Charity

Barbecue brings together ATLP trustees, advocates and business partners

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Business and community leaders, governors, advocates and trustees cooked up valuable new connections at Arthur Terry School last week, at a barbeque...
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Mere Green Primary School

Mere Green Primary Ofsted report praises ‘magical moments of togetherness’ at caring school

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Mere Green Primary Ofsted: Staff and students are celebrating a glowing Report, in which they scored the top rating of “Outstanding” in...
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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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Community

Fairfax Academy exchange student returns after 36 years

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Fairfax Academy exchange student returns: A former teenage student from Down Under who studied at Fairfax Academy in the 1980s took a...
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Community

ATLP Children’s University 2025 – Students celebrate graduation

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ATLP Children’s University 2025: Hundreds of students from primary and secondary schools across the respected Arthur Terry Learning Partnership (ATLP) picked up...
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Secondary Schools

ATLP Catering team award recognises food excellence

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ATLP Catering team award: Kitchen staff at the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership have been awarded a prestigious national accolade for serving up...
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arts

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

Mere Green Diversity Festival – school celebrates with colourful event

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Mere Green Diversity Festival - A week-long exploration of identity and culture at Mere Green Primary School culminated in a colourful Diversity...
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Arts

Fairfax Academy Arts Showcase 2024 – stunning artwork on display

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Fairfax Academy Arts Showcase - Talented A-Level and GCSE art students celebrated their imaginative artwork in a stunning afterschool display.
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Arts

Mere Green Diversity Festival – school celebrates with colourful event

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Mere Green Diversity Festival - A week-long exploration of identity and culture at Mere Green Primary School culminated in a colourful Diversity...
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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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Arts

DON’T STOP US NOW! PUPILS GO GA-GA FOR QUEEN ROCK MUSICAL

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Plantsbrook staged a musical filled with the music of Queen, and audiences went Ga-Ga for the ambitious show. More...
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Arts

John Willmott music star Alfie makes a grand entrance in Birmingham

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John Willmott music star Alfie Bennett has been a big hit at Birmingham’s New Street Station this week, showing the world that...
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Arts

Fairfax Academy Shakespeare Festival: Students give classic a twenties twist

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

Charity

Sutton families take to the skies for uplifting virtual balloon race fundraiser

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Hill West balloon race - Families and staff at Hill West Primary School will go up, up and away when a...
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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

SCHOOL’S BLANKET BOOK CHALLENGE HAS READING COVERED

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For youngsters at Town Junior School reading has never been more fun, after staff created a pioneering new scheme to help pupils...
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Bishop Vesey's Grammar School

Sutton Schools Debates 2025 – Sutton College takes top prize

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Sutton Schools Debates 2025: Talented students from Sutton Coldfield College walked away with the coveted trophy after their animated and compelling arguments...
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Sport

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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Secondary Schools

Coleshill School basketball stars are inspiration to their students

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Coleshill School basketball stars - Two star members of staff from the Coleshill School swapped the classroom for the basketball court last...
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Secondary Schools

Coleshill School racing star Jensen has the drive to succeed

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Coleshill School racing star: A talented young driver from The Coleshill School is in pole position for a successful career in the...
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ofsted/results

Mere Green Primary School

Mere Green Primary Ofsted report praises ‘magical moments of togetherness’ at caring school

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Mere Green Primary Ofsted: Staff and students are celebrating a glowing Report, in which they scored the top rating of “Outstanding” in...
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Community

Stockland Green School ADHD policies set the standard

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Stockland Green School ADHD award: A pioneering approach to supporting students with ADHD has earned Stockland Green School a prestigious new status...
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Fairfax Academy

Fairfax Academy Sixth Form is ‘best in Birmingham’

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Fairfax Academy Sixth Form success: Staff and students at Fairfax Academy are celebrating after the school’s Sixth Form was ranked the best...
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Brookvale Primary School

ATLP Student Awards 2025 celebrate the achievements of remarkable students

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ATLP Student Awards 2025: More than 100 students from 23 schools were celebrated for their remarkable achievements at a day-long ceremony at...
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Fairfax Academy

Fairfax Academy Sixth Form is ‘best in Birmingham’

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Fairfax Academy Sixth Form success: Staff and students at Fairfax Academy are celebrating after the school’s Sixth Form was ranked the best...
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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

Fairfax Academy Shakespeare Festival: Students give classic a twenties twist

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