, after new Department for Education data confirmed the...
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Fairfax Academy

Fairfax Academy Sixth Form achieves best-ever results

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Fairfax Academy Sixth Form: A Sutton Coldfield school is celebrating a significant milestone in academic achievement – after its Sixth Form students...
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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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Erdington Academy

Academy Trust hosts uplifting conference focused on helping every student thrive

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Hundreds of colleagues from across Fairfax Multi‑Academy Trust’s four schools came together at Villa Park for an inspirational day of learning, collaboration...
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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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VIdeo

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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