Fairfax Academy students celebrate excellent A Level results for 2026

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

Big-hearted barber offers free haircuts at Erdington Academy

Free haircuts at Erdington Academy: Erdington Academy students from low-income families are being offered free haircuts by a former pupil – who wants...

Ade Adepitan opens new Fairfax Academy sensory room

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

Another international Erdington Academy drama trip secured for 2027

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

Erdington Academy students serve afternoon tea at the Belfry Hotel & Resort

Erdington students serve afternoon tea: Erdington Academy students rounded off a week-long work experience placement at The Belfry Hotel & Resort by serving...

Students take centre stage at Erdington Academy Culture Festival

Erdington Academy Culture Festival: Students, families and staff came together at Erdington Academy for an evening of music, food, fashion and performances celebrating...

arts

Plantsbrook High School Musical goes down a storm

Plantsbrook High School Musical: ‘We’re all in this together’ - that’s the best-known song from High School Musical… and dozens of talented...

Erdington Academy students set to perform at Hippodrome

Talented Erdington Academy students will be treading the boards at Birmingham’s most prestigious theatre, after working with a professional artist.

Fairfax Academy Shakespeare Festival: Students give classic a twenties twist

Fairfax Academy Shakespeare Festival: Talented young actors gave the Bard’s Macbeth a gangster makeover when they performed the iconic tragedy at Birmingham’s...

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

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

Magical moments as Harry Potter star visits Birmingham school

Harry Potter star visits Handsworth: Star-struck students at an inner-city Birmingham grammar school conjured magical memories when a Hogwarts star made an inspirational...

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

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

Royal Sutton School Remembrance project partners with national landmark

Royal Sutton School Remembrance project: Talented students from the Royal Sutton School marked this year’s Festival of Remembrance by creating colourful posters...

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

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

community

ATLP boss Richard is ‘humbled’ by Chamber of Commerce award

An award for ATLP boss Richard Gill CBE has recognised the 'massive impact' he has made on the local community.

Osborne Primary Grandparents Day brings generations together

An Osborne Primary Grandparents Day welcomed generations of local families into the Erdington school as it reached out to the community.

Fairfax Academy stalwarts Rachel and Helen shortlisted for awards

Two long-serving staff members at Fairfax Academy in Sutton Coldfield are set to walk the red carpet after being shortlisted for prestigious...

Mere Green Primary School pupils and staff celebrate Black History Month

Children and staff at Mere Green Primary School, part of the respected Arthur Terry Learning Partnership (ATLP) have been celebrating Black History...

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...

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

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

Fairfax Academy Sixth Form achieves best-ever results

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

sixth form

The Arthur Terry School celebrates A Levels success for 2026

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

Fairfax Academy students celebrate excellent A Level results for 2026

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

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,...

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...

VIdeo

ARTHUR TERRY CAREERS FAIR DECLARED INSPIRATION BY BARONESS

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

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...

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...