Students do their academies proud at FMAT schools Showcase 2026

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xRZIQMyjpw4 FMAT schools Showcase 2026: Talented young musicians, dancers and actors from across Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust came together...

Handsworth Grammar alumni platform launches, as former pupils turned teachers encourage others to reconnect

New Handsworth Grammar alumni platform: Three teachers who returned to the Birmingham school where they were once pupils are urging fellow alumni to...

Fairfax students perform Shakespeare’s Hamlet with a Norse mythology twist

Fairfax perform Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Talented young performers at Fairfax Academy are preparing to bring Shakespeare’s Hamlet to life on a professional stage –...

FMAT celebrates record-breaking attendance awards success

FMAT celebrates attendance awards: Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust is celebrating a record six national attendance awards, the highest number its schools have received in...

FMAT students discover a love of reading thanks to funding boost

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

Erdington Academy students explore engineering and manufacturing careers at MAKE UK

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

arts

Fairfax School 60th anniversary marked with portrait of first headteacher

The Fairfax School 60th anniversary celebrations are to get a colourful addition - thanks to a highly-regarded Sutton Coldfield artist, who is...

Hill West Art Week puts pupils’ talents in the picture

Hill West Art Week is seeing talented pupils brush up on their artistic skills this summer, with budding artists able to view...

Star visits Stockland Green – rapper takes the stage at her old school

It's not often that an international rap star visits Stockland Green - but the former pupil Lady Sanity surprised students of her...

NATIONAL ORCHESTRA SPOTLIGHT FALLS ON TALENTED KYNAN

Plantsbrook School's Kynan Walker - a budding violin virtuoso - is set to take centre stage after being named leader of the...

John Willmott music star Alfie makes a grand entrance in Birmingham

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

Erdington Academy Black History Month Expo draws hundreds

Erdington Academy Black History Month: Students, staff and hundreds of members of the local community packed into an Erdington school to enjoy...

JOHN WILLMOTT MUSICAL PRODIGY ALFIE BECOMES A LOCKDOWN YOUTUBE STAR

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...

A Dickens of a musical launches Plantsbrook School’s new theatre

“I am immensely proud of all of the fantastic students and staff who have worked tirelessly to put this brilliant production together. In our first whole school show performed in our lovely new theatre, everyone rose to the challenge magnificently.”

community

Plantsbrook School Christmas collection delivers for Food Bank

Plantsbrook School Christmas collection: A trio of caring students at Plantsbrook School have helped struggling families this Christmas by organising a collection...

Fairfax School 60th anniversary marked with portrait of first headteacher

The Fairfax School 60th anniversary celebrations are to get a colourful addition - thanks to a highly-regarded Sutton Coldfield artist, who is...

MERE GREEN SCHOOL CLUBS ENRICH PUPILS’ SCHOOL DAYS AFTER LOCKDOWN

MERE GREEN SCHOOL CLUBS - Students at a Sutton school are benefitting from more than 30 enrichment clubs designed to give them...

Erdington Academy Open Evening – school welcomes the community

Erdington Academy will throw open its doors this week for the first in a series of events allowing local children and their...

Sport

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

New Fairfax Academy gym: Fairfax Academy has officially unveiled a significant investment in student health and wellbeing which will broaden the school’s...

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...

ofsted/results

Handsworth Grammar students celebrate excellent GCSE results for 2026

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

Fairfax Academy celebrates strong GCSE results and rising top grades

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

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...

sixth form

Fairfax student’s scouting journey earns royal recognition

Fairfax student wins scouting award: A student from Fairfax Academy is set to be honoured at Windsor Castle after achieving the highest youth...

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,...

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...