Fairfax Academy celebrated for excellence in inclusive education

Fairfax Inclusive Education Award: Fairfax Academy has been recognised nationally, winning the Best Practice for Inclusive Education Award at the 2026 Business Education...

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...

JLR visits Erdington Academy in inspirational day for Year 9 students

JLR visits Erdington Academy: Year 9 students had an unforgettable experience at last week’s REACH Out event in partnership with Jaguar Land...

Arthur Terry High School Musical is a hit with audiences

Arthur Terry High School Musical: Talented young performers showed they are ‘all in this together’ with an all-singing, all-dancing production of a...

Academy Trust hosts uplifting conference focused on helping every student thrive

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

arts

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.”

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...

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...

Collages decorate school to mark Black History Month

A John Willmott Black History project saw students at the Sutton school create powerful images of inspirational black figures - and learn...

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.”

Fairfax Academy show 2025 brings the magic of Queen alive

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

Stockland Green arts festival inspires pupils to get creative

A Stockland Green arts festival has helped pupils show their creative side, featuring everything from arts and craft to photography and music.

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...

community

John Willmott free uniform – school to give out 800 blazers and ties

John Willmott free uniform: An ambitious Sutton Coldfield school is to give more than 800 free blazers and ties to its students...

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...

Fairfax Academy remembrance event sees hundreds of students fall silent

Fairfax Academy remembrance event:  Staff, students and local community leaders came together at a Sutton Coldfield school  for a respectful Remembrance Service...

Plantsbrook Design Technology students build their skills with trip to IKEA

Plantsbrook Design Technology students were set a creative challenge when they visited a popular furniture store to learn about sustainability and customer...

Sport

Fairfax Academy rugby partnership aims to develop future professional stars

Fairfax Academy rugby partnership: A Sutton Coldfield school with a proud rugby history is kicking off an exciting new era – after...

FMAT Inclusive Sports Day unites students from four schools

FMAT Inclusive Sports Day: Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) from across four Birmingham schools came together for a challenging...

John Willmott Crossfit gym: State-of-the-art fitness facility opens at ‘reborn’ school

John Willmott Crossfit gym - Sutton Coldfield students are swapping exercise books for exercise regimes, after a pioneering new fitness facility opened...

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

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...

Academy Trust hosts uplifting conference focused on helping every student thrive

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

King Edward VI Handsworth for boys ‘the best performing grammar school’ for A-level progress in Birmingham and Walsall

An inner-city school has been declared the best performing grammar school in Birmingham and Walsall for A Level progress.

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...