Erdington Academy

FMAT students discover a love of reading thanks to funding boost

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FMAT reading funding boost: Students across Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust are set to benefit from a significant investment in reading after each of the...
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Erdington Academy

Erdington Academy students explore engineering and manufacturing careers at MAKE UK

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Engineering at Erdington Academy: Students from Erdington Academy explored the exciting possibilities of a future career in engineering, during a visit to one...
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Community

Fairfax Academy Duke of Edinburgh: Students rise to the challenge

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Fairfax Academy Duke of Edinburgh: Intrepid young explorers from Fairfax Academy put their resilience, teamwork and determination to the test during a...
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Erdington Academy

AI maths tutoring programme at FMAT schools gains national attention

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AI maths tutoring programme: Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust is helping to lead the conversation around the use of artificial intelligence in education, demonstrating...
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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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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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arts

Arts

Fairfax Academy show 2025 brings the magic of Queen alive

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Fairfax Academy show 2025 - It’s a kind of magic! Fairfax Academy students made audiences go ga-ga with their rockin’ rendition of...
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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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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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Arts

Stockland Green Christmas reunion for students and Wizzard pop star

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Stockland Green students from Christmases past and present joined a festive singalong to celebrate a much-loved pop hit that the school played...
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Arts

JOHN WILLMOTT MUSICAL PRODIGY ALFIE BECOMES A LOCKDOWN YOUTUBE STAR

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A 13-year-old John Willmott musical prodigy from Erdington who stunned commuters at Birmingham’s Grand Central with his piano skills has become a...
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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

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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Arts

Fairfax Academy Eisteddfod 2022 – legendary festival raises the roof as audiences return

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Fairfax Academy Eisteddfod 2022 - Fairfax’s annual arts festival lived up to its legendary status when students took to the stage to...
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community

Community

Plantsbrook School Apprenticeship assemblies – can you help?

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Plantsbrook School Apprenticeship assemblies - A school in Sutton Coldfield is reaching out to Chamber of Commerce members and local businesses to...
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Arts

Erdington Academy Christmas events reach out to community

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Erdington Academy Christmas events: Students and staff Academy enjoyed a fun-filled, jam-packed Christmas week prior to breaking up on 19 December.
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Community

An uplifting tail! Dog lends an ear to young readers

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Reading dog Snoopy is driving Mere Green Primary School children ‘peanuts’, as the paw-fect new classmate brings added bounce to pupil’s reading...
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Community

Fairfax Academy attendance awards recognise ‘huge effort’ at school

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Fairfax Academy attendance awards: Fairfax Academy has been recognised with two national awards after a ‘huge effort’ drove a massive increase in...
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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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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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